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Board's Missing Link (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, RhondaArticle HBS-R0303FLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. The causes of many corporate governance problems lie well below the surface--specifically, in critical relationships that are not structured to support the players involved. In other words, the very foundation of the system is flawed. And unless we correct the stru...Starting at €8.20
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Revitalizing a French Conglomerate (A) (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Turner, John M.Case HBS-705S20StrategyExamines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed a financial restructuring and articulated a new corporate strategy. His actions were in part determined by the French business environment, which does not easily permit staff reduct...Starting at €8.20
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Vivendi (B): La revitalización de un conglomerado de empresas francesas
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, RhondaCase HBS-706S13StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-412037-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter Proposing a fourth business unit to help grow the market for zensar's innovative technology, to be led by Dilip Ittyera, CEO Natarajan adopted a new organizational structure focused on industry verticals.Starting at €5.74
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Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-413030-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2011, Sarah Naud and Matt Stanley sat down with the chairman of Telecom New Zealand, Wayne Boyd. Telecom, a publicly listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom infrastructure company, and new Telecom, a telecom retail services provider. In connection with this split, Naud and Stanley were charged with overseeing the process of creating two new boar...Starting at €8.20
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Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.; Abrahams, RobinTeaching Note HBS-414060-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413032.Starting at €0.00
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Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-415019-ELeadership and People ManagementDelhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while maintaining high social, environmental, and ethical standards. For Frans Muller, Delhaize's president and CEO, the key to executing on this strategy was ensuring that the Group was deve...Starting at €8.20
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Building a Developmental Culture: the Birth of Deloitte University, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Teaching Note HBS-417081-EAccounting and ControlThis teaching note is a companion piece to the case, Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University.Starting at €0.00
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Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Teaching Note HBS-418088-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413120.Starting at €0.00
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The On-Demand Economy
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Weber, James; Watkins, Elizabeth AnneCase HBS-716405-EStrategyThis note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several companies including Uber and Airbnb that exemplify this new mode of competition, a model that threatens to disrupt traditional firms. Uber provides ride services much like a traditional taxi company, but it owns no cars and employs no drivers, and instead matches independent car owners with customers looking for rides. Airbnb p...Starting at €8.20