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Lehigh Steel (Spanish version)
Narayanan, V.G.; Donohue, Laura E.Case HBS-107S10Accounting and ControlLehigh Steel is a specialty steel manufacturer that plummeted from record profits to record losses in less than three years, driven by an inability to distinguish between profitable and unprofitable business. The scale and growth of service activities and overhead costs in an increasingly customized product line suggests that activity-based costing (ABC) could unlock the secrets of profitability. However, the high fixed-cost structure suggests th...Starting at €8.20
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Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre
Margolis, Joshua D.; Miguel, Fernanda; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-421013-ELeadership and People ManagementKaren Bruck, Corporate Sales Director at MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest e-commerce platform, needs to make a decision about one of her managers, who, while analytically savvy, has an approach that does not fit in with the company's culture.Starting at €8.20
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Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE
Fubini, David G.; Margolis, Joshua D.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-415043-ELeadership and People ManagementSusie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE-the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO-from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a successful product line, and savvy private equity investors, NIC+ZOE seems perfectly positioned for growth, but the company is struggling to execute efficiently, and senior managers are torn about a key decision: whether to go into e-commerce or not.Starting at €8.20
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Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto: A Case Vignette on Feedback - Paolo Canto's Perspective
Margolis, Joshua D.; Mayo, Anthony J.Case HBS-412046-ELeadership and People ManagementDenise Frazer and Paolo Canto, two HBS students, have decided to give each other feedback on their class participation. While Paolo believes that he has been sensitive to Denise in providing feedback, he does not feel that Denise is reciprocating. Her feedback seems to be very negative and feels like a personal attack. He chose to be less negative and use feedback as a way to encourage Denise. He feels that she is not doing the same. Denise and P...Starting at €8.20
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Whose Money Is It Anyway (C)
Narayanan, V.G.; Hamermesh, Richard G.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-810031-EAccounting and ControlThe case describes how the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization and its corporate parent resolved the issue of how the disputed funds would be distributed and used.Starting at €5.74
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Do Well by Doing Good Don't Count on It
Margolis, Joshua D.; Elfenbein, Hillary AngerArticle HBS-F0801D-EResearch over 35 years shows only a weak link between socially responsible corporate behavior and good financial performance. However, there's no evidence of risk in doing good, only in being exposed for misdeeds.Starting at €8.20
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Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)
Narayanan, V.G.; Deshpande, Tanvi; Ramachandran, ShreyaCase HBS-120053-EAccounting and ControlIn May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was hitting hard times financially. It had been dealing with declining revenues for the past five years, and its losses had tripled between 2014-16. A slowdown in factory plant processes in 2006 and the ...Starting at €8.20
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Celebrity Fashions: Moving Ahead (B)
Narayanan, V.G.; Deshpande, Tanvi; Ramachandran, ShreyaCase HBS-120054-EAccounting and ControlIn May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was hitting hard times financially. It had been dealing with declining revenues for the past five years, and its losses had tripled between 2014-16. A slowdown in factory plant processes in 2006 and the ...Starting at €5.74
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Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago
Margolis, Joshua D.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-417023-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, faced a decision with potential personal and political ramifications: whether or not to ask the city's Mayor to join a class action anti-trust suit against the city's creditors for actions they took during the Global Financial Crisis. Summers reflects on his time growing up in gang-controlled neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago, and career experiences in both the public and private sector....Starting at €8.20
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Whose Money Is It Anyway (A)
Narayanan, V.G.; Hamermesh, Richard G.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-810008-EAccounting and ControlThe Brigham and Women's Physician's Organization (BWPO) and its corporate parent disagree over who has jurisdiction over significant legacy funds. Are they controlled by the BWPO or do they belong to BWPO's corporate parent? The BWPO and its corporate parent must negotiate who has control of the funds which impacts how the funds may be used.Starting at €8.20