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C3.ai-Driven to Succeed (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-120S11StrategyCEO Tom Siebel navigates his artificial intelligence (ai) startup through a series of pivots, market expansions, and even an elephant attack to become a leading platform ad service provider. The case describes his unusual management approach emphasizing employee testing and selection, customer testing and selection, and a high degree of professionalism. This case is accompanied by an eight-segment video series (preview below) that shows Tom Siebe...Starting at €8.20
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Luotang Power: Variances Explained
Simons, Robert L.; Chapman, Craig JCase HBS-913533-EAccounting and ControlThe general manager of Luotang Power, a coal-fired power plant located in central China, reviews annual results before a meeting with the board of directors. He thought the company performed well during the year and both plant availability and fuel economy had improved over the previous year. However, the positive performance does not show in the financial results and he must investigate before presenting to the board. He considers performing a v...Starting at €8.20
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C3.ai-Driven to Succeed
Simons, Robert L.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-119004-EStrategyCEO Tom Siebel navigates his artificial intelligence (ai) startup through a series of pivots, market expansions, and even an elephant attack to become a leading platform ad service provider. The case describes his unusual management approach emphasizing eStarting at €8.20
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The Strategy Execution Series, Teaching Note
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferTeaching Note HBS-117116-EStrategyThis is the teaching note for the fifteen module Strategy Execution series. New management tools and techniques are needed to implement strategy in the 21st century. Rapid innovation, entrepreneurial competitors, and increasingly demanding customers have radically altered competitive dynamics. While many experts have explored strategy design, little has been written on the execution of strategy. These modules do just that, using concepts and tech...Starting at €0.00
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Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-117115-EStrategyThis module reading pulls together key concepts and techniques from the Strategy Execution series into an integrated model - the levers of control. The four levers are: (1) belief systems, (2) boundary systems, (3) diagnostic control systems, and (4) interactive control systems. The module discusses how top managers use the levers of control to inspire commitment to the organization's purpose; stake out the territory for experimentation and compe...Starting at €8.20
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Strategy Execution Module 11: Using Diagnostic and Interactive Control Systems
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-117111-EStrategyThis module reading introduces diagnostic and interactive control systems. Diagnostic control systems are the management-by-exception systems that managers use to monitor the achievement of their business strategy. Interactive control systems are the systems that top managers use to focus the organization on strategic uncertainties. Diagnostic control systems and interactive control systems work together to ensure the implementation of today's st...Starting at €8.20
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Strategy Execution Module 13: Identifying Strategic Risk
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-117113-EStrategyThis module reading begins by describing the three sources of strategic risk - operations risk, asset impairment risk, and competitive risk - and demonstrates how these risks can undermine an entire business. To assist in the identification of these risksStarting at €8.20
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Strategy Execution Module 9: Building a Balanced Scorecard
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-117109-EStrategyThis module reading explains how to construct a strategy map and build a balanced scorecard. Using an internal value chain model, the module illustrates how a balanced scorecard can support and enable customer management, innovation, operations, and post-Starting at €8.20
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Google to Alphabet: Two Job Opportunities, Teaching Note
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferTeaching Note HBS-117066-EStrategyThis is the teaching note for "Google to Alphabet: Two Job Opportunities" HBS No.116-046. The case describes two job postings for positions at Google. The first job posting is for a Software Engineer in the Google Maps unit and the second job posting is for an Account Manager in the Fashion Retail client unit. By reading the job descriptions, students glean information about Google as well as information about the spans of control, authority, i...Starting at €0.00
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Organizing for Performance: Four Vignettes
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-117062-EStrategyThis case provides four examples of organizations with very different business strategies: Walmart, Starbucks, Harvard Business School, and Google. To support their varying strategies, each of these organizations requires a specific configuration to proviStarting at €8.20