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Case
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Reference no. 9-381-160
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School); Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 15 October 1998
Length: 18 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
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Abstract

Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Traces two failed attempts at bringing a business perspective to a geographic organization, and poses the problem of what the international division president can do.
Location:
United States
Industry:
Glass & glassware
Size:
USD1 billion sales
Other setting(s):
1960-1975
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-383-150
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1983
Length: 20 pages
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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-391-278
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: David J Collis (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1991
Length: 11 pages
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-381-112
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 19 October 1998
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Diversification; Organizational structure; International business; Matrix organization; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-381-161
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 15 October 1998
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-381-162
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School); Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 15 October 1998
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-381-163
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 13 November 1998
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
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Compact case
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-381-164
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 13 November 1998
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
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Abstract

Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Traces two failed attempts at bringing a business perspective to a geographic organization, and poses the problem of what the international division president can do.

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Location:
United States
Industry:
Glass & glassware
Size:
USD1 billion sales
Other setting(s):
1960-1975

Related

Teaching note
-
Reference no. 5-383-150
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1983
Length: 20 pages
View full details
Teaching note
-
Reference no. 5-391-278
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: David J Collis (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1991
Length: 11 pages
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-381-112
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 19 October 1998
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Diversification; Organizational structure; International business; Matrix organization; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
View full details
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-381-161
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 15 October 1998
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
View full details
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-381-162
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School); Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 15 October 1998
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
View full details
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-381-163
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 13 November 1998
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-381-164
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Michael Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1981
Version: 13 November 1998
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational change; International business; Reorganization; Multinational corporations
View full details