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Cappelli, Peter; Harvard Business Review; Holmes, Dane E.Article HBS-R1903B-ELeadership and People ManagementBusinesses have never done as much hiring as they do today and never done a worse job of it, says Peter Cappelli of Wharton in "Your Approach to Hiring Is All Wrong." Much of the process is outsourced to companies such as Randstad, Manpower, and Adecco, which in turn use subcontractors to scour LinkedIn and social media for potential candidates. When applications come--always electronically--software sifts through them for keywords that hiring ma...Starting at €8.20
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Crystal Catering
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Goldberg, Rebecca; Jones, Liz IvaniwCase DARDEN-ENT-0209-EEntrepreneurshipWhen Ben Smith’s call-center job is outsourced, he and his wife, Jane, decide to open a catering company to build on Jane’s cottage business selling baked goods. They have an opportunity to cater a holiday party hosted by Ben’s former employer; however, the Smiths are new to the business and are unsure of the price they should put on their labor. An out-of-state friend in the catering business recommends using his rule-of-thumb, which is doubling...Starting at €8.20
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Nate Chooses a Business Entity - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1795TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1795Starting at €0.00
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Nate Chooses a Business Entity
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-F-1795-EFinanceThis case follows Nate Jamison as he determines which business entity to form for his growing City Moving Company (City Moving) in Washington, DC. From the start, Jamison operated City Moving as a sole proprietorship while he bootstrapped the business. Eventually he was able to get his own truck and hire two steady employees, and the three hope to formalize a business partnership to expand City Moving so that all three men can lead their own movi...Starting at €8.20
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Henry Spots a Problem at Sunshine O.J. (A) -Teaching note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-OM-1614TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1614Starting at €0.00
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Henry Spots a Problem at Sunshine O.J. (A)
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1614-EService and Operations ManagementHenry Franklin works at Sunshine O.J. (Sunshine), a three-year-old, fast-growing organic orange juice manufacturer near Charleston, South Carolina. Before his employment at Sunshine, Franklin worked for about two decades in his family’s business, FranklinStarting at €8.20
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Vincent Buys a Lawn Mower - Teaching note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1794TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1794Starting at €0.00
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Vincent Buys a Lawn Mower
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-F-1794-EFinanceVincent Chin's first "temporary" job after high school was with the lawn crew of Holiday Lawn Service. Ten years later, Chin has become a trusted employee and the company's second-in-command. His boss, Sam Holiday, has decided to retire and has worked out a deal with Chin to take over the business. In preparing Chin for his new role, Holiday explains that there are important choices ahead related to capital expenditures (like lawn mowers) and the...Starting at €8.20
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A Novel Way to Boost Client Satisfaction
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1902A-EService and Operations ManagementResearchers have learned to mine a unique set of data that serves as a slow-motion replay of how an organization and its people function: the company's e-mail. Although e-mail analysis has largely focused on internal communications, a new study uses it to examine how employees interact with clients. Researchers studied the e-mail behaviors of teams working with key client accounts at a global professional services firm. Each month during the stud...Starting at €8.20
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Devils Backbone Brewing, LLC: An Idea Brews - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-S-0300TNStrategyTeaching Note of Product S-0300Starting at €0.00