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Designing Learning Launches
Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Hess, Edward D.Technical Note DARDEN-BP-0529-ECorporate GovernanceThis note lays out in detail a technique, the learning launch, for generating increased revenues through conducting small experiments in the marketplace. A learning launch is a process for testing and improving (or abandoning) a new business idea quickly and inexpensively. Although the process involves selling a new product or service to a customer or group of customers, a learning launch is not a traditional new-product rollout. Instead, it is a...Starting at €8.20
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Learning Launches: Growth Results from Experimental Learning
Hess, Edward D.; Liedtka, Jeanne M.Technical Note DARDEN-S-0198-EStrategyIn this note, the author discusses how research shows that consistent growth companies engage in growth experiments or tests to gather better data to be used in determining which growth ideas are worth investing in. A Learning Launch is described as a process that can be used to do those growth experiments. Students will be shown that by doing Learning Launches, a business can evaluate many growth ideas quickly and cheaply, allowing it to gain be...Starting at €8.20
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La Ribera Health Department (A)
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Moloney, Emer; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-315006-EEconomicsWhat Business Model elements enabled La Ribera to achieve this level of value? How can it improve on its 1% profit margin and better align itself with the Six Factors? The hospital hired a consulting firm that presented four new options that could potentially increase returns. Which, if any, best fit with the ten elements of its Business Model? The B case (9-318-134) contains the d nouement for La Ribera.Starting at €8.20
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Humildad, una capacidad básica en la era de las máquinas inteligentes
Hess, Edward D.Article ART-3098Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementLa mayoría de nosotros nos consideramos bastante inteligentes. De lo contrario, no habríamos logrado nuestro actual puesto directivo. Pero el tipo de pensamiento que te llevó hasta aquí no bastará en la era de las máquinas inteligentes, en la que la tecnología será más inteligente que nosotros. Para hacer frente a la competencia por los trabajos que queden, debemos abandonar mentalidades y comportamientos anticuados en favor de lo que el autor de...Starting at €8.20
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Credem: Banking on Cheese
Trichakis, Nikolaos; Tsoukalas, Gerry; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-615046-EService and Operations ManagementCredem, an Italian regional bank, grants loans to Parmigiano-Reggiano producers and holds the cheese as collateral in its own warehouse during the maturation process, essentially replacing part of the operations for the cheese producers and gaining deep operations expertise.Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability at Siemens, Teaching Plan
Edmondson, Amy C.; Moloney, EmerTeaching Note HBS-516118-ETeaching plan for case 514026.Starting at €0.00
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Lagkagehuset: Building a Bakery Chain
Palepu, Krishna G.; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-115002-EEntrepreneurshipA Danish bakery chain that was acquired by a private equity firm in 2008, and has grown from 3 to 31 stores, plans to address reoccurring operational and organizational issues before growing further.Starting at €8.20
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Ardian: Portfolio Company Governance
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Moloney, Emer; Labruyere, ToniaCase HBS-318017-ELeaders of the mid cap buyout group at Ardian, the Paris-based private equity firm led by Dominique Senequier, have been asked to review and assess the governance model the firm uses for majority-owned companies in its portfolio. The case describes the governance model and then shows how it has worked in practice at two companies: Italy's orthopedic implant maker Lima Corporate and French chemical company Novacap. For each company, the case descr...Starting at €8.20
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Germany's Green Energy Revolution
Maurer, Noel; Corsi, Elena; Billaud, Emilie; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-713049-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Moloney, Emer; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-817014-EEntrepreneurshipIn December 2014, the City of Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home-sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for hosts in the City. It was the most comprehensive agreement that Airbnb had with any city in the world. It's final provision read, "The parties trust that theirs will be a fruitful cooperation." However, both sides were uncertain about how the agreement would be received. Molly Turner, Airbnb's Glob...Starting at €5.74