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The Wrong Way to Respond to Employee Activism
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree common traps and how to avoid them. -
A CEO's Guide to Planning a Return to the Office
Organizational Development Digital ArticleToday's decisions will set the tone for the future. -
Blame Me
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA good leader owns the problem when things go wrong. -
Why We're in the Midst of a Global Semiconductor Shortage
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWeak links in supply chains have underscored the importance of rigorous supply chain management. -
Why Do Companies Succumb to Price Fixing?
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleWhen Ben Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and the words, “A little neglect may breed great mischief,” he did not have price fixing in mind. To the 47 executives in companies in the folding-box industry convicted of price fixing, however, the words seem tailored to fit. In those companies convicted under antitrust laws in 1976, […] -
Stop Undervaluing Exceptional Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearchers found that companies assume talented men will job hop to further their careers, while talented women will stay loyal. -
Minority Women Report Downsizing Their Ambitions Because of Bias
Global Business Digital ArticleAnd it's hurting the companies they work for. -
Implementing Inclusive Policies Across a Global Organization
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree strategies for multinational companies. -
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Swimming in Data? Three Benefits of Visualization
Analytics and data science Digital Article“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself. Yet due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped around our global economy at an ever increasing rate, the need […] -
How to Pay Your Sales Force
Motivating people Magazine ArticleUsing the results of a survey of 380 companies in 34 industries, this author examines three basic types of compensation plans: salary, commission, and combination (salary plus commission). Most companies in the study favored a combination plan, but such plans have some disadvantages to offset their obvious attractiveness. The author sets out the possible reasons […] -
5 Challenges Facing CHROs at Midsize Companies Today
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnd how to tackle them. -
Where the Race for Talent Is Tight, Women Gain Speed
Gender Digital ArticleIn fast-growing markets, women are getting ahead faster, too. -
Why Customer Gratitude Trumps Loyalty
Marketing Digital ArticleEmotions come first, behavior comes second. -
Managing in a Borderless World
Global Business Magazine ArticleIn today's borderless economy managers must see and think globally. Increasingly, managers and consumers all over the world speak a common language, and... -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
The Crisis Communications Playbook: What GM's Mary Barra (and Every Leader) Needs to Know
Communication Digital ArticleFive rules to follow. -
10 Truths About Marketing After the Pandemic
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleThere's no going back to the old normal. -
A Taxonomy of Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA look at the many possible steps involved in human-centered design. -
Fear of Being Different Stifles Talent
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAt work, many executives feel pressured to conform to the mainstream and to hide any signs of belonging to a minority group. A new study indicates that...
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Enel X: Driving Digital Transformation in the Energy Sector
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Enel is one of the world's largest electric utilities, based in Italy but operating in dozens of countries around the world. This case discusses the process... -
TNK-BP (Russia)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In July 2008, BP was embroiled in a dispute with the Russian partner of its TNK-BP joint venture. The partners had many areas of disagreement, including... -
Agriculture in Mexico
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Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details By early 2018, voice-controlled intelligent assistants had become a major new front in the battle between the giants of the technology sector. "Voice... -
Rodan + Fields Dermatologists
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on issues involved in managing the direct multilevel marketing sales consultants who sell R+F skin care products. The company is trying... -
John Hancock Sports Sponsorship: 1993-2000 and Beyond
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Examines sports sponsorship at John Hancock through 1998 and prospectively beyond. From its early sponsorship of the legendary Boston Marathon, the company... -
Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case examines the entrepreneurial career of Rupert Murdoch, and the growth of News Corporation from a small Australian newspaper to a global media... -
Nettwerk: Digital Marketing in the Music Industry
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details How is music marketed in the digital era? Nettwerk Music Group built on its foundation as a social, grassroots marketer of music and artists, and emerged... -
THG Management Services
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details THG Management is in the second module of the Innovating in Health Care course that discusses how to start an innovative health care firm, in this case,... -
Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar (B): Data Analysis
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of twenty of its confectionery brands, including the... -
Bosch: Scaling Large Company Innovation for Strategic Advantage
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case focuses on the Innovation Performance Management (IPM) methodology as a new approach whereby established and global companies, like Bosch, can... -
Polaris Industries Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details "In September 2010 Suresh Krishna, vice president of operations and integration at Polaris Industries Inc., a manufacturer of all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides,... -
Betting on Growth: The Right Pricing Structure for Kalshi
Management Case Study11.95View Details It is September 2021, and Kalshi is a new, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-approved trading platform for event contracts. Kalshi went online... -
Monitoring and Evaluation for the Novartis Access Initiative
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case is located within the multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis, as key managers decide what kind of monitoring and evaluation to implement... -
YouTube Channels
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In December 2011 YouTube launched a website redesign that made Channels the central focus of the site. This redesign was the company's first foray into... -
Yonyou Entering the Enterprise Cloud Service Market
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details When Yonyou's founder Wang Wenjing was considering the pros and cons of fully embracing the cloud-based SaaS (software as a service) model, the company... -
Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (C): The Internet Changes the Game
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Investigates how the rise of the Internet as a vehicle for renting and buying movies has disrupted the video rental industry and how market leader Blockbuster... -
Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In November 1999, 11 of Goldman Sachs' finest gathered to put the final touches on a revolutionary leadership development plan. Following Goldman's explosive...
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The Wrong Way to Respond to Employee Activism
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree common traps and how to avoid them. -
A CEO's Guide to Planning a Return to the Office
Organizational Development Digital ArticleToday's decisions will set the tone for the future. -
Enel X: Driving Digital Transformation in the Energy Sector
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Enel is one of the world's largest electric utilities, based in Italy but operating in dozens of countries around the world. This case discusses the process... -
Blame Me
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA good leader owns the problem when things go wrong. -
Why We're in the Midst of a Global Semiconductor Shortage
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWeak links in supply chains have underscored the importance of rigorous supply chain management. -
Why Do Companies Succumb to Price Fixing?
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleWhen Ben Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and the words, “A little neglect may breed great mischief,” he did not have price fixing in mind. To the 47 executives in companies in the folding-box industry convicted of price fixing, however, the words seem tailored to fit. In those companies convicted under antitrust laws in 1976, […] -
TNK-BP (Russia)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In July 2008, BP was embroiled in a dispute with the Russian partner of its TNK-BP joint venture. The partners had many areas of disagreement, including... -
Stop Undervaluing Exceptional Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearchers found that companies assume talented men will job hop to further their careers, while talented women will stay loyal. -
Minority Women Report Downsizing Their Ambitions Because of Bias
Global Business Digital ArticleAnd it's hurting the companies they work for. -
Implementing Inclusive Policies Across a Global Organization
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree strategies for multinational companies.