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Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (A)
Gardner, Heidi K.; Eccles, Robert G.Case HBS-410056-ELeadership and People ManagementEden McCallum pioneered the network-based ("virtual") consulting firm model in the UK. Contracting freelance consultants on a per-project basis keeps overheads lean so that Eden McCallum's fees are a fraction of the big firms' rates. Their flexible, low-cost model has attracted top-notch corporate clients, resulting in steady double-digit annual growth in its first nine years. In January 2009, however, the global economic crisis has dramatically ...Starting at €8.20
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Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Gardner, Heidi K.; McFee, ErinTeaching Note HBS-410116-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 410056 and 411027.Starting at €0.00
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Hiring Professionals in China: A Practitioner's Guide
Gardner, Heidi K.Case HBS-411029-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note outlines how leading professional service firms operating in China revise their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs. Based on interviews with professionals in a number of established accounting, strategy consulting, and executive search firms presently operating in China, it explores best practices they use to hire exceptional professionals who will succeed in building high quality client relationships, deliver...Starting at €8.20
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Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (B)
Gardner, Heidi K.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-411099-ELeadership and People ManagementCEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design and roll-out of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration necessary for supporting her firm's new strategy. Marshall Gordon International, a global public relations (PR) firm, has recently expanded its service offering to include Executive Positioning, which requires significantly more teamwork, higher-level client interaction and more strategically-minded consultants than their traditional P...Starting at €5.74
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Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads, Teaching Plan
Wing, Christina R.; Masko, JohnTeaching Note HBS-621109-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching plan for case 621018.Starting at €0.00
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Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Gardner, Heidi K.; McFee, ErinTeaching Note HBS-412077-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411-038 and 411-099.Starting at €0.00
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Professional Development at DLA Piper-Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent
Gardner, Heidi K.; Thornley, NicoCase HBS-414039-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
Gardner, Heidi K.; Hodges Silverstein, SilviaCase HBS-414079-ELeadership and People ManagementRiverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach includes performing all legal work for annual fixed-price contracts, using data and analytics to advise clients on ways to reduce their legal problems (and spending), and evaluating lawyers' performance based on client satisfaction surveys rather than typical metrics like billed revenues. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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Uber: Competing Globally
MacKay, Alexander J.; Migdal, Amram; Masko, JohnCase HBS-720404-EStrategyThis case describes Uber's global market entry strategy and responses by regulators and local competitors. It details Uber's entry into New York City (United States), Bogot (Colombia), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China), Accra (Ghana), and London (United Kingdom). In each instance, the case includes information about Uber's strategy in that market, existing regulations on taxis and transportation in each market, the reactions of competitors and re...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnCase HBS-819077-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016, Michael Rubin's Fanatics was the U.S.' largest sports e-commerce company, and operator of the official online store for all the major American sports leagues. That year, Fanatics began to dabble in manufacturing licensed sports merchandise, securing limited permissions from leagues to manufacture apparel in response to 'micro-moments,' sudden surges of interest in a team or player that were too abrupt for the league's usual licensees to ...Starting at €8.20