HBSP (USA)
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future (Spanish version)
Kerr, William R.; Bach-Lombardo, JordanCase HBS-821S03StrategyFaced with intense competition from Amazon, in 2015 Walmart began a transformation of its operations and workforce. The goal was to create an omnichannel retail experience for customers that seamlessly joined online and offline shopping. This case explores Walmart's efforts to deliver this through investments in its workforce makeup and training, digital infrastructure, and automation technology.Starting at €8.20
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AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow
Kerr, William R.; Fuller, Joseph B.; Kreitzberg, CarlCase HBS-820017-ELeadership and People ManagementBy the late 2000s, rapid changes in the telecommunications industry forced AT&T's management team to take on a task that CEO Randall Stephenson called the "biggest logistical challenge" they had ever seen: retraining 100,000 workers by 2020. In 2012, inteStarting at €8.20
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AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
Gross, Daniel P.; Kerr, William R.Case HBS-718486-EStrategyBy the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually-operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that were faster and more cost-effective and did not require human operators. By the 1930s, the changeover has been completed or is underway in most American cities with over 50,000 peo...Starting at €8.20
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Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-814031-EEntrepreneurshipHomestrings is an online investment platform for overseas diasporas to link financially with their home countries. The founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company is considering targeting non-diaspora investors, introducing new products like insurance or banking, and related expansion strategies.Starting at €8.20
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MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha
Kerr, William R.; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-819019-EEntrepreneurshipThe case opens in 2017 with two of the five co-founders of MISHA telling the company's CEO Michal Portz that they believe it is time for the global venture to shut down its operations and cease investments. Portz and another co-founder believe MISHA can still work. The case describes the origins of the ready-to-use capsule solution for shisha smokers and the evolution of MISHA from idea to product design, manufacturing, marketing, and distributi...Starting at €8.20
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The Gig Economy: Leasing Skills to Pay the Bills
Fuller, Joseph B.; Kerr, William R.; Kreitzberg, CarlCase HBS-819146-ELeadership and People ManagementThis primer provides a comprehensive exploration into the gig economy and how it is reshaping global business. It shows how the Uber driver, the freelancing programmer in India, and the independent corporate consultant are all different variants of the modern-day gig workers. In doing so, this document addresses the following questions: What are gigs and who performs them? What is the size of the gig economy? How big will it get? W...Starting at €8.20
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Alvogen: Scaling Entrepreneurship, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Isenberg, Daniel J.Teaching Note HBS-820020-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 819038.Starting at €0.00
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Agile (Spanish version)
Kerr, William R.; Gabrieli, Federica; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-820S01Entrepreneurshipcould agile be as successful in other countries as it had been in the Netherlands? How fast should ING roll out the transformation? How could they build on the experience acquired so far to improve their methodology?Starting at €8.20
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FanMode: Launching a Global Sports Venture
Ghosh, Shikhar; Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-813190-EEntrepreneurshipNeven Murugan is developing FanMode, an app that allows sports fans all over the world to broadcast their reactions in real time into stadiums where their team is playing. It also provides social networking across sports fans. The company is growing, and its founders face the questions of where to locate their headquarters and how to structure their company, and the legal issues surrounding these decisions, including intellectual property regulat...Starting at €8.20
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Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-815043-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 814031.Starting at €0.00