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InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.; Eccles, Robert G.Teaching Note HBS-612049-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611-069.Starting at €0.00
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Global Sourcing at Nike
Hsieh, Nien-he; Toffel, Michael W.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-619008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. When the case opens in July 2018, Vice President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike's Global Sourcing and Manufacturing...Starting at €8.20
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Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities, Teaching Note
Garvin, David A.Teaching Note HBS-312036-ETeaching Note for 311024, 311025, 312705, and 312706.Starting at €0.00
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Steinway & Sons (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.Case HBS-603S21Service and Operations ManagementConsiders whether Steinway should reintroduce a long-discontinued product line to meet competition from the Japanese. Raises the issue of just how quality is defined in this market. Looks closely at a production process relying on craft skills. Students have the opportunity to consider issues of quality.Starting at €8.20
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The Future of Vision Communities (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-311S05StrategyZensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows, managers must decide how to scale the Vision Community process so that it retains its spirit of employee involvement and engagement while encompassing a larger, more geographically dispe...Starting at €8.20
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Ctrip: Scientifically Managing Travel Services, Teaching Note
Garvin, David A.Teaching Note HBS-313018-ETeaching Note for 312092.Starting at €0.00
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Intenseye: Powering Workplace Health and Safety with AI
Toffel, Michael W.; Abdel Aal, YoussefCase HBS-622037-EService and Operations ManagementIntenseye was a Turkey-based technology startup that deployed machine learning algorithms to workplace camera feeds in order to identify unsafe worker actions and unsafe working conditions, in order to help improve worker safety. The case describes how Intenseye's technology solution was developed, how it works, and their target clients. The case highlights the tradeoffs associated with facial recognition and privacy, and the challenges measuring...Starting at €8.20
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InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting
Toffel, Michael W.; Eccles, Robert G.; Taylor, CaseyCase HBS-611069-EService and Operations ManagementInterfaceRAISE is a sustainability management consulting firm created to leverage the capabilities of its parent company Interface Inc., a carpet manufacturer recognized as a global leader in corporate environmental sustainability. This case illustrates the challenges of turning an internal capability into a client facing revenue stream. This is made especially difficult by the fact that the parent company is a manufacturing firm and InterfaceR...Starting at €8.20
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The Future of Vision Communities (B) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-311S06StrategyZensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows, managers must decide how to scale the Vision Community process so that it retains its spirit of employee involvement and engagement while encompassing a larger, more geographically dispe...Starting at €5.74
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Scientifically Managing Travel Services (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-318S17StrategyCtrip is a $437 million Chinese on-line travel services company with a scientific, data driven approach to management. The case explores Ctrip's founding and early growth, its expansion into multiple market segments including hotel reservations, air ticketing, leisure travel, and corporate travel, and the sources of its competitive advantage. The firm's culture, organization and call center operations are described in detail, as are its decision-...Starting at €8.20