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Introduction: Data Are Business Assets--The Time is Now to Put Them to Work in Your Organization
Redman, Thomas C.Book Chapter HBS-7680BC-EInformation TechnologiesData and information have many properties that, collectively, present unparalleled opportunities and daunting challenges. Unfortunately, in today's organizations, data and information remain essentially unmanaged assets. Organizations must develop deep understanding of their eclectic properties, where they come from, how they move around, and the myriad ways in which they help create - and destroy - value. This chapter is excerpted from "Data Dr...Starting at €8.20
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Bringing Data and Information to the Marketplace: Facilitators
Redman, Thomas C.Book Chapter HBS-7708BC-EInformation TechnologiesFacilitators help others use data and information more effectively, and some even enable businesses to conceptualize their processes and organizations in entirely new ways. Escalating demands for content are driving escalating demands for facilitation. In addition to describing the many benefits facilitators can provide, this chapter also looks at data mining in detail. Deriving advantage from data mining is fraught with difficulty, but the risk ...Starting at €8.20
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Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads, Teaching Plan
Wing, Christina R.; Masko, JohnTeaching Note HBS-621109-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching plan for case 621018.Starting at €0.00
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Shellye Archambeau: Becoming a CEO (A)
Neeley, Tsedal; Masko, JohnCase HBS-420071-ELeadership and People ManagementSell MetricStream while offers are on the table, or try to save it by looking for a big customer of the company's risk management software against the backdrop of the financial crisis? Both options have dire consequences. Valuations are plummeting by the day. Cash is disappearing by the minute. Archambeau and Sinha need to decide and act swiftly.Starting at €8.20
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Uber: Competing Globally
MacKay, Alexander J.; Migdal, Amram; Masko, JohnCase HBS-720404-EStrategyThis case describes Uber's global market entry strategy and responses by regulators and local competitors. It details Uber's entry into New York City (United States), Bogot (Colombia), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China), Accra (Ghana), and London (United Kingdom). In each instance, the case includes information about Uber's strategy in that market, existing regulations on taxis and transportation in each market, the reactions of competitors and re...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnCase HBS-819077-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016, Michael Rubin's Fanatics was the U.S.' largest sports e-commerce company, and operator of the official online store for all the major American sports leagues. That year, Fanatics began to dabble in manufacturing licensed sports merchandise, securing limited permissions from leagues to manufacture apparel in response to 'micro-moments,' sudden surges of interest in a team or player that were too abrupt for the league's usual licensees to ...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (B)
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnCase HBS-819082-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnTeaching Note HBS-819134-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for cases 819077 and 819082.Starting at €0.00
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Assessing and Improving Data Quality
Redman, Thomas C.Book Chapter HBS-7705BC-EInformation TechnologiesOrganizations with the best data invest their data quality efforts toward preventing errors at their sources. This chapter examines the cases of Tele-Tech Services, Interactive Data, and Morningstar, outlining ten data quality habits that organizations should adopt, and providing tools and role models that will enable managers to baseline their organization's current data quality efforts. This chapter is excerpted from "Data Driven: Profiting fr...Starting at €8.20
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Social Issues in the Management of Data and Information
Redman, Thomas C.Book Chapter HBS-7709BC-EInformation TechnologiesData and information give rise to heated passions and brutal politics. The existence of more data, more needs, and more managers means there is more to fight about. You can minimize the damage by recognizing barriers to the effective management of data and information and the organizational, social and political issues at play in your work environment. Although all politics are local, this chapter offers some guidance on the issue. This chapter ...Starting at €8.20