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SSS software in-basket exercise - Self-evaluation
Schor S.; Seltzer, J.; Smither J.; Miller, PaddyExercise FHE-13-ELeadership and People ManagementThe self evaluation document analyses the 17 documents of the in-basket exercise and allows students to evaluate their own performance. The self evaluation process also classifies their decisions in terms of various categories such as Motivation of others, Information Analysis, Cross-cultural awareness, Empowerment.Starting at €8.20
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Recruit Holdings and the Ribbon Model
Miller, Paddy; Inami, HiromiCase DPO-388-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementListed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since October 2014 with $13 billion in sales, Recruit Holdings had created and managed as many as 200 businesses and brands through separate operating divisions across Japan, the rest of Asia, Europe and the United States. The key business of Recruit was that it operated a number of platforms and services that provided client data and could be accessed by many users. But what made it work? What made it sustainab...Starting at €8.20
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Rocky Mountain Condiments: Close Encounters with the Legal System for the First Time
Goldberg, Lena G.Case HBS-319029-EStarting at €8.20
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Employment Vignettes
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-311021-EKnowledge and CommunicationSix vignettes drawn from decided cases explore legal and business issues in hiring, firing, promoting, and demoting employees, with an emphasis on protected classes, pretext, and anti-discrimination laws in the setting of start-ups and privately held compStarting at €8.20
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Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Obenchain, TiffanyCase HBS-310056-EHaving taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008, Goldman Sachs confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime.Starting at €5.74
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Hewlett Packard: The Journey from BCD to ICD
Ford S.; Miller, PaddyCase FH-724-ELeadership and People ManagementSet at the time of the Hewlett-Packard and Compaq merger, the case describes the transformation of HP's Barcelona Division from a major individual player in the large-format printer market to a "product-generating" unit within a newly restructured Hewlett-Packard. The history and implementation of the changes are presented, and reactions within the organization are discussed.Starting at €8.20
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Jordan Cohen at PfizerWorks: Building the Office of the Future
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-187-EService and Operations ManagementJordan Cohen is the Manager of organisational effectiveness within Pfizer, the large pharmaceutical company. He sets up a system called pfizerWorks that outsources tasks such as preparation of Excel, PowerPoint and research. This case follows his progress over a five year period as he sets it up from scratch to embedding pfizerWorks throughout the corporation.Starting at €8.20
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Give Us a 'C'! Killing Knock-offs with Copyright
Goldberg, Lena G.Case HBS-318046-EVarsity Brands, the leading manufacturer of cheerleading uniforms in the U.S., obtained copyright protection for certain designs of stripes, chevrons, color blocks and lines on cheerleading uniforms. Star Athletica, a newcomer in the field, used those designs in its own uniforms and was promptly sued by Varsity for copyright infringement. Star countered that cheerleading uniforms were useful articles and, as such, were excluded from copyright pro...Starting at €8.20
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T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.Case HBS-317088-EMarketingT. Rowe Price's mutual funds, separate accounts, institutional investors and retirement accounts were in the aggregate Dell Inc.'s third largest shareholder in 2013 when Dell announced a management-led buy-out, or MBO, structured as a merger. In considering whether to vote for or oppose the transaction, Brian C. Rogers, chairman and chief investment officer at T. Rowe, and his team had to consider whether the price offered represented the fair va...Starting at €8.20
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The Hollinger Media Group. Lord Black: Fall of a Media Tycoon
Daniels A.; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-60-ELeadership and People ManagementThe story of how Conrad Black, son of a Canadian businessman, built a media empire starting at the age of 22 when he bought his first newspaper in rural Quebec is the stuff of legends. By 1996, Hollinger Black company owned more than 400 titles around the globe, representing the third largest publisher of newspapers in circulation in the world. In 1999, the Times paper of London ranked Black as the 55th most powerful man in Britain, ahead of cabi...Starting at €8.20