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Talent Recruitment at frog design Shanghai (B)
Eccles, Robert G.; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-414024-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €5.74
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Mistry Architects (A)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Eccles, Robert G.; Sinha, MonaCase HBS-609044-EDescribes an architecture firm founded and run by a husband and wife team, Sharukh and Renu Mistry, that emphasizes "green" building. The firm presents an unusual mix of projects - spanning the spectrum from larger corporate projects to small private homes. The mix also includes more profitable work and projects deliberately selected for social good, including the design of orphanage communities for SOS Childrens International and other non-profi...Starting at €8.20
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Mistry Architects (C)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Eccles, Robert G.; Sinha, MonaCase HBS-609086-EThis case is a follow-up of "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability" (A) (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-086). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu Mistry founded and run an architectural firm dedicated to being both client-oriented and environmentally responsible. The case uses a difficult design decision in a tsunami rehabilitation project to illustrate the challenges faced by professional services firms, and the role of innovation in meetin...Starting at €5.74
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The Carlyle Group
Eccles, Robert G.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-409050-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the investment philosophy, organizational structure, management processes and culture of the largest private equity firm in the world measured in terms of assets under management ($89 billion). The Carlyle Group is distinctive in several ways, including its origins in Washington, D.C. and its early commitment to organizing the firm and its investment decision-making process along industry lines. The latter enables the firm to ...Starting at €8.20
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Arup: Building the Water Cube
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Karadzhova, DilyanaCase HBS-410054-ELeadership and People ManagementArup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Aquatics Center design competition. Their winning concept for the Water Cube combined elements of Chinese culture with innovative materials and sustainability requirements. The multidisciplinary and cross-company team, based in Sydney, Australia with counterparts in Beijing, faced project man...Starting at €8.20
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Accenture's War for Talent in India, Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; McFee, ErinTeaching Note HBS-412013-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 408095.Starting at €0.00
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Hassina Sherjan
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Eccles, PhilippaCase HBS-112029-EHassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to move back to her home country with two missions. The first was to educate young women through a non-profit organization she started called Aid Afghanistan for Education and a for-profit company, Boumi, that manufactures and distributes products for the home such as curtains, cushion covers, tea coz...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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Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (Spanish version)
Chua, Roy Y. J.; Eccles, Robert G.Case HBS-416S17Leadership and People ManagementShanghai Tang is a luxury brand that focuses on Chinese-inspired fashion, accessories, and home decoration products. In Fall 2008, amidst a growing global economic crisis, Raphael Ie Masne, executive chairman of Shanghai Tang, had to decide what to do with the recently vacant creative director position. Did Shanghai Tang need to hire a new creative director at this uncertain economic time? Or could he take on the role of the creative director him...Starting at €8.20
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Medco Energi Internasional, Teaching Note
Villalonga, Belen; Amit, Raphael; Hartman, ChrisTeaching Note HBS-208076-EFinanceTeaching Note to (207-021) and (207-702).Starting at €0.00