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Braintrust: The Blockchain-Powered Talent Network
Stanton, Christopher; Fuller, Joseph B.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-821086-EEntrepreneurshipA San Francisco startup seeks to disrupt the freelancing industry through its user-owned talent network powered by the cryptocurrency, BTRUST.Starting at €8.20
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Divided We Stand: Gay Marriage Rulings and Official Disobedience
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1199-EOn June, 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection of equal liberty, effectively overturning the law. Pennsylvania, however, banned same-sex marriage. Despite the state law, D. Bruce Hanes, a register of wills in Pennsylvania, agreed to honor a request from two women seeking a same-sex marriage license-an act of official disobedience that immedi...Starting at €8.20
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Money & Morals: The Minimum Wage and the American South
Varley, Pamela; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1233-EEconomicsIn 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10. To the surprise of no one, Congressional Republicans blocked the move, as they had a similar proposal the year before. Seeing little hope of federal action, wage activists turned their sights on state and local governments. Riding a tide of popular support, dozens of jurisdictions voted in hikes in their own state and city mini...Starting at €8.20
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Hero or Traitor Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-HKS798-EEconomicsOn June 5, 2013, a London newspaper reported that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the U.S. The story was the first of many top secret revelations about the NSA's spying programs, leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. The case examines Snowden's actions and motivations and asks students to consider the repercussions of whistleblowing/leaking on t...Starting at €8.20
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Clear Link Technologies, LLC: Driving Sales with Peer Effects
Stanton, Christopher; Saouma, Richard; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-819072-EEntrepreneurshipgroup incentives and management-directed peer learning. The case surfaces some of the mechanisms driving peer effects in the workplace and the managerial levers to tap into peer effects for improving operations. The case also provides an introduction to experiments in organizations and how these experiments may differ from traditional randomized controlled trials in marketing or pharmaceutical development.Starting at €8.20
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Freelancer, Ltd.
Stanton, Christopher; Lakhani, Karim R.; Hoffman, Jennifer L.; Hyun Paik, Jin; Cohodes, NinaCase HBS-820075-EKnowledge and CommunicationOver the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500 companies-including Microsoft, Samsung, and General Electric-embraced digital labor solutions, enterprise adoption lagged far behind smaller businesses and startups. Despite the promising potential b...Starting at €8.20
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Zoom Video Communications: Eric Yuan's Leadership During COVID-19
Kominers, Scott Duke; Stanton, Christopher; Wu, Andy; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-821014-EStrategyIn the first half of 2020, worldwide lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought explosive growth to the Zoom Video Communications platform, as people replaced in-person work and social events with videoconferencing. Months into the pandemic, CEO Eric Yuan reflects on his company's newly central role in society, and considers how to leverage the platform's broad adoption into sustainable future growth. The case also discusses Zoom's interna...Starting at €8.20
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The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike
Nicholas, Tom; Stanton, Christopher; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-817005-EFor roughly six weeks between late December 1936 and February 1937, a major strike at several critical General Motors (GM) plants in Flint, Michigan essentially halted the corporation's U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United Automobile Workers of America union and the Committee for Industrial Organization, both of which had supported the strike. The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike represented a stunning victory f...Starting at €8.20
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Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs
Ghosh, Shikhar; Stanton, Christopher; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Huizinga, JeffCase HBS-818026-EEntrepreneurshipThis case is about Tinder. It discusses different business models and ways of structuring the initial team. With a $6 million investment from IAC/Interactive in 2010, Dinesh Moorjani founded Hatch Labs to build mobile apps. His mission was to attract entrepreneurial talent to work on Lab projects which, after gaining traction, could be acquired by IAC or spun out as independent companies. To pitch talent to work at Hatch, Moorjani laid out a fram...Starting at €8.20
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Role Responsibility, Official Disobedience, and the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-HKS793-EEconomicsIn June, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection of equal liberty, effectively overturning the law. Pennsylvania, however, banned same-sex marriage. Despite the state law, D. Bruce Hanes, a register of wills in Pennsylvania, agreed to honor a request from two women seeking a same-sex marriage license-an act of official disobedience that immediatel...Starting at €8.20