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Rocky Mountain Soap Company: The Move Toward Sustainable Packaging - Teaching Note
Jennifer Sloan; Jennifer Liu; Yi Wu; Leanne Hedberg Carlson; Joel GehmanTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M082-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M082.Starting at €0.00
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Rocky Mountain Soap Company: The Move Toward Sustainable Packaging
Joel Gehman; Jennifer Sloan; Jennifer Liu; Yi Wu; Leanne Hedberg CarlsonCase IVEY-9B19M082-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2017, the co-owners of Rocky Mountain Soap Company in Canmore, Alberta, faced an important challenge. Their company produced and retailed toxin-free, 100 per cent natural bath and body products, and they wanted the product packaging to reflect theStarting at €8.20
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Lean Knowledge Work
Staats, Bradley R.; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1110G-EService and Operations ManagementMany manufacturing companies and some service firms have reaped considerable benefits by applying variations of the Toyota Production System, a method for making operations "lean" through relentless efforts to increase quality and efficiency and eliminate waste. But conventional wisdom holds that lean principles don't lend themselves to knowledge work, which involves judgment and expertise, not the sorts of repetitive, easily specified tasks foun...Starting at €8.20
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Cybersecurity's Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon
Winnefeld, James A. Sandy; Kirchhoff, Christopher; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1509G-EStrategyWith cyberattacks soaring, corporations must step up efforts to protect their IT networks. Most firms could learn from the U.S. military, which has been tightening its cyberdefenses for the past six years. In the past year alone, it adroitly repelled more than 30 million intrusions. A focus on reducing human error is core to the military's heightened security. As is true in the private sector, mistakes by administrators and users open the door to...Starting at €8.20