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Grand Circle Travel: Where Risk Comes with the Territory
Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-311105-EA worldwide travel company is intrinsically exposed to risks of natural and man-made disasters. How do you organize a business for success when it must on a nearly daily basis cope with hazards ranging from minor mishaps to large-scale catastrophes? Alan and Harriet Lewis have built a successful travel company based on their idea of "extreme competitive advantage" -- and one of their core skills has to be quick and effective response when the tra...Starting at €8.20
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Protecting the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999
Leonard, Herman B.; Tannenwald, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS456-EStrategyOn one side, a loose network of protesters made arrangements for dramatizing their opposition to the WTO and international trade practices. At the same time, public safety officials from local, state, and federal agencies developed security plans for the public areas near the locus of the ministerial meetings. Their aim was to ensure that the talks proceeded smoothly while preserving the activists' rights to peaceful protest. Throughout the plann...Starting at €8.20
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SOFWERX: Innovation at U.S. Special Operations Command
Leonard, Herman B.; Weiss, Mitchell B.; Hyun Paik, Jin; Herman, KerryCase HBS-819004-EEntrepreneurshipJames "Hondo" Geurts, the Acquisition Executive for U.S. Special Operations Command was in the middle of his Senate confirmation hearing in 2017 to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. The questions had a common theme: how would Geurts's experience running an innovative procurement effort for U.S. Special Forces units enable him to change a much larger-and much more rigid-organization like the U.S. Nav...Starting at €8.20