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Creativity and the Role of the Leader
Amabile, Teresa M.; Khaire, MuktiArticle HBS-R0810G-EThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has turned on the academics who've studied creativity for decades. How relevant is their research to the practical chal...Starting at €8.20
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The Kid Grows Up: Decisions at the Sundance Institute
Khaire, Mukti; Kenyon, EleanorCase HBS-812051-EThe Sundance case raises the question of how markets for innovative cultural products can be created and what the role of intermediaries in creative industries ought to be. The case describes the history of the Sundance Institute, which was founded by actor/director Robert Redford to promote independent filmmaking. Started as a "Lab," where independent filmmakers could work on their film projects, the Institute soon expanded to organize the Sunda...Starting at €8.20
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Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success
Khaire, Mukti; Wadhwani, R. DanielCase HBS-808027-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Saffronart, a five-year-old online art auction company, leads the market for modern Indian art and now faces competitors in the market it created. Established in 2000 by the wife-and-husband team of Minal and Dinesh Vazirani, Saffronart.com is an innovative online auction firm that specializes in modern and contemporary Indian art. Having been the first firm to offer Indian ...Starting at €8.20
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Crossing the Line: Don Imus and the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team
Scott, Esther; Jones, AlexCase HBS-HKS120-EOn April 4, 2007, talk show host Don Imus, while chatting with his sidekicks on his morning radio program, referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team-which had lost a college championship game the previous evening-as "nappy-headed hos." This was not the first time that Imus and the regulars on his show-which was nationally syndicated by CBS Radio and simulcast on MSNBC-had ed racial and sexual innuendo into their early morning banter. "Imu...Starting at €8.20
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SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
Khaire, Mukti; McGinn, Kathleen L.Case HBS-810044-EEntrepreneurshipThe case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. STFC, which is part of a larger non-profit organization - the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) - works to improve the livelihoods of very poor rural and urban women in India. It does so by translating traditional Indian embroidery skills into contemporary apparel and home furnishings that STFC then helps to market and sell around the world. ...Starting at €8.20
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Zotter - Living by Chocolate
Khaire, Mukti; Aichinger, Stefan; Hoffman, Monika; Schnoedl, MaximilianCase HBS-810091-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case is about a boutique chocolate manufacturer's decision to grow. Zotter, an Austrian company that was a pioneer in the organic and Fairtrade chocolate movement, uses the traditional confit technique to make premium hand-scooped chocolates in unusual and innovative flavor combinations. Having done many novel things to educate the market about the value of premium, org...Starting at €8.20
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GLOBIS
Khaire, Mukti; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-811061-EEntrepreneurshipYoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English program was a necessary step to fulfill Hori's ambition to make GLOBIS the No. 1 business school in Asia, however it remained to be seen whether the school could attract internatio...Starting at €8.20
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Noma: A Lot on the Plate
Khaire, Mukti; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-814097-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2014, the restaurant Noma, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, was considered to be amongst the best restaurants in the world, and its co-founder, co-owner and chef, Ren Redzepi, among the most influential chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food movement, a movement focused on rediscovering Nordic cuisine and ingredients, which had helped increase the popularity of Danish cuisine. Since 2013 Noma had a new investor, the American...Starting at €8.20
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Taking a Therapeutic Approach to Juvenile Offenders: The "Missouri Model"
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Scott, Esther; Boatright Wilson, JulieCase HBS-HKS104-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. In the early 1970s, the Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) took its first steps toward radically changing the way it dealt with youthful offenders remanded to its custody. For years, like most states, it had incarcerate...Starting at €8.20
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Jailing Kids for Cash in Pennsylvania (Supplement)
Donahue, John D.; Scott, EstherCase HBS-HKS114-EStrategyThis supplement is the third part of a three part case. The main case (case 1908.0) provides background on the California three strikes law, and then briefly describes the proponents and opponents of the ballot measure, and the arguments each side put forward. The sequel and supplement can be read sequentially in class. The brief sequel summarizes the impact of the ballot initiative-which was overwhelmingly approved by voters-on both the state...Starting at €8.20