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Learning Launches: Growth Results from Experimental Learning
Hess, Edward D.; Liedtka, Jeanne M.Technical Note DARDEN-S-0198-EStrategyIn this note, the author discusses how research shows that consistent growth companies engage in growth experiments or tests to gather better data to be used in determining which growth ideas are worth investing in. A Learning Launch is described as a process that can be used to do those growth experiments. Students will be shown that by doing Learning Launches, a business can evaluate many growth ideas quickly and cheaply, allowing it to gain be...Starting at €8.20
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How Humility Can Outsmart the Smart Machines
Hess, Edward D.Article ART-3098-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementMost of us think we're pretty smart, or we wouldn't be in our current executive position. But the kind of thinking that got you where you are today will not be enough to keep you there in the Smart Machine Age -- a new era in which technology will, in many cases, be smarter than humans. Staying ahead of tech and an increasingly competitive job market requires that we shed outdated mentalities and behaviors, embracing instead what the author calls...Starting at €8.20
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Miles Everson at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Eccles, Robert G.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-410062-ELeadership and People ManagementMiles Everson, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is the Global Engagement Partner (GEP) for a large U.S. financial institution and about to take over this role for a much larger global financial institution. The GEP role is a critical one at PwC. GEPs have responsibility for the firm's largest and most important clients. They must manage a vast external network of client employees and an equally vast internal network of the firm's employ...Starting at €8.20
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Mayhem on Madison (B)
Kohn, A. Eugene; Lane, DavidCase HBS-208102-EFinanceExplains the approvals and construction process for a building to be constructed against neighborhood opposition above an operating bank branch in New York City.Starting at €5.74
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-613003-EService and Operations ManagementThis case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assessed the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through informal knowledge marketplaces and sharing networks, Danone had helped managers connect with each other and share good practices peer-to-peer, rather than relying on traditional hierar...Starting at €8.20
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High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital, Teaching Plan
Rose, Clayton; Lane, DavidTeaching Note HBS-313048-EThis teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital," (A) and (B), HBS Nos. 312-007 and 312-008, to help faculty deepen student comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.Starting at €0.00
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3 Fellers Bakery
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-ENT-0137-EEntrepreneurshipThis case could be used in entrepreneurship, strategy, and small-business courses. It presents classic issues regarding successful start-ups such as how to choose from a multitude of growth opportunities; how to pace growth so as not to dilute quality control and financial risk tolerance; and how to choose a strategic focus.Starting at €8.20
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Chrysler Fiat 2009
Harreld, J. Bruce; Marshall, Paul W.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-811030-EEntrepreneurshipIn spring 2009, Chrysler entered a prepackaged bankruptcy and exited 40 days later in a deal with Fiat, the U.S. Treasury, and the UAW that kept the automaker alive. Looking forward, what was necessary for Chrysler to move beyond the life support it had received? What was possible? Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed?Starting at €8.20
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Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc.
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-ENT-0145-EEntrepreneurshipCould be used in entrepreneurship business strategy courses. This is a social entrepreneurship case that demonstrates the application of business best practices to a large rural community health organization. The case raises issues regarding growth/expansion and examines the conflict between the mission and strategic focus, asking the question: What are business model limits to "doing good?"Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs (Spanish version)
Groysberg, Boris; Snook, Scott A.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-416S10Leadership and People Managementlocation, faculty, content, format, method, target audience, governance, and sponsorship. No one sitting on the management committee had relied on a formal leadership program to reach the top. How skeptical might they be? How do you convince hard-nosed bankers to leave their desks and invest precious time focusing on what many perceived as "soft" issues?Starting at €8.20