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McKinsey & Company: Should We Recruit from a Different Pool of Talent--Using Participative Decision Making to Manage Disruptive Change
Davenport, Thomas H.; Manville, BrookBook Chapter HBS-8955BC-EChapter 3 of "Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right" shows how you can connect your company's culture and its decisions to better manage change and yield powerful transformations. Using the example of a tradition-breaking talent management strategy McKinsey & Company first introduced in the late 1980s, the authors show how the new approach was born of a series of small decisions involving individuals fr...Starting at €8.20
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Partners HealthCare System: How Should We Treat This Patient--Using Information Technology to Make Better Decisions
Davenport, Thomas H.; Manville, BrookBook Chapter HBS-8956BC-EChapter 4 of "Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right" shows how an organization can combine computer-based data and human judgment to make critical decisions faster and with greater success. The authors walk you through Boston-based Partners HealthCare System's transition to the use of data, analysis, and computerized medical knowledge--combined with physicians' own face-to-face interactions with patient...Starting at €8.20
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Ancient Athenians: How Can We Defend Against Life-or-Death Invasion--How Civilization's First Democracy Exemplifies Collective Decision Making
Davenport, Thomas H.; Manville, BrookBook Chapter HBS-8963BC-EChapter 7 of "Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right" reveals the roots of organizational democracy and hierarchy and the role of the leader in catalyzing conversations that lead to the best decisions. By telling the story of how the citizens of ancient Athens debated and made critical defense decisions in the face of the oncoming Persian army, the authors provide the Ur-example of a democratic culture t...Starting at €8.20
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Media General: Should We Restructure for a New Strategy--How Savvy Leaders Foster Better Decision Making to Eradicate Siloes
Davenport, Thomas H.; Manville, BrookBook Chapter HBS-8970BC-EChapter 10 of "Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right" reveals the necessary values, attributes, and actions of a leader who must introduce organizational decision making to a siloed business. The authors tell the story of major regional news organization Media General and how its CEO was able to bring together a divided organization to live into the future of the industry. *About the book:* Despite the ...Starting at €8.20
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LOYAL3: Own What You Love
Viceira, Luis M.; Ciechanover, Allison M.Case HBS-215075-EFinanceThis case features San Francisco-based financial technology startup, LOYAL3. Founded in 2008, the company seeks to disrupt the capital markets and democratize access to those markets for retail investors. By the fall of 2014, LOYAL3 had three products. In the first, the Social IPO Platform , LOYAL3 acted as co-manager of an issuing company's initial public offering (IPO), enabling individual investors to purchase IPO shares at the same price-an...Starting at €8.20
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Zillow Offers: Winning Online Real Estate 2.0
Viceira, Luis M.; Di Maggio, Marco; Ciechanover, Allison M.Case HBS-220021-EFinanceZillow Group launches an ibuyer program to buy and sell physical homes. Founded in 2005, Zillow had become the leading online real estate and home-related marketplace. The brand was recognized as a trusted resource for players in the real estate market,Starting at €8.20
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Autonomous Vehicles: The Rubber Hits the Road...but When
Kerr, William R.; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Huizinga, Jeff; Palano, JamesCase HBS-818088-EKnowledge and CommunicationAutonomous vehicles have enormous implications for business and society. But, despite the headline-laden attention paid to the technology, there remain more questions than answers. Students will learn about the complex industry and have explicit discussions about the factors influencing development and commercialization and how various stakeholders might respond. They will also be put in the shoes of decision-makers looking for signals that might...Starting at €8.20
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GoFundMe: The Giving Layer of the Internet
Kominers, Scott Duke; Ciechanover, Allison M.Case HBS-818108-EEntrepreneurshipBy 2017, GoFundMe is the world's largest social fundraising platform. Gross donation volume is growing rapidly yet the number of monthly campaign starts is relatively flat. The CEO contemplates a variety of growth initiatives.Starting at €8.20
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Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-820037-EEntrepreneurshipA founder looks back at the issues at play in the final year of failed furniture e-commerce startup, Dot & Bo. He shares his perspective and learnings in the aftermath.Starting at €8.20
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The Wealthfront Generation
Viceira, Luis M.; Ciechanover, Allison M.Case HBS-216085-EFinanceThis case features Wealthfront, a Palo Alto California-based financial technology startup. Wealthfront created a fully-automated, low-cost online investment platform targeting the millennial generation. The founders positioned Wealthfront as a disruptiveStarting at €8.20