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The Indian Greenpreneur: Management of Frenemy Talent and Coopetition
Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Neha Paliwal Sharma; Nakul GuptaCase IVEY-9B13C028-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDuring the 2013 Indian festival of colours, a young green entrepreneur and owner of Green Horizon Consulting (GHC) faced a plethora of business growth challenges. His former employee, who had quit GHC a while back to work for a major rival, wanted to return. However, the entrepreneur could not figure it out — would rehiring an ex-employee be a sound business decision? Should he take a risk and give the former employee another chance? If he did, h...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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Cyberpreneur's Wake-up Call: Cyber Security and Millennial Talent Crises
Nakul Gupta; Arjun Bhatnagar; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B13E029-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIt was summer of 2013, and the news of cyber-attacks and information security breaches was on the rise in India, as it was worldwide. Incidents such as the Axis bank’s cyber-crime incident and the news of the American National Security Agency’s global e-surveillance were creating consternation and dilemmas in the minds of information security consultants. One such consultant owned and operated an information security company, Percept Softech, a L...Starting at €8.20
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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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Sitara: Indian Management Style — Capturing Hearts and Minds
Neha Paliwal Sharma; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B12C028-ELeadership and People Management, StrategySitara was a village in India whose local governing body had 15 members headed by the gram-pradhan. In 2011, the gram-pradhan had approved a project for renovation of a large village pond as per the directives of the central government’s MNREGA scheme. However, on starting the excavation work at the project site, it was found that the area was extremely marshy. Manual labourers turned up at the site everyday but declined to work in life-threateni...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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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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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
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Lincoln Financial Group (B): Making LFD a Reality (Spanish version)
Godes, David B.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-513S25MarketingLFG 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