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The Quest for Achieving Financial Inclusion: M-Pesa Versus UPI
Winig, Laura; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1304-EInformation TechnologiesIn 2019, World Bank analyst Abebi Eke had a difficult assignment: decide whether to recommend that the World Bank, in line with its commitment to expanding financial inclusion to the world's poor, lend its support to a particular digital payments scheme. Eke was asked to investigate two of the most promising payment systems-UPI in India and M-Pesa in Kenya-and prepare a memo comparing the benefits and drawbacks of each. Eke had discovered that wh...Starting at €8.20
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Harvard Business School's Sandra J. Sucher on the value of a book club for excutives (Spanish version)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-F0801FLeadership and People ManagementWhen executives meet together to grapple with moral and ethical questions in literature, they end up applying their insights in practice. This Harvard Business School professor endorses book clubs as part of leadership development. To view a list of recommended texts for an executive book club, visit sucher.readings.hbr.orgStarting at €8.20
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Harvard Business School's Sandra J. Sucher on the value of a book club for excutives
Sucher, Sandra J.; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-F0801F-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen executives meet together to grapple with moral and ethical questions in literature, they end up applying their insights in practice. This Harvard Business School professor endorses book clubs as part of leadership development. To view a list of recommended texts for an executive book club, visit sucher.readings.hbr.orgStarting at €8.20
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The HLB Turnaround
Applegate, Lynda M.; Chakravorti, Bhaskar; Winig, LauraCase HBS-810023-EEntrepreneurshipFord Pearson has recently taken over as CEO of HLB, a Chicago-based product design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally invested in the firm, re-organized many aspects of its operations and has hired a younger executive and turnaround expert, Andrew Macey, as COO to help him in the effort. Pearson and M...Starting at €8.20
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And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (HBR Case Study and Commentary) (Spanish version)
Gamgort, Bob; Nelson, Michelle R.; Thompson, Mozelle W.; Sheehan, Mike; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-R0310AMarketingBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due on the shelves in a couple of years, the drug company is looking for a dramatic sales increase. VP Laura Goldenberg knows she has to reach more consumers, but in an environment where people bombarded with advertising are using devices such as TiVo to skip ads, her job has suddenly taken on a new int...Starting at €8.20
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And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Gamgort, Bob; Nelson, Michelle R.; Thompson, Mozelle W.; Sheehan, Mike; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-R0310A-EMarketingBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due on the shelves in a couple of years, the drug company is looking for a dramatic sales increase. VP Laura Goldenberg knows she has to reach more consumers, but in an environment where people bombarded with advertising are using devices such as TiVo to skip ads, her job has suddenly taken on a new int...Starting at €8.20
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Into the Fray (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Peebles, M. Ellen; Widmann, Nancy Clifford; Kopelan, Amy Dorn; Hassan, Fred; Cohen, Allan; Rhodes, Gary B.Article HBS-R0501A-ELeadership and People ManagementTalk of cost cutting and layoffs was already in the air in the New York offices of international beverage company Legrand SA. But now everyone is imagining the worst after the sudden and mysterious resignation of Lucien Beaumont, the company's president of U.S. operations. The rumors are flying fast and furious about what prompted his departure and, just as important, who will get Lucien's job. Michael Feldstein is confident that he's a top conte...Starting at €8.20
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Martha Johnson and the General Services Administration (B)
Kelman, Steven; Winig, LauraCase HBS-KS1219-EIn June 2009, Martha Johnson was selected to lead the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), a federal agency headquartered in Washington, D.C that largely oversaw government procurement. After Johnson, a GSA veteran, was sworn into office in February 2010, she told reporters she was committed to holding the GSA to the highest ethical standards. In October 2010, ten months after she took office, four of GSA's Public Buildings Service (PBS) ...Starting at €5.74