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Advanced Laser Clinics (E)
Clawson, James G.; Ryan, ElizabethCase DARDEN-OB-0890-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the negative effects that can result after a difficult conversation and ways to reduce the risk of adverse consequences. The case also touches on relationships in the workplace and the correlation they have to the bottom line. In the A case students have ...Starting at €5.74
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Advanced Laser Clinics (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) - Teaching Note
Clawson, James G.; Ryan, ElizabethTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-0886TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-0886Starting at €0.00
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Arthur Rock
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCase HBS-813138-EEntrepreneurshipArthur Rock was known as one of the country's first venture capitalists and was instrumental in launching major Silicon Valley firms, such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne Incorporated. He was the first venture capitalist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rock was adamant that his success was due to luck and being in the right place at the right time. Others argu...Starting at €8.20
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Numenta: Inventing and (or) Commercializing AI
Yoffie, David B.; Kind, Liz; Shimol, David BenCase HBS-716469-EStrategyIn March 2016, Donna Dubinsky (co-founder and CEO) and Jeff Hawkins (co-founder) were struggling with a key question: could Numenta be successful in both creating fundamental technology and building a commercial business? Located in Redwood City, CA, Numenta was founded in 2005 to expand Hawkins' research on the human brain, with the goal of "reverse engineering the neocortex" and then creating machines based on biological principals. Ultimately,...Starting at €8.20
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Giving and Receiving Feedback Evaluation
James, Erika Hayes; Clawson, James G.Technical Note DARDEN-OB-0916-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chart can be used to help students reflect on and document their feedback conversations. In the course of giving or receiving feedback, we often become so embroiled in what we are saying or in what is being said to us that we fail to reflect on the quality and impact of the communication. Though intended to accompany the technical note “Feedback” (UVA-OB-0746), the chart is useful with many other materials on assessing performance.Starting at €8.20
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NetApp
Narayandas, Das; Kind, LizCase HBS-511058-EMarketingNetApp had undertaken an award-winning overhaul and upgrading of its channel strategy design that accounted for 46 percent of North America sales in 2006. Nonetheless, NetApp senior management announced they expected to grow revenue another 30% in fiscal 2007 with half the growth coming from channel sales. To meet those goals, a number of issues that had developed around the channel sales program would need to be addressed.Starting at €8.20
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Zenith Bank: The Marketing of an Initial Public Offering
Clawson, James G.; Amangbo, ChinyeluCase DARDEN-M-0751-EMarketingThis case is useful in teaching marketing strategy as part of a marketing course. It can also be used to teach promotional strategy. Only one week into Zenith Bank of Nigeria’s initial public offering (IPO), Jim Ovia and his management team faced a new regulation that required that the capital base of banks be raised from (Nigerian naira) NGN2 billion to NGN25 billion. They needed to review their approach to marketing the IPO and try something ou...Starting at €8.20
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Advanced Laser Clinics (C)
Clawson, James G.; Ryan, ElizabethCase DARDEN-OB-0888-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the negative effects that can result after a difficult conversation and ways to reduce the risk of adverse consequences. The case also touches on relationships in the workplace and the correlation they have to the bottom line. In the A case students have ...Starting at €5.74
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Advanced Laser Clinics (D)
Clawson, James G.; Ryan, ElizabethCase DARDEN-OB-0889-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you tell one of your direct reports that she stinks? This case explores the dynamics behind having difficult conversations, and giving and receiving feedback. It is designed to illustrate the negative effects that can result after a difficult conversation and ways to reduce the risk of adverse consequences. The case also touches on relationships in the workplace and the correlation they have to the bottom line. In the A case students have ...Starting at €5.74
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Affinity Labs, Inc.
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kind, LizCase HBS-809019-EEntrepreneurshipIn November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold Military.com to. Within its first year of operations, Affinity Labs launched eight vertical portals including PoliceLink, NursingLink, TechCommunity, and IndiaOn. While the company was w...Starting at €8.20