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Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
Podolny, Joel M.; Khurana, Rakesh; Besharov, MaryaBook Chapter HBS-6123BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe authors of this chapter contend that the study of leadership in organizational theory went awry when interest in leadership became too tightly coupled with organizational performance. Leading organizational theorists in the latter part of the twentieth century, such as Max Weber, Chester Barnard, and Philip Selznick, were not concerned with leadership because of its ability to explain financial performance. Instead, they were concerned with l...Starting at €8.20
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Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (A) (Spanish Version)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Khurana, RakeshCase HBS-808S07Knowledge and CommunicationDestacados dar y recibir retroalimentación en un salón de clases de MBA.Starting at €8.20
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Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-211S05Leadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests of both. They also perceive limited oppo...Starting at €8.20
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Sizing Up the Active-Wear Market (Spanish version)
Tedlow, Richard S.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-317S01MarketingWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. In the wake of slumping sales and sagging profit margins, a leading manufacturer and retailer of high-end women's apparel, Harrington Collection, must evaluate an opportunity to expand into the high-growth active-wear market. Sara Huey, Vice President of Strategic Planning, calls on two of her colleagues to ...Starting at €8.20
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Pondering Price Promotion (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-410S12MarketingPrice Promotion, Pricing Policy, Consumer Marketing, Profitability Analysis, Retailing, Sales Promotion, Distribution Policy, Brand Equity, Trade Relations, CookwareStarting at €8.20
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Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-412S20MarketingAfter three years of development, Paramount Health and Beauty Company is preparing to launch a new technologically advanced vibrating razor called Clean Edge. The innovative new design of Clean Edge provides superior performance by stimulating the hair follicles to lift the hair from the skin, allowing for a closer shave. The company has already decided to introduce Clean Edge into the men's market where it has a strong presence. Jackson Randall,...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Product Management Code (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-917S20MarketingPemberton Products is a U.S. market leader in the cookie and bakery snacks segment of the sweet snack market. Looking to expand into the salty snack market, the company acquires Krispy Inc., a maker of salty snack crackers located in the southeastern U.S. To compete with premium cracker brands, Pemberton plans to reformulate and re-launch the Krispy brand as "Krispy Natural," which offers natural ingredients, improved taste, and revised packaging...Starting at €8.20
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Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Khurana, Rakesh; Penrice, DanielCase HBS-315057-ERaymond Jetson, an inner-city pastor, former Louisiana state legislator, and 2010 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, has embarked on a new career as a social entrepreneur. The case charts Jetson's career in public life and the ministry, his experience as an Advanced Leadership Fellow, and his efforts to establish and grow a nonprofit organization, MetroMorphosis, with a mission "to develop and mobilize a critical mass of citizens in i...Starting at €8.20
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Basel II: Operational Risk in Financial Institutions
Soley, Jorge; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTechnical Note FN-537-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis note explains the concept of operational risk in financial entities. This new concept has been introduced by Basel II as a new requirement in the calculation of the own funds required by financial entities in order to achieve a more solvent financial system. Operational risk is understood to mean "The risk of losses resulting from inadequate and/or erroneous internal processes, personnel, systems or external events." Companies' results, and ...Starting at €8.20
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State Finance Agencies
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-400-EFinanceIn many countries; in practically all of Europe, most of Latin America, and even in the U.S., there are financial agencies, which normally act as credit agencies, and which are used to finance: Medium to long-term credit operations in strategic projects in the country, and as development banks, supporting the formation of fixed capital and the intermediation of companies, especially SMEs.Starting at €8.20