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Just Trying to Help (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Kirby, Julia; Buckingham, Marcus; Bischmann, Joanne; Kolind, Lars; Blomquist, TomasArtículo HBS-R0606A-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasEvery year, at the annual summit of Ralston Crane's marketing group, Chief Marketing Officer Ruth McViney homes in on an important organizational objective. Last year, the architecture and design firm was focused on green building initiatives. This year, Ruth says, is the year of customer loyalty. Toward the end of her keynote remarks, she introduces two kickoff projects. The goals of one, Project Holding Pattern, sound familiar to Ralston's Guy ...Desde 8,20 €
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St. Clement's School
Mary Gillett; Jeana Poon; Kelly McKennaCaso IVEY-9B07B012-EContabilidad y controlThe principal of St. Clement's School was considering a potential expansion to the school's facilities. There were many issues for the principal to consider including how to fund the expansion, the impact on the school's programs, and the impact on the school of increased enrollments. Most importantly, she had to consider the impact of an expansion on the distinct culture of the school. This case is an introductory capital budgeting example set i...Desde 8,20 €
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C. R. Plastics - Teaching Note
David Wood; Mary GillettNota del Instructor IVEY-8B11D016-EFinanzas, Iniciativa emprendedoraTeaching note for product 9B11D016.Desde 0,00 €
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Inventing HBR
Kirby, JuliaArtículo HBS-R1211E-EHarvard Business Review was launched in 1922 by a Harvard Business School dean who wanted to equip managers-in-training with better tools of the trade. Its initial print run was only 6,000 copies, and its initial subscription price--$5--was a point of contention between the dean and his outside publisher. For the next 25 years the magazine barely broke even. But between its founding and World War II, the HBS faculty became competent at translatin...Desde 8,20 €
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Beyond Automation
Davenport, Thomas H.; Kirby, JuliaArtículo HBS-R1506C-EPeople in all walks of life are rightly concerned about advancing automation: Unless we find as many tasks to give humans as we find to take away from them, all the social and psychological ills of joblessness will grow, from economic recession to youth unemployment to individual crises of identity. What if, the authors ask, we were to reframe the situation? What if we were to uncover new feats that people might achieve if they had better think...Desde 8,20 €
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Part King, Inc.
Mary Gillett; Lindsay BrockCaso IVEY-9B08B001-EContabilidad y controlA newly appointed operations manager was expected to provide his expertise in the planning, launch and ongoing operations for three corporately-owned Part King stores, the first of which was scheduled to open in December 2005. The operations manager wondered if moving to a corporate model made sense at all or whether it was better to retain the franchise structure that was already in place. He was particularly concerned about how best to motivate...Desde 8,20 €
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Spencer Leadership Centre - Teaching Note
Mary Gillett; Gillian HeiszNota del Instructor IVEY-8B09B15-EContabilidad y controlTeaching note for product 9B09B015.Desde 0,00 €
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Blackberry 10
Mary Gillett; Morgan HartCaso IVEY-9B15B008-EContabilidad y controlIn 2014, a well-reputed innovative technology company had introduced a new operating system and two new smartphone devices with the goal of turning around the company’s slumping hardware sales. Despite positive product reviews in the media, the models did not sell as well as expected. Consequently, the lower demand led to impairment of inventory and supply commitments at various times throughout the following fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal...Desde 8,20 €
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Cafe Xaragua
Mary Gillett; Robert LehnertCaso IVEY-9B12B015-EContabilidad y control, Iniciativa emprendedoraWhile on a visit to Haiti, a student entrepreneur realized the potential for economic development in a country that was rich in certain resources and virtually unexplored by the private sector. The entrepreneur decided on coffee as a business opportunity and he and his three partners imported their first burlap sack. By November 2011 the product was for sale - a premium coffee from Southeastern Haiti with a brand focused on assisting the redevelo...Desde 8,20 €
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Runaway Capitalism
Meyer, Christopher; Kirby, JuliaArtículo HBS-R1201C-EEconomíaCapitalism remains the most powerful, flexible, and robust system for driving broad-based prosperity and enhancing quality of life. But keeping capitalism on track will depend on our ability to rethink the priorities that guide everyone in the system, from entrepreneurs to regulators to investors. In particular we will need to throttle back the headlong pursuits of competition and ROE, and that process begins with recognizing them for what they a...Desde 8,20 €