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Dark Side of Customer Analytics (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Jones, George L.; Lemon, Katherine N.; Norton, David P.; McCallister, Michael B.Article HBS-R0705Z-EStrategyHealth insurer IFA and grocery chain ShopSense have formed an intriguing partnership, but it threatens to test customers' tolerance for sharing personal information. For years, IFA's regional manager for West Coast operations, Laura Brickman, had been championing the use of customer analytics--drawing conclusions about consumer behaviors based on patterns found in collected data. She came away from a meeting with the grocer's analytics chief, Ste...Starting at €8.20
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The End of Bureaucracy
Hamel, Gary; Zanini, MicheleArticle HBS-R1806C-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile most business leaders recognize that bureaucracy squashes initiative, risk taking, and creativity, it continues to thrive. In a complex global environment, it's seen as a necessary coping mechanism. Many look to start-ups for an answer. But the most promising solution may have emerged in an unlikely place: the world's largest appliance maker, Haier. Under a renegade CEO, it has been divided into 4,000 self-managing microenterprises. About 2...Starting at €8.20