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Marimekko
Alison Konrad; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B06C014-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyKirsti Paakkanen has achieved a celebrity status in Finland for her enigmatic leadership of the Finnish design company Marimekko. Purchasing the company in a state of near bankruptcy in 1991, Paakkanen took several actions to restore profitability and realize growth. As of 2006, the company has sales of $64 million (of which 80 per cent are from Finland) and net profits of $8.4 million. Over the last few years, Paakkanen and her team have focused...Starting at €8.20
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Forrest & Faneuil
Alison Konrad; Victor ShawCase IVEY-9B13C026-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2012, an investment banking summer intern in the head office of a leading international financial institution has received some stellar reviews. His manager hints that as long the intern keeps up the good work, his full-time return offer is all but guaranteed. However, the 120-hour work weeks would deprive him of any opportunity to spend time with his family. He must choose between taking advantage of the organization’s Summer Intern Mobility ...Starting at €8.20
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Sophia Tannis: Life Choices (B)
Alison Konrad; Kanina BlanchardCase IVEY-9B15M102-EStrategySupplement to case A 9B15M101.Starting at €5.74
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Three Cases on Workplace Mistreatment
Karen Harlos; Alison Konrad; Lucas MonzaniCase IVEY-9B20C041-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn the first of three mini-cases on workplace mistreatment, "Casual Fridays Gone Wrong," the vice-president of compliance for a collections company faced the dilemma of how to deal with a complaint about a manager's racist comments. In the second mini-casStarting at €8.20
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Transforming AMFAM , Teaching Note
Khurana, Rakesh; Lal, RajivTeaching Note HBS-513079-EMarketingTeaching Note for 508081Starting at €0.00
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Transforming AMFAM
Khurana, Rakesh; Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-508081-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. On a winter day in December 2007 at the American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AMFAM) headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave Anderson and Jack Salzwedel remained in the conference room after the senior management meeting had concluded. Anderson, CEO of AMFAM since January 2007 and Salzwedel, named President in August 2006, reflected together on how far the company had c...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Romance in the Office
Lisa A. Mainiero; Alison KonradCase IVEY-9B11C014-ELeadership and People ManagementOffice romance has challenged sexual norms at work. Under the prevailing norms 40 years ago, a workplace affair meant a semi-clandestine liaison between a male executive (married or unmarried) and a female secretary or low-level assistant. Over the past few decades, sexual norms have become more flexible, and office romances are more likely to be out in the open. This case provides six real-life examples of office romance. In each case, students ...Starting at €8.20
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Sophia Tannis: Life Choices (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Alison Konrad; Kanina BlanchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B15M101-EStrategyTeaching note for products 9B15M101 and 9B15M102.Starting at €0.00
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Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
Podolny, Joel M.; Khurana, Rakesh; Besharov, MaryaBook Chapter HBS-6123BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe authors of this chapter contend that the study of leadership in organizational theory went awry when interest in leadership became too tightly coupled with organizational performance. Leading organizational theorists in the latter part of the twentieth century, such as Max Weber, Chester Barnard, and Philip Selznick, were not concerned with leadership because of its ability to explain financial performance. Instead, they were concerned with l...Starting at €8.20
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Sophia Tannis: Life Choices (A)
Alison Konrad; Kanina BlanchardCase IVEY-9B15M101-EStrategySophia Tannis and her husband, Richard, had to choose between following her career or his. The pair chose to accept Sophia’s new job offer, which involved relocating geographically. Over the ensuing five years, Sophia and Richard became parents to two children and gradually settled into their new roles. Since putting his own career second to Sophia’s, Richard successfully built up a reputation as a future leader within his organization, and has r...Starting at €8.20