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Microsoft Corporation: Is Stack Ranking the Answer
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14C031-ELeadership and People ManagementA vice-president of human resources at a technology software provider was reviewing the employee appraisal submissions for her firm. After years of rapid growth, the firm was underperforming relative to its peers and it seemed that part of the problem was its relaxed performance appraisal system. As much had been written about Microsoft Corporation’s stack ranking system, the human resources executive wondered how much she could learn about appra...Starting at €8.20
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Rice in Japan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Trumbull, Gunnar; Jinjo, Naoko; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-717032-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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London Health Sciences Centre: Talent Development (A)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16C049-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2011, a health care director at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) asked one of her managers to review two candidates for promotion to a front-line coordinator position. The manager was tasked with the job of choosing between two promising candidates who were quite different from each other. He had to carefully review the qualifications of the two candidates and determine which one would be better suited to the role. Use with supplement 9B16...Starting at €8.20
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Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution
Groysberg, Boris; Jinjo, NaokoCase HBS-419011-ELeadership and People ManagementHironobu Tsujiguchi, a Japanese chocolatier, had chosen an unusual path to success as a pastry chef. Instead of spending most of his time in his kitchen and focusing on one or two confectionery categories like most pastry chefs, he chose to work on diverse projects and leverage his reputation as a winning competitive chef to experiment with tastes and achieve business success. While Tsujiguchi enjoyed popularity and success in a broad array of pr...Starting at €8.20
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Misaki Capital and Sangetsu Corporation
Gow, Ian D.; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Jinjo, Naoko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-117007-EAccounting and ControlJapan's corporate culture has traditionally prioritized the interests of stakeholders such as employees and suppliers over those of shareholders. After a decades-long economic slump, Japan's government has begun efforts to improve corporate governance and firms' incentives to engage with shareholders. Misaki Capital was founded in 2013 with a strategy of constructively engaging with portfolio firms, providing operational and financial advice to m...Starting at €8.20
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London Health Sciences Centre: Talent Development (B)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16C050-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for 9B16C049.Starting at €5.74
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P-Will at DISCO
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Jinjo, Naoko; Sakuma, YunaCase HBS-419035-ELeadership and People ManagementWhy don't other companies adopt the P-Will system? What were the conditions under which P-Will would work-and not work?Starting at €8.20
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Essential Explorations at MUJI
Amano, Tomomichi; Narayandas, Das; Jinjo, Naoko; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-520024-EMarketingLaunched as a private brand in 1980 to counter the increasingly brand-conscious consumer in Japan, MUJI offered beautifully designed, fairly priced, no-frills quality goods. The once modest private label brand with 40 products had expanded significantly bStarting at €8.20