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Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century (Spanish version)
Cappelli, PeterArticle HBS-R0803ELeadership and People Managementa talent-on-demand system.Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Lessons from India
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-R1003G-ELeadership and People ManagementUntil recently India was seen by Western businesses primarily as a source of cheap, low-skill labor. But over the past decade the country has attracted a flood of high-skill jobs from the West. Meanwhile, India's economy has grown at roughly 9% a year, and some of its largest companies have grown at twice that rate. What accounts for this? A host of economic, policy, and other environmental factors have played important roles, but the authors asc...Starting at €8.20
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Learning from the India Way: Redefining Business Leadership
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-5822BC-EThe roaring success of Indian business in the last two decades points the world toward a different enterprise model than the one widely practiced in the U.S., with its emphasis on financial goals and shareholder value. Indeed, the global economic crisis of 2008-2009-widely viewed as being triggered by American excesses-has rekindled the debate about the proper role of personal gain and shareholder value in business affairs. In this chapter, autho...Starting at €8.20
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Customer Management at Magellan Savings Bank Of Philippines
Sandeep Puri; Maria Theresa Manalac; Jayanthi RanjanCase IVEY-9B20A038-EMarketing, StrategyIn June 2019, a newly promoted branch manager of a bank in Davao City, Philippines, must recommend to the bank’s head office who among six loan applicants will obtain loans from the branch. She has received applications for ₱24 million in loans but can only grant ₱18 million. The branch manager needs to (a) decide how much to loan and to which customers, (b) find ways to retain valuable customers and acquire new ones, and (c) consider new avenues...Starting at €8.20
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Ideas Kitchen’s Expansion Fix
Jayanthi Ranjan; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B14M132-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIdeas Kitchen is a medium-sized kitchen maker that specializes in customizing the modular kitchen. As a result, it has built a loyal customer base. Business has been relatively good for Ideas Kitchen, and the company has been doing well financially. It has been capitalizing on the burgeoning growth of the modular kitchen market in India. However, several foreign players have begun entering the Indian market and almost all of them have been expand...Starting at €8.20
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Should Mahindra Reva Strengthen Its Market Position in India
Jayanthi Ranjan; Sanchita Krishna; Shankar GopinathCase IVEY-9B16M126-EStrategyThe electric-vehicle market in India had never grown to its expected potential. Environmental uncertainties, structural challenges, lack of consumer awareness, and high costs all served as major deterrents to customer acceptance of electric cars. In 2014, Mahindra Reva launched the e2o, a completely revamped version of its previous electric vehicle, the Reva. Although the car was highly advanced and loaded with innovative features, sales remained...Starting at €8.20
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Airtel Money: Can the African Success Be Replicated in India
Jayanthi Ranjan; Parijat UpadhyayCase IVEY-9B14E027-EInformation Technologies, StrategyAirtel mCommerce Services Limited was waiting for news from the Reserve Bank of India related to mobile banking regulations, as it was eager to unleash the massive potential and untapped opportunity in India regarding mobile commerce. Its service, Airtel Money, was struggling in India, but it had experienced a huge success in Africa. Though it had some initial success in India, it still had a long way to go to capture the Indian mobile market.Starting at €8.20
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Continental Hope Group
Marquis, Christopher; Li, QiCase HBS-415050-EMarketingThis case provides an opportunity to examine and discuss how a traditional Chinese private business was launched and developed into a globalizing, multi-industry corporation. It also highlights how second generation entrepreneurs successfully developed an innovative industry model to sustain a green and profitable business, how the company valued, motivated and retained its talent, and how Chinese private enterprise can go global.Starting at €8.20
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Fei Ni Mo Shu (You are the One) and the Chinese Employment Market
Marquis, Christopher; Li, Qi; Zhang, YingCase HBS-415081-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case study shows the evolution of the Chinese television program Fei Ni Mo Shu (You are the One), from an unrecognized show in 2010 to becoming a television phenomenon in 2015. The success of Fei Ni Mo Shu (You are the One) has resulted from it reflecting the current Chinese labor market, people's career attitudes and what Chinese employers demand from the employees. As Fei Ni Mo Shu enters its sixth year, the show's producer grapples with q...Starting at €8.20
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Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry
Marquis, Christopher; Li, Qi; Leung, GuyCase HBS-415082-EEntrepreneurshipAfter more than 25 years of operation, Beacon Group had grown from having 3 small classrooms on the fourth floor of a commercial building, to a network of 21 centers across Hong Kong with over 60,000 students enrolled per year. The key long-term challenge for the industry was that due to low birth rates in Hong Kong, over the next decade there will be a precipitous decline in the number of senior secondary school students, who account for the lio...Starting at €8.20