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El caso HBR: Cuando su colega lo sabotea
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0811ALeadership and People ManagementMarcos Landstad, relativamente nuevo en la división de banca de inversión de CliffBank, tiene un veterano compañero de equipo, Nicole Collins, que parece ser un aliado fiable. Sin embargo, cuando Mark necesita su ayuda para localizar información vital para su parte de una presentación que van a hacer juntos, ella finge ignorancia. Durante la reunión, Nicole produce los datos de la nada y sorprende a los asistentes con su análisis. Perder el equil...Starting at €8.20
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El caso HBR: La ola de despidos
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0903ALeadership and People ManagementAstrigo está en problemas. La cadena de mejoras para el hogar ha perdido su pronóstico de ganancias mal y las ventas están cayendo. Una reducción del 10% en el aspecto personal como la única opción. Despidos, sin embargo, podrían debilitar el compromiso de toda la vida del minorista a los empleados y la capacidad de ofrecer sus servicios al cliente famoso. Pero tocando efectivo reservado para adquisiciones estratégicas va en contra de los valores...Starting at €8.20
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Loma Vista Medical
Gompers, Paul A.; Kovvali, SilpaCase HBS-819050-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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The Other Diversity Dividend
Gompers, Paul A.; Kovvali, SilpaArticle HBS-R1804D-ELeadership and People ManagementResearchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship between diversity and financial performance--especially at large companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a "lab rat" with fewer barriers to understanding: the venture capital industry. VC firms are fairly flat: Every investor is a decision maker, and choices have clear business cons...Starting at €8.20
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The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course Overview, 2019 Spring Term
Gompers, Paul A.Case HBS-818080-EEntrepreneurshipThis note serves as an overview of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit's required curriculum course, "The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)." General management has been a core educational organizing framework at the Harvard Business School since its inception. Today TEM provides a powerful context in which to learn about general management. TEM seeks to build the knowledge, skills, tools, frameworks, and attitudes required to succeed as a manager. T...Starting at €8.20
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The Layoff (HBR Case Study)
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0903X-ELeadership and People ManagementAstrigo is in trouble. The home improvement chain has missed its earnings forecast badly and sales are falling. A 10% reduction in staff looks like the only choice. Layoffs, however, would undermine the retailer's longtime commitment to employees and the ability to provide its famed customer service. But tapping cash reserved for strategic acquisitions goes against the firm's values, too. What should the CEO do? Four experts comment on this ficti...Starting at €8.20
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Moonlighter (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Fryer, Bronwyn; Jensen, Bill; Lepatner, Barry; Kimmel, Jean; Conway, Karen; Davis, Stan; Davis, SandraArticle HBS-R0211A-ELeadership and People ManagementJeremy Hicks, Zagante Systems' lead programmer, walks into the office at eight o'clock on a Sunday night and does a double take when he spots his boss, Melanie. She's equally surprised to find she isn't alone. Before leaving for the evening, Melanie pays Jeremy a visit, only to discover that he isn't hard at work on Zagante's new product--he's programming a game for another company. The next day over lunch, Melanie confronts Jeremy and lets him k...Starting at €8.20
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How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Gompers, Paul A.; Gornall, Will; Kaplan, Steven N; Strebulaev, IlyaArticle HBS-R2102D-EEntrepreneurshipFor decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and more--are constantly in the headlines, very little is known about what VCs actually do and how they create value. To pull the curtain back, Paul Gompers of Harvard Business School, Will Gornall of the UBC Sauder School of Business, Steven N. Kaplan of the Univer...Starting at €8.20
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Timeless Leadership: A Conversation with David McCullough
McCullough, David; Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0803B-ELeadership and People ManagementThe historian David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and well-known public television host, has spent his career thinking about the qualities that make a leader great. His books, including Truman, John Adams, and 1776, illustrate his conviction that even in America's darkest moments the old-fashioned virtues of optimism, hard work, and strength of character endure. In this edited conversation with HBR senior editor Bronwyn Fryer, McCu...Starting at €8.20
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Fat Chance (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Fryer, Bronwyn; Kirby, Julia; Weyers, Howard; Solovay, Sondra; Roehling, Mark V.; Wilensky, AmyArticle HBS-R0505A-ELeadership and People ManagementSid Shawn is a 10-year veteran of NMO Financial Services and a mainstay of the pensions marketing group. He's been a good, consistent worker and an invaluable resource for the salespeople and consultant relations managers. Sid also weighs 400 pounds. So when he is the only internal candidate for the customer-facing position of consultant relations manager, sales and marketing VP Bill Houglan feels that he has a tough hiring decision to make. Sid ...Starting at €8.20