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Playing With Fire at Sittercity (A)
Wasserman, Noam; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-809009-EEntrepreneurshipIn August 2006, Genevieve ("Jeh-neh-veev") Thiers, founder and CEO of Sittercity.com looked over at Dan Ratner, Sittercity's vice president and her boyfriend of five years. It had taken her six long years to build Sittercity into the nation's leading babysitting web service. Thiers had begun Sittercity in 2001 in Boston as a way to connect babysitters and parents online, at a time when no one else had thought to manage care-giving connections via...Starting at €8.20
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Amylin Pharmaceuticals: Diabetes and Beyond, Teaching Note
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Gordon, RachelTeaching Note HBS-809127-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [809011].Starting at €0.00
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Whose Money Is It Anyway (A)
Narayanan, V.G.; Hamermesh, Richard G.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-810008-EAccounting and ControlThe Brigham and Women's Physician's Organization (BWPO) and its corporate parent disagree over who has jurisdiction over significant legacy funds. Are they controlled by the BWPO or do they belong to BWPO's corporate parent? The BWPO and its corporate parent must negotiate who has control of the funds which impacts how the funds may be used.Starting at €8.20
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Whose Money Is It Anyway (C)
Narayanan, V.G.; Hamermesh, Richard G.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-810031-EAccounting and ControlThe case describes how the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization and its corporate parent resolved the issue of how the disputed funds would be distributed and used.Starting at €5.74
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Roll Back Malaria and BCG: the Change Initiative
Ashraf, Nava; Gordon, Rachel; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-910023-ERoll Back Malaria, a global partnership dedicated to fighting malaria has not met its founders' expectations of effectively combatting malaria. In 2005, after several internal evaluations, RBM leadership has decided to engage the Boston Consulting Group to work on a Change Initiative that when completed will enable RBM to address the eradication of malaria both more effectively and through larger scale efforts. However, the Initiative has become ...Starting at €8.20
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The Indego Africa Project
McGinn, Kathleen L.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-911011-ETwo young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives to the international retail market for handmade artisan products, helps the cooperatives build their business capacity, and develops and delivers classroom training in life and business skills for the cooperative members. At the time of the case, Indego is partnering with three cooperative...Starting at €8.20
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Plavix: Drugs in the Age of Personalized Medicine
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Aspinall, Mara G.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-811001-EEntrepreneurshipPIavix, one of the world's best selling drugs in 2010, appears to have a limited future. Its patent was due to expire soon and recently new data had been discovered which indicated that a small subset of the population would be at risk for stroke, heart attack or even death if they took PIavix. As a result the FDA had added a black box warning-the agency's most severe--to Plavix's label in 2010. In addition, it had been discovered that the common...Starting at €8.20
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The Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience (Abridged)
Raman, Ananth; Tucker, Anita; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-611015-EService and Operations ManagementHealthcare has traditionally focused on medical outcomes and financial performance. The big question is always, "How much is it going to cost?" What would happen though if healthcare also considered the question of "How does the patient feel?" This case looks at the Cleveland Clinic's attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care.Starting at €8.20
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Differences at Work Series, Teaching Note
Gordon, Rachel; Sucher, Sandra J.Teaching Note HBS-611077-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 408011, 408042, 408037, 408055, 408056, 408012, 408043, 408044, 408014, 408046, 408047, 408015, 408048, 408016, 408049, 408017, 408050, 408019, 408052, 609053, 609054, 408021, 408054, 408013, 408045.Starting at €0.00
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Differences at Work: Emily (A)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-408014-ELeadership and People ManagementIn Differences at Work: Emily (A) HBS Case No. 9-408-014 Emily, a private equity analyst, reads disturbing, sexually focused emails written about her by work colleagues and acquaintances after they all attended a work-related social event. Emily debates what she should do.Starting at €8.20