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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B) (Spanish version)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-316S01StrategyTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social concerns from its origins in student protests against labor conditions in the supply chain in the 1990s through the development of a board-level corporate responsibility (CR) committ...Starting at €5.74
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Stockbay Partners: Proactive Flexible Work and Talent Retention
Riya Vinayak; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B16C031-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAn entrepreneur faced a dilemma regarding the flexible work policy in his start-up consulting firm. The leader of the firm struggled with the complications that arose after the implementation of flexible working arrangements, and the various situations caused him to rethink the concept of trying to help his employees to manage their own work–life balance. Since flexible working hours were granted on a role-by-role basis, a perception of unfairnes...Starting at €8.20
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The Indian Greenpreneur: Management of Frenemy Talent and Coopetition
Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Neha Paliwal Sharma; Nakul GuptaCase IVEY-9B13C028-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDuring the 2013 Indian festival of colours, a young green entrepreneur and owner of Green Horizon Consulting (GHC) faced a plethora of business growth challenges. His former employee, who had quit GHC a while back to work for a major rival, wanted to return. However, the entrepreneur could not figure it out — would rehiring an ex-employee be a sound business decision? Should he take a risk and give the former employee another chance? If he did, h...Starting at €8.20
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Cyberpreneur's Wake-up Call: Cyber Security and Millennial Talent Crises
Nakul Gupta; Arjun Bhatnagar; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B13E029-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIt was summer of 2013, and the news of cyber-attacks and information security breaches was on the rise in India, as it was worldwide. Incidents such as the Axis bank’s cyber-crime incident and the news of the American National Security Agency’s global e-surveillance were creating consternation and dilemmas in the minds of information security consultants. One such consultant owned and operated an information security company, Percept Softech, a L...Starting at €8.20
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Coinmen Consultants LLP: Adopting a Technology-Based Learning Culture
Pranati Aggarwal; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B17C008-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn 2016, the three co-founders of Coinmen Consultants LLP (Coinmen), an independent business advisory and chartered accountancy firm in New Delhi, faced a dilemma with respect to the knowledge management process at their firm. Due to the firm’s rapid growth, a change was certainly necessary, but the partners held some reservations about adopting a technological process for knowledge-sharing in their company. Would the implementation of a knowledg...Starting at €8.20
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The China Rules
Paine, Lynn S.Article HBS-R1006H-ETo achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership-but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most challenging destinations for expatriates. The problem, says the author, is that many executives sent to lead China operations are ill equipped to tackle the country's unique challenges....Starting at €8.20
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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-313147-EKnowledge and CommunicationTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmentaStarting at €5.74
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China Vanke (A-2)
Paine, Lynn S.; Macomber, John D.; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-314105-EChina Vanke's president and his team must decide on a plan of action after reviewing the quality issues the company faced in early 2012 after a series of highly publicized incidents concerning the quality of the homes they built.Starting at €8.20
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China Vanke: Supplement
Paine, Lynn S.; Macomber, John D.; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-314108-EStarting at €8.20
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Sahyadri Farms: Growing in the Agritech Field
Preeti Jain; Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Narain GuptaCase IVEY-W28518-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe farmer producer company (FPC) Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company Ltd. (Sahyadri Farms) commenced with a mission of safeguarding fair compensation to the small landholding farmers of India in exchange for their produce and hard labour. Sahyadri Farms was a market leader in grape exports, especially to Europe, but when export freight charges shot up dramatically due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the company was forced to enter i...Starting at €8.20