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CityBook Services, Ltd.
Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1508-EService and Operations ManagementOne of Israel’s most important assets was its relatively highly educated population, which included many native English speakers. The founders of CityBook Services, Ltd., determined that one of the greatest untapped sources of potential workers was the female population of the ultra-Orthodox Haredi community, most of whom did not hold jobs outside the home. By structuring a work environment that met this labor market’s unique needs and providing ...Starting at €8.20
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Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962-2012, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abrahams, RobinTeaching Note HBS-414051-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413013.Starting at €0.00
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Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Bell, DeborahTeaching Note HBS-414080-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 411050.Starting at €0.00
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Carla Ann Harris at Morgan Stanley
Ramarajan, Lakshmi; Radu, AlexCase HBS-415029-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case follows Carla Ann Harris, an African-American executive on Wall Street, from her childhood to the eve of her 20th year at Morgan Stanley. In addition to her professional identity as an investment banker, Harris is also an accomplished gospel singer, an observant Catholic, a philanthropist, a public speaker, and a writer. Along with her successes and accomplishments, she has also faced setbacks and challenges. Despite the negative experi...Starting at €8.20
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Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference
Rose, Clayton; Lenhardt, Jerome; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-315016-ELeadership and People ManagementFor Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond this, attracting skilled workers to Germany was a national imperative; as the native population aged and its numbers in the workforce shrank, it would be critical to find new workers t...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver City Savings Credit Union: Working Dads (A)
Alison Konrad; Cameron PhillipsCase IVEY-9B14C025-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementThe first female chief executive officer (CEO) of Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) believes in the importance of developing a positive workplace culture. She feels that successful employers take a progressive attitude toward promoting a healthy work-life balance. She also serves as a role model to her employees by working hard but communicating clearly about needing to be present for her family. When an independent consultant surveys...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver City Savings Credit Union: Working Dads (B)
Alison Konrad; Cameron PhillipsCase IVEY-9B14C026-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementSupplement to 9B14C025.Starting at €5.74
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L'Atelier Art Lounge: Times of Uncertainty
Randa Salamoun; Bettina BastianCase IVEY-9B14M139-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn January 31, 2014, the founder and chief executive officer of L’Atelier Art Lounge, an art workshop with branches in Bahrain and Lebanon, faces numerous challenges: not only whether to grow the business but how to achieve a reasonable work-life balance. Political instability associated with the Arab Spring led her to close one of her shops in Bahrain, but she went ahead with opening a second in Beirut where there are few leisure activities avai...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Mass Rapid Transit: Going Off Track
Vivien K. G. Lim; Nikodemus JayaCase IVEY-9B15C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn January 2012, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) Corporation’s chief executive officer resigned after two major breakdowns on the North-South Line in December 2011. SMRT was a public transport operator in Singapore, with a transportation network that comprised buses, trains and taxis. The two breakdowns were arguably the largest public transportation incidents in Singapore’s history, prompting public outrage and heavy criticism of the CEO’s q...Starting at €8.20
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JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool
Groysberg, Boris; Connolly, KatherineCase HBS-415066-ELeadership and People ManagementBy the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women coming back to the workforce after a period of time away. Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of Asset Management, and her team had to evaluate whether or not the program had been successful. Participants and managers both had provided some anecdotal positive feedback on the program, but Erdoes wanted to know how they could truly calculate...Starting at €8.20