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The F.B. Heron Foundation: 100 Percent for Mission - And Beyond
Ewald, Charles; Krauel Patel, Heidi; Foroughi, JaclynCase SGSB-SI140-EInnovation and ChangeIn late March 2017, Clara Miller, director and president of the F.B. Heron Foundation (“Heron”), a philanthropic institution focused on helping people help themselves out of poverty, sat down to put the finishing touches on her President’s Letter. In previous years, the letter included Miller’s lucid thoughts regarding major changes within the organization and advocated for movement toward a “philanthropic world”—a world in which “all sectors—pu...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Eisner at Disney
Mitchell, Jordan; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-61-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementThis case deals with a proven successful leader in entertainment (Michael Eisner) in a time of leadership crisis. At the time of this case, Eisner is managing an internal and external revolt. Students must unearth the key points of Eisner's leadership, including how he manages people, his communication ability, his propensity to risk taking and his track record in developing other leaders. In looking at Eisner's leadership, students will have t...Starting at €8.20
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Startup as a Service: The Prehype Model - Teaching Note
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note DPOT-88-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case outlines how Henrik Werdelin, the founder of Prehype, launched a new model for large companies to create growth through innovation, based on the idea of "start-up as a service." The case describes Prehype's core offering, namely a predefined process for building new ventures, combining the client's internal resources with Prehype's entrepreneurial expertise. The underlying business model was aimed at providing long-term, shared-interest ...Starting at €0.00
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Mike McCready and Music Xray: Business model innovation in the music industry
Brankovic, Azra; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-246-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe Music Xray case study can be used as a companion case to "Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Music and Math" (HBS Publishing, 2005) or as a stand-alone case. The case captures the emergence of a new business model in response to changes wrought on the music industry by the Internet, and particularly the advent of Web 2.0.Starting at €8.20
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Jordan Cohen en Pfizer Works: construyendo la oficina del futuro
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-187Service and Operations ManagementJordan Cohen es director de Eficacia Organizativa en la importante compañía farmacéutica Pfizer. Ha establecido un sistema denominado pfizerWorks mediante el cual se externalizan tareas como la preparación de documentos Excel y PowerPoint o la investigación. En el caso se analiza su evolución a lo largo de un periodo de cinco años en el que se crea pfizerWorks partiendo de cero y se incorpora el sistema a la corporación.Starting at €8.20
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Forestry and Timberland: Impact Investment Analysis
Foroughi, Jaclyn; McNichols, MaureenCase SGSB-SI156-EInnovation and ChangeMuch like the famous philosophical thought experiment, impact investing raises questions about perception, observation, and reality. What is our sense that an investment results in social, environmental, and financial return? What changes can we observe taking place? What is the state of the situation as it exists (perhaps by measurement)? This case study applies this framework to our analysis of the social, environmental, and financial impact of...Starting at €8.20
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Nuveen and the Seychelles Blue Bond: Analayzing a Public Fixed Income Impact Investment
Foroughi, Jaclyn; McNichols, MaureenCase SGSB-SI163-EInnovation and ChangeIn 2016, Stephen M. Liberatore, CFA, lead portfolio manager for and head of Nuveen’s impact fixed income strategies, received a phone call from the World Bank. The call was not unusual; in fact, Nuveen had collaborated with the World Bank in the past as lead investor on a new type of Green Bond for the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). While Green Bonds had been in existence for nearly a decade, the IFC...Starting at €8.20
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Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (B)
Mitchell, Jordan; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-46-ELeadership and People ManagementJack and Diana Civello have had successful careers in the same organization. They met and were married while working together. As the years have passed by, it has become apparent that out of the two, Diana is more likely to make it into a top executive job, maybe even rising to being the CEO of a major corporation. This leaves Jack wtih certain decisions to make about his own career.Starting at €5.74
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Diana and Jack Civello: Managing Dual Careers (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-45-ELeadership and People ManagementJack and Diana Civello have had successful careers in the same organization. They met and were married while working together. As the years have passed, it has become apparent that of the two, Diana is more likely to make it into a top executive job, maybe even rising to being the CEO of a major corporation. This leaves Jack wtih certain decisions to make about his own career.Starting at €8.20
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Startup Cisco: Deploying Start-up Methods in a Giant Tech Company
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-426-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis case outlines how a small team of people apply lean startup methods within Cisco, creating successful internal innovation over a period of a year. The case details how the team launched their idea and got traction for it, with very little formal support. The main features are building a team around an identified problem, attracting customers, building a "product" and anchoring the initiative in the organization.Starting at €8.20