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When One Division Makes All the Money but the Other Gets All the Attention (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Hamermesh, Richard G.Article HBS-R1904M-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO of a computer peripherals manufacturer considers whether to invest in innovation or focus on the core. This fictional case study by Richard Hamermesh features expert commentary by Vijay Sankaran and Carine Clark. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this reprint is also available in two other versions: case study-only, reprint R1904X, and commentary-only, R1904Z.Starting at €8.20
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When to Make Private News Public (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Casciaro, Tiziana; Winston, Victoria W.Article HBS-R1203S-ELeadership and People ManagementBetsy Sugarman, a rising star in a biotech company, finds out that she is pregnant. This is good news for her, but bad timing for her career. She has been interviewing internally to take on a new role as the director of overseas operations, a position that requires a great deal of travel. Her prospective boss has all but offered her the job and is expecting a commitment from her within a week. She wants the job and feels she is prepared to do wha...Starting at €8.20
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How to Protect Your Job in a Recession
Banks, Janet; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0809J-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the economy softens, corporate downsizing appears almost inevitable. Don't panic yet, though. While layoff decisions might seem beyond your control, there's plenty you can do to make sure you retain your job. In this article, Banks, a former HR executive at Chas...Starting at €8.20
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When Your Colleague Is a Saboteur (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0811A-ELeadership and People ManagementMark Landstad, relatively new to CliffBank's investment banking division, has a veteran teammate, Nicole Collins, who appears to be a reliable ally. However, when Mark needs her help in locating vital information for his part of a presentation they will be doing together, she feigns ignorance. During the meeting, Nicole produces the data out of the blue and wows the attendees with her analysis. Knocked off balance by the sabotage, Mark clumsily s...Starting at €8.20
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Very Model of a Modern Senior Manager (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Morrison, Mike; Mark, Reuben; Ray, Rebecca; Manderlink, George; Ulrich, DaveArticle HBS-R0701B-ELeadership and People ManagementA leadership crisis has erupted at Barker Foods. Doug Lothian, the national sales director of the chocolates and confections division, was just fired for making some bad marketing choices, engaging in questionable selling behaviors, and, ultimately, losing the confidence of his customers and his staff. As a result, there's a schism in Sales. Senior managers are wondering whether a competency model would help the company replace Doug with the righ...Starting at €8.20
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CEO Who Couldn't Keep His Foot out of His Mouth (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Burrell, Lisa; Heifetz, Ronald; Biggs, John H.; Clarke, Torie; Brown, RogerArticle HBS-R0612A-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the four years since Rob Miranda became CEO of Growing Places, a provider of on-site child care for companies in the Midwestern United States, he has been a font of ideas. For instance, he set up rooms where moms can breastfeed their babies during breaks in the workday and put Webcams in classrooms so that parents can "visit" their children from their desks. As a result of Rob's entrepreneurial vision and operational savvy, the company has ach...Starting at €8.20
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Riding the Celtic Tiger (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Roche, Eileen; Kondur, Raj; Haslberger, Arno; Esarey, Sharman; Treacy, Maurice; Citrin, James M.Article HBS-R0511A-ELeadership and People ManagementJohn Dooley, BioSol's vice-president of strategic research, has been making a name for himself at the biotechnology company's offices in Ireland. He's been doing so well, in fact, that the firm has offered him a promotion to director of strategy at headquarters--in California. He's lived abroad before. In the 1980s, making a living in Ireland was tough: Jobs were scarce and unemployment was high. So John and his wife, Fiona, moved to Massachusett...Starting at €8.20
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Left on a Mountainside (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Kirby, Julia; Eisold, Kenneth; Soder, Dee; Kahn, Jeffrey P.; Elson, Charles M.Article HBS-R0401A-ELeadership and People ManagementEd Davidson is on top of the world, literally and figuratively, at the beginning of this fictional case study. He's in the Swiss Alps, headed for Davos and his first experience as a delegate to the World Economic Forum's annual conference. And he has reason to believe he is about to be made president of his company, Carston Waite--and, therefore, heir apparent to the CEO position. Then his phone rings. It's his mentor, Frank Maugham, the CFO and ...Starting at €8.20
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Mommy-Track Backlash (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Hayashi, Alden M.; Darlin, Michele S.; Dineen, Chris; Burkett, Elinor; Friedman, Stewart D.Article HBS-R0103A-ELeadership and People ManagementPlease don't tell me that I need to have a baby to have this time off. Those words were still ringing in the ears of Jessica Gonon an hour after a tense meeting with Jana Rowe, one of her key account managers. Jessica, the vice president of sales and customer support at ClarityBase, considered Jana's request for a four-day workweek, for which she was willing to take a corresponding 20% cut in pay. Although the facts seemed simple, the situation w...Starting at €8.20
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When Everything Isn't Half Enough (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Wetlaufer, Suzy; Hallowell, Edward M.; Neely, Scott; Hollands, Jean; Kets de Vries, Manfred F.R.Article HBS-R00211-ELeadership and People ManagementNorman Spencer, who grew up poor, worked for two decades to make his investment firm successful and his family wealthy. The company he founded, Arrowhead, is now known on Wall Street as a top-notch boutique firm with $25 billion in assets under management. His family has a mansion in San Francisco and a "cottage" in Nantucket. His 17-year-old daughter drives a BMW, his 13-year-old son takes flying lessons in his own plane, and his wife has a pers...Starting at €8.20