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Be a Better Ally
Melaku, Tsedale M; Beeman, Angie; Smith, David G; Brad Johnson, WArticle HBS-R2006L-EThe Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements have forced people in positions of power--namely, the white men who dominate institutional leadership roles--to realize they must personally step up to make organizations more fair and inclusive. That means playStarting at €8.20
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Global Expansion: Pinduoduo's Cross-Border E-Commerce Initiative
Wei Li; Jing Chen; Hubert PunCase IVEY-W35264-EStrategyIn August 2022, Pinduoduo Inc., one of the fastest growing and largest e-commerce companies in China, faced several challenges. Alongside intensified competition from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc., as well as weakened consumer spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pinduoduo had reached a potential growth ceiling within the domestic market. To explore new growth avenues, Lei Chen, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, w...Starting at €8.20
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Mabe: Learning to Be a Multinational (B)
José Luis Rivas; Cristina Odalis Ventura González; Daniel Alejandro Hernández AldacoCase IVEY-9B15M121-EStrategyMexican electric appliances company Mabe had grown from being a leading national firm in its field to an international company with presence in most of the Americas and Russia. It had ventured into emerging markets and intended to continue its expansion to other countries. The company gathered together five directors to form an Action Learning team that would evaluate its entry into India together with directors from its potential partner, Italia...Starting at €5.74
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Be Seen as a Leader
Galinsky, Adam D.; Kilduff, Gavin J.Article HBS-R1312K-EWhen a new work group forms, people often make snap judgments about who is qualified to lead. If the players don't already know one another, they tend to afford status to teammates on the basis of factors such as age, gender, race, attractiveness, and rank. These are characteristics beyond your control, but they don't necessarily predetermine the influence you can have on a group. Anyone, the authors say, can achieve higher status and more influe...Starting at €8.20
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Google's Way - Don't Be Evil
Pratima Bansal; Marlene J. Le BerCase IVEY-9B07M067-EStrategyWall Street's darling, Google Inc., offered more than a pretty financial picture. Poverty, communicable diseases and climate change - some of the world's largest problems - were also key interests of Google's cofounders. By applying innovation and significant resources, Google's cofounders hoped that their efforts in these areas would one day eclipse Google itself in worldwide impact. On February 22, 2006, Google Inc. announced the appointment of...Starting at €8.20
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What We'll Be Doing in 2022
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1410Z-EEconomicsOver the next decade, job growth will be greatest in the health care and personal care fields and in construction. Jobs will actually decline in farming. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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How to Be a Good Board Chair
Shekshnia, StanislavArticle HBS-R1802G-ELeadership and People ManagementThe majority of board chairs are former CEOs, who are used to calling the shots and being stars. So it's no surprise that many start behaving as if they are alternative chief executives of their firms. That sows conflict and confusion at the top. In addition, as research by INSEAD's Corporate Governance Centre shows, the two jobs are distinctly different--and so are the skills needed in them. The chair leads the board, not the company, and that m...Starting at €8.20
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Kozmo.com - "We'll Be Right Over"
Ghosh, AnindyaCase E-164-EEntrepreneurshipJoseph Park, co-founder of Kozmo.com, was euphoric. It was December 23, 1999 and he had just received a phone call about what he called the best Christmas gift of his life. A group of investors led by Amazon had decided to invest more that $100 million in his fledgling start-up. The capital markets were buoyant about all things related to the Internet and the NASDAQ was scaling to new heights every month. A quick IPO, which could help raise the c...Starting at €8.20
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Double E Grain Corporation: Where To From Here
Donald W. Barclay; Jessica KellyCase IVEY-9B11M122-EStrategyIt was mid-January 2011 and Elmer Enns, sole owner of Double E Grain Corporation, a 6600-acre farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, was reflecting on the past year, during which he had completed the canola harvest ahead of schedule. Helped by strong commodity prices, Double E had experienced successive years of prosperity (as shown by the financial statements in the case). Elmer, in his mid-50s, was optimistic about the industry and content with the curr...Starting at €8.20
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Jobs to Be Done: Aplicación en entornos de alta densidad digital
Pérez Balaguer, Jesús; Gregory, Robert Wayne; Zamora, JavierTechnical Note SIN-62Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingLa teoría del Jobs to be Done (JTBD) se fundamenta en que los clientes no compran productos o servicios, sino que "contratan" estos para realizar un determinado "trabajo" (job), de ahí el nombre de la citada teoría. Esta nota técnica introduce en la teoría del JTBD y explica cómo aplicarla en un entorno de alta densidad digital.Starting at €8.20