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Lincoln Financial Group (C)
Godes, David B.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-508030-EMarketingLFG reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate strategy, and sales management by exploring the link between a shift in the firm's overall strategy (customer intimacy), the structural implementation of this strategy in the form of the creation of a new d...Starting at €5.74
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K2: Brotherhood of the Rope (C)
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0963-ELeadership and People ManagementChris Warner led a team of experienced mountain climbers on an expedition to reach the summit of K2—the second-highest in the world. After failing to succeed on their first few attempts, Warner and his team brought together other teams hoping to reach the summit, and representing eight different countries, to work together for success. Their story is a narrative full of examples, where in some instances, a leadership point of view was taken, and ...Starting at €5.74
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An Entrepreneur in the Educational World (C): Epilogue
Yemen, Gerry; Quinn, Ryan W.Case DARDEN-OB-1008-ELeadership and People ManagementThe C case brings superintendent and principal together for the epilogue. Moran prepared her central office staff for the decision Landahl made. He decided to go into voluntary choice because he was convinced he had identified the problems and offering supplemental services was not going to make the difference. And at the end of year two, the 2008–09 school year, Greer did pass the AYPs. The unique approach of providing students with two views of...Starting at €5.74
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Upli: Financial Health Appiness (C)
Cian, Luca; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-M-1028-EMarketingThis field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around financial health, consumer insights, and the largest market opportunity. The material provides the opportunity to explore data gathered through focus groups, quantitative survey research, and factor analysis for segment inputs. This further enables exp...Starting at €5.74
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Coastal Power Corpus Christi: Ramping Down (C)
Isabella, Lynn A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0895-ELeadership and People ManagementCan a company diminish employees’ mistrust and distress when downsizing? Is there such a thing as an “effective” workforce reduction process? In this disguised, yet actual case, Peter Morris, manager of Coastal Power Corpus Christi Plant (Bayland) in Texas, tells his team leaders that they had to cut their workforce 10%. Throughout the (A) case a close approximation of how the dialogue went in that meeting offers several ideas for the reduction t...Starting at €5.74
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Sonoco Products Co. (C)
Groysberg, Boris; Thomas, David A.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-407063-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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Matrix Capital Management (C)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-211060-EFinanceBen Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale initiated a position in the middle of 2009.Starting at €5.74
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When a Pandemic Hits: Treading H2O and the Possible Pox (C)
James, Erika Hayes; Clifton, Jason; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0942-ELeadership and People ManagementThis five-case series, sold as a package, presents an opportunity for students to understand that leadership mindset is not going from crisis to crisis, but anticipating and shaping your organization. Through four case scenarios, students learn the need to recognize when there is a crisis situation, explore problems that often occur when issues are ignored, and take appropriate actions to remedy the situation. In the (C) case, two and a half mont...Starting at €5.74
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HP and Autonomy: Who's Accountable? - Teaching Note
Hopkins, Justin J.; Yemen, GerryTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2408TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2408Starting at €0.00
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The Female Health Company (C)
Powell, Elizabeth A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-BC-0253-EKnowledge and CommunicationIt has been nearly 30 years since Mary Ann Leeper was almost ready to give up on the female condom (as described in the A case). By 2012, FHCO had built its brand and achievements on its global reach; Leeper and her colleagues had introduced the company’s second-generation female condom (FC2) in 138 countries. The company, which by now had 144 employees, found itself trying to succeed once more in the domestic U.S. market. This time around, they ...Starting at €5.74