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What Is a Case
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-2448BC-EThis chapter describes what a case is and provides some guidelines for reading a case actively and constructing your own meaning.Starting at €8.20
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Persuasion, Argument, and the Case Method
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-2447BC-EThis chapter provides an overview of how case-based instruction is used in business and professional school settings, and introduces a new approach to case study that will help students gain a quick and constructive understanding of cases and more effectively employ business concepts that are already part of their working knowledge.Starting at €8.20
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Management Communication: Complete Online Course, Teaching Note
Ellet, WilliamTeaching Note HBS-4338-ETeaching Note for Product # 4337Starting at €0.00
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Plan Operations: Align Process Improvement Programs
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7690BC-EStrategyPerformance that depends on the power of individual leaders has generally proven unsustainable over the long term. Unless an organization links its strategy to its governance and operational processes, it won't be able to sustain its successes. This chapter discusses the linkage of strategy to process improvements. This chapter is excerpted from "Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage."Starting at €8.20
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Unconventional Wisdom in a Downturn
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.; Friedman, Stewart D.; Krishnamurthy, BV; Erickson, Tamara J.; Stibel, Jeffrey M.; Delgrosso, PeterArticle HBS-F0812D-EStrategy"What best practice challenges the conventional wisdom about what to do in a downturn?" We put that question to our team of management bloggers at harvardbusiness.org. This article provides an edited selection of their provocative responses.Starting at €8.20
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Chapter 4: How to Analyze Decision Scenario Cases
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-1024BC-EDecision scenario cases are the most commonly used in business classrooms. (An example of one such decision would be: should an entrepreneur sell his business or maintain control and grow it further?) This chapter begins with a definition of a decision analysis and then provides a six-part approach to conduct an analysis of a decision scenario.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.; Rugelsjoen, BjarneArticle HBS-R1001J-EStrategyFully half of all joint ventures are a failure. That's worrying, given that partnerships and alliances are central to many companies' business models. The reasons are not mysterious: the partners have divergent strategies; the goals set for the venture are ambiguous; partnership agreements quickly become obsolete; and middle managers don't have clear strategic principles to work from. The problems can be remedied if companies switch their focus f...Starting at €8.20
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Chapter 5: How to Analyze Evaluation Scenario Cases
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-1025BC-EThe focus of this chapter is evaluation scenarios cases, which portray a situation in which a deeper understanding of a subject is necessary to make a decision or to take a course of action. (For example, did the purchase of new computers for all employees at once improve productivity, or was it a waste of money?) A six-part approach to analyze a case evaluation scenario is provided.Starting at €8.20
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Chapter 2: What is a Case
Ellet, WilliamBook Chapter HBS-1022BC-EThis chapter explains what a case is, what it does, and what it does not do. In short, a case provides information about a significant business issue while expressing no conclusions about that information. A reader (or readers) is required to give meaning to a case.Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7678BC-EStrategyIn spite of increased adoption of strategy execution systems in recent years, strategy development and the links between strategy and operations remain ad hoc, varied, and fragmented. Having a comprehensive and integrated management system-with the Balanced Scorecard at its core-can help companies overcome the difficulties and frustration that most of them experience when attempting to implement their strategies. This chapter is excerpted from "...Starting at €8.20