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Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank: Innovating at the Edge
Nidheesh Joseph; Abhishek Totawar; Ranjeet NambudiriCase IVEY-9B20C009-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn November 2016, the secretary of Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. (MCB) based in Kerala, India, learned that the prime minister of India had announced that large-denomination currency notes would be invalid as of midnight November 8. This demonetization move was to eradicate unaccounted for “black money” from the nation. Co-operative banks like MCB were excluded from the purview of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India,...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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Cox Communications, Inc.--1999 (Spanish Version)
Chacko, George; Tufano, PeterCase HBS-204S07FinanceEste caso se centra en la cantidad de financiación externa una firma necesidades y valores de lo que la empresa debe emitir para aumentar esta financiación. Cox Communications es un jugador importante en la industria del cable, que se consolida debido a los cambios tecnológicos / capacidades provocados por Internet. La tesorería corporativa de Cox Communications debe decidir cuánto es necesaria la financiación externa para financiar una serie de ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Apigee: People Management Practices and the Challenge of Growth
Ranjeet Nambudiri; S. Ramnarayan; Catherine XavierCase IVEY-9B17C022-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2015, Apigee, a fast-growing technology firm, faced competitive pressures. It needed to scale up rapidly, which included hiring additional staff. At the regional office in India, some members of the senior leadership team wondered whether the company would need to modify its human resources practices. The firm had been operating in a unique organizational culture that encouraged employees’ openness and freedom, in keeping with its core va...Starting at €8.20
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Performance Management at the National Institute of Management (Central India Campus) (A)
Ranjeet Nambudiri; K.R. JayasimhaCase IVEY-9B08C020-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe case describes existing performance management systems at a leading business school in India, the National Institute of Management - Central India campus (NIM CI campus). The institution, which is ranked among the top 20 business schools in India, is facing critical issues of attracting and retaining faculty members. The director of the NIM CI campus has implemented a unit based performance measurement and incentive system, which has worked f...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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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