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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible
Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS84-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €8.20
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Waypoint: Reinventing Single Family Home Rental - Teaching note
Foster G; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-E467TN-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2009, following the collapse of the housing market, Doug Brien and Colin Wiel began buying single family homes (SFH) to renovate and rent. SFH rental had previously been a mom-and-pop business due to scaling difficulties—buying and managing large properties such as apartment complexes was well suited to institutional investors, but no one had solved the problem of buying and managing large numbers of relatively inexpensive SFHs. Brien a...Starting at €0.00
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La selección de personal en Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.
Gabarro, John J.; Burtis, Andrew; Ibarra, Herminia; Kotter, John P.Case HBS-411S08Leadership and People ManagementExamina el proceso de reclutamiento de Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (BHC), una firma de banca de inversión conocido por su trabajo con las empresas del mercado medio. En concreto, presenta un perfil de la su proceso de reclutamiento firme y después hacer un análisis de ese proceso a través de los esfuerzos de reclutamiento de la firma en la Harvard Business School (HBS). Incluye las hojas de vida de 17 HBS segundo año los estudiantes que buscaba...Starting at €8.20
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Richard Jenkins (Spanish version)
Gabarro, John J.; Burtis, AndrewCase HBS-403S30Leadership and People ManagementWritten from the point of view of Richard Jenkins, the president of CelluComm. Presents his reflections on the series of events leading to the firing of one of CelluComm's general managers, Erik Peterson. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc., Teaching Note
Gabarro, John J.; Kaftan, ColleenTeaching Note HBS-4255-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 4254.Starting at €0.00
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Managing Your Boss (Spanish version)
Gabarro, John J.; Kotter, John P.Article HBS-R0501JLeadership and People ManagementIn this classic HBR article, first published in 1980, John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter advise readers to devote time and energy to managing their relationships with their bosses. The authors aren't talking about showering supervisors with flattery; rather, they ask readers to understand that the manager-boss relationship is one of mutual dependence. Bosses need cooperation, reliability, and honesty from their direct reports. Managers, for their...Starting at €8.20
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Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc. (Spanish version)
Gabarro, John J.; Kaftan, ColleenCase HBS-411S21Leadership and People ManagementThe case describes the evolution of an interpersonal mismatch between a previously successful manager, Jamie Turner, and his new boss, Pat Cardullo. Turner, a 32-year-old MBA graduate, has been recruited by Cardullo to be vice president of marketing and sales at Modern Lighting Industries, Inc. (MLI). MLI, a struggling regional distributor of industrial lighting systems and equipment based in Chicago, has recently been acquired by a division of t...Starting at €8.20
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Thurgood Marshall High School (Spanish Version)
Gabarro, John J.Case HBS-417S17Leadership and People ManagementPresenta el problema que enfrenta un director de instituto recién nombrado. Plantea cuestiones acerca de la conducta interpersonal y de grupo como la falta de resolución de conflictos abiertos y la necesidad de intervenir en un conflicto interpersonal. También se plantea la cuestión de los conflictos intergrupales entre los directores y presidentes de departamento, así como cuestiones de valor en relación con la necesidad de disciplina e innovaci...Starting at €8.20
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Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A) (Spanish version)
Gabarro, John J.Case HBS-402S14Leadership and People ManagementWolfgang Keller, manager of the Ukrainian subsidiary of a German beer company, faces a managerial dilemma. His subordinate, Dmitri Brodsky, is a talented and experienced commercial director who is not meeting his goals expediently and often requires considerable assistance from Keller. Furthermore, Brodsky's style is causing conflict with clients, other staff members, and with Keller himself. Keller must decide the best course of action to take w...Starting at €8.20
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Acton-Burnett, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Gabarro, John J.Case HBS-407S13Leadership and People ManagementDescribe la formación, selección, y la experiencia de un grupo de trabajo con la pertenencia multidepartamentales. Los problemas enfrentados por el líder del grupo de trabajo al final de las cuestiones plantean caso de que haga la selección; el establecimiento de normas de grupo, valores y objetivos; la dirección de un grupo de trabajo; la confidencialidad y la responsabilidad; rivalidad individual; y los conflictos entre grupos y la política. So...Starting at €8.20