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Diversity As Strategy (Spanish version)
Thomas, David A.Article HBS-R0409GLeadership and People Managementstrong support from company leaders, an employee base that is fully engaged with the initiative, management practices that are integrated and aligned with the effort, and a strong and well-articulated business case for action. All four elements have helped IBM make diversity a key corporate strategy tied to real growth.Starting at €8.20
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The Hybrid Model (Spanish version)
Groysberg, Boris; Thomas, David A.; Reavis, CateCase HBS-413S04Leadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €8.20
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The Balance of Payments and the Exchange Rate
Argandoña, AntonioTechnical Note ASEN-207-EEconomicsThis note begins by examining the structure and significance of a country's balance of payments. It goes on to examine the concept of exchange rates and similar mechanisms, how foreign exchange markets work, the theory of fixed interest rates and the main exchange rate regimes. It concludes with a study of the main factors determining exchange rates in the short, medium and long term.Starting at €8.20
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La República Federal Alemana desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Argandoña, Antonio; Nicholson, P.Case ASE-261EconomicsSe describe la evolución de la República Federal Alemana desde la segunda guerra mundial hasta la actualidad, con particular énfasis en los años ochenta y principios de los noventa. Se presta particular atención a las políticas macroeconómicas e industriales, con objeto de dar una explicación al proceso de crecimiento, a la estructura productiva, a los problemas que han surgido y a las soluciones que se han dado a los mismos. (Also available in E...Starting at €8.20
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Sonoco Products Company (A), (B), and (C), and Sonoco Products Company (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Lane, David; Thomas, David A.Teaching Note HBS-407058-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note to 405-009, 405-010, 407-063 and 410082.Starting at €0.00
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The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama, Teaching Note
Thomas, David A.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Creary, Stephanie J.Teaching Note HBS-409134-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for [409115].Starting at €0.00
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Meeting the Diversity Challenge at PepsiCo: The Steve Reinemund Era
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-410024-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles PepsiCo's diversity journey under the leadership of former chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund who instituted diversity as one of the company's strategic imperatives. It demonstrates the ways in which Reinemund partnered with his leadership team and employees throughout the organization to make diversity a key factor in PepsiCo's culture and performance. It also reveals how, regardless of the success, PepsiCo employees were openly...Starting at €8.20
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Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-411093-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. The AAF formed in 1991 to help advance GE's recruitment, retention and development of black employees. By 1995, members of the AAF started asking Jack Welch whether the company was planning to develop business in Africa. After Welch invited the group to conduct due diligen...Starting at €8.20
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Shifting the Diversity Climate: The Sodexo Solution
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-412020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of Sodexo's diversity initiative. Diversity became a key priority for Sodexo, North America in 2001 after a class-action lawsuit was filed and certified in Washington, D.C. against Sodexo Marriot Services, Inc., the food services division that Sodexo had merged with in 1998. In 2002, Dr. Rohini Anand was hired by Michel Landel, CEO of Sodexo, North America. Soon thereafter, Anand was instated as chief diversity of...Starting at €8.20
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Teach Plus: Mobilizing a New Generation of Teacher Leaders
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-412027-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of Teach Plus, a non-profit organization founded on the premise that in order for public schools to continuously improve urban student achievement, teaching must become a career that motivates and retains effective early career teachers. Teach Plus began as a pilot in fall 2007, launched by Celine Coggins, a former teacher and labor-management consultant, and incubated at the Rennie Center for Education Research a...Starting at €8.20