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Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-4431-EKnowledge and CommunicationShelby Givens, a new MBA, is the general manager of Westlake Lanes, a near-bankrupt bowling alley that her grandfather founded decades earlier. Givens has been given one year to turn a profit; if the goal is not met Westlake will close. During the first few days on the job, Givens learns that the business is in worse shape financially than she - or the board - thought. She also finds that Westlake's employees exhibit minimal productivity. Givens ...Starting at €8.20
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How Can This Business Be Saved? (Spanish version)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-413S10StrategyShelby Givens, a new MBA, is the general manager of Westlake Lanes, a near-bankrupt bowling alley that her grandfather founded decades earlier. Givens has been given one year to turn a profit; if the goal is not met Westlake will close. During the first few days on the job, Givens learns that the business is in worse shape financially than she - or the board - thought. She also finds that Westlake's employees exhibit minimal productivity. Givens ...Starting at €8.20
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Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved, Teaching Note
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Zalosh, AlisaTeaching Note HBS-4432-ETeaching note for case 4431.Starting at €0.00
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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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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
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The "Three Strikes" Law in California (Sequel): The Impact
Donahue, John D.; Scott, EstherCase HBS-HKS113-EStrategyThis sequel is the second part of this 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 next two parts can be read sequentially in class. This brief sequel summarizes the impact of the ballot initiative-which was overwhelmingly approved by voters-on both the state priso...Starting at €8.20
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Same Bed, Different Dreams': The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (A)
Scott, Esther; Thomas, JohnCase HBS-HKS187-EEconomicsIn February 1994, top officials from China and Singapore signed a landmark partnership agreement to develop a massive new industrial park and residential community in the city of Suzhou in China. The ambitious project, modeled after Singapore's highly successful industrial-residential parks, would provide not only jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, but homes and community facilities as well. The agreement between the partners also called f...Starting at €8.20
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FormPrint Ortho500
Cespedes, Frank V.; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-915535-EMarketingThe Senior Vice President of FormPrint's Medical Products business unit is considering issues raised by the upcoming introduction of a new 3D printing system, the Ortho500, which could print custom exoskeletal orthopedic splints, braces, and casts that conformed to a patient's body. The potential market extended beyond large urban hospitals (the Ortho's existing market) to high-volume outpatient offices in the U.S., with a long-term goal of expan...Starting at €8.20
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Same Bed, Different Dreams': The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (B)
Scott, Esther; Thomas, JohnCase HBS-HKS188-EEconomicsIn February 1994, top officials from China and Singapore signed a landmark partnership agreement to develop a massive new industrial park and residential community in the city of Suzhou in China. The ambitious project, modeled after Singapore's highly successful industrial-residential parks, would provide not only jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, but homes and community facilities as well. The agreement between the partners also called f...Starting at €5.74