Cases

Marketing Indonesia's Cloves

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

Much of Indonesia's clove crop is used to flavor Kretek cigarettes, which are extremely popular in the country. Clove farmers are poor, however, and a group of Indonesian businessmen proposed that the government require that Kretek cigarettes...

Terry Ann Lunt and Greater Boston Rehabilitation Services (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

At first glance, Greater Boston Rehabilitation Services appeared to be in excellent financial shape in the spring of 1991, when Terry Ann Lunt was named its new executive director. A mix of government grants and work contracts with local...

Gainesville Regional Utilities

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

In 1993 the municipally owned utility serving Gainesville, Florida was threatening to build a 23-mile rail spur to connect its coal-fired power plant with the tracks of the Norfolk/Southern Railway. The railroad currently delivering the coal,...

Mikhukhu People of South Africa: A Question of Survival

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

This case focuses on an organization established to fight for the housing rights of people living in "informal settlements" in apartheid-era South Africa. In the wake of democratization, the group finds itself under increasing pressure from...

Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...

Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...

Organizing Competition in Indianapolis: Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and the Quest for Lower Costs (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...

Vision and Strategy: Paul H. O'Neill at OMB and Alcoa (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Whether as analyst or deputy director at the federal Office of Management and Budget, or as the chief executive of Alcoa, Paul O'Neill has sought to inspire those working for him to approach their tasks with vision and without preconceptions. In...

Unocal Corp.'s SCRAP: Crushing Old Cars for Credit

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Under increasing regulatory pressure to reduce air pollution emissions from its oil refineries, the southern California-based Unocal Corporation comes up with what it believes is a different approach to the same clean air goal: it begins a...

Unocal Corp.'s SCRAP: Crushing Old Cars for Credit (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Under increasing regulatory pressure to reduce air pollution emissions from its oil refineries, the southern California-based Unocal Corporation comes up with what it believes is a different approach to the same clean air goal: it begins a...

The Regulation of Mud Flaps (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

When Congress calls for new regulations governing the size and effectiveness of truck mud flaps, small companies which had dominated the mud flap market suddenly find themselves in trouble. Failure to adapt their products to the new regulations...

Reorganizing the Defense Logistics Agency (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This government re-engineering case focuses on the agency responsible for procuring goods and services (other than weapons) for the Department of Defense (DLA). New leadership at the DLA must deal with a sharply changed system. Rather than...