Merging AB Asea and BBC Brown Boveri require restructuring activities and changes in organizational culture. Competitive success as the need to scale advantages, while remaining "local" for political reasons, and customer responsiveness. The case describes these competitive pressures, which resulted in the decision to adopt a matrix organization. For use with Asea Brown Boveri. System ABACUS «Hide
by Robert L. Simons Source: Harvard Business School 6 pages. Publication Date: November 10, 1998. Prod. #: 199027-PDF-ENG
Related Case Solutions & Analyses:
International Bankruptcy and the Spirit of Comity: New U.S. Law Encourages Cooperation Among Nations
Nike Inc. – Heading Toward 2012
The Challenge Facing the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System
DVD War
Aventis S(A): Planning for a Merger
A Note on Cost Reduction in Financially Troubled Organizations
Amgen Inc.’s Epogen–Commercializing the First Biotech Blockbuster Drug
Analysis of Income Statement
Amazonite Enterprises
WILDCAT CAPITAL INVESTOR
