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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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The Heat is ON
Mark Zbaracki; Maziar RazCase IVEY-9B14M097-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2014, the chief executive officer of AutoTherm, a small smart-thermostat design company located in Toronto, Canada, was considering the company’s future in light of the uncertainties and fast changing dynamics of the industry. As an incumbent and small engineering firm, AutoTherm’s plans to sell its first product, B133, through partnership with a large electronics company had not been quite successful. Given the dire state of the compa...Starting at €8.20
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Hoffmann-La Roche: Pricing the Zelboraf Melanoma Treatment for Canada
Mark Zbaracki; Jedy WangCase IVEY-9B16M138-EStrategyThe Canadian brand manager of Zelboraf had to decide how to introduce and price Zelboraf in the Canadian market. Zelboraf was a breakthrough discovery in treatment for melanoma cancer patients. Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche) began developing Zelboraf in 2005. During the clinical trials, the drug yielded such positive results in targeting late-stage (metastatic) melanoma cancer that Roche ended clinical trials early in order to expedite FDA approval an...Starting 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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London Health Sciences Centre: Talent Development (B)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16C050-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for 9B16C049.Starting at €5.74