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Cross-Silo Leadership
Casciaro, Tiziana; Edmondson, Amy C.; Jang, SujinArticle HBS-R1903J-EToday the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that's a challenge for many leaders. Employees naturally default to focusing on vertical relationships, and formal restructuring is costly, confusing, and slow. What, then, is the solution? Engaging in four activitie...Starting at €8.20
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Competent Jerks, Lovable Fools, and the Formation of Social Networks (Spanish version)
Casciaro, Tiziana; Lobo, Miguel SousaArticle HBS-R0506ELeadership and People Managementthe competent jerk, who knows a lot but is unpleasant; the lovable fool, who doesn't know much but is a delight; the lovable star, who's both smart and likeable; and the incompetent jerk, who...well, that's self-explanatory. Of course, everybody wants to work with the lovable star, and nobody wants to work with the incompetent jerk. More interesting is that people prefer the lovable fool over the competent jerk. That has big implications for eve...Starting at €8.20
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Jeffrey Dunn and Sesame Workshop: Bringing Big Bird Back to Health, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Raffaelli, Ryan L.; Malone, Ai-Ling Jamila; Cohen, JonathanTeaching Note HBS-ALI017-ETeaching note for cases 317086 and 317094.Starting at €0.00
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Elizabeth Parker (B) (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Casciaro, Tiziana; Krackhardt, DavidCase HBS-412S35Leadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Thinking Outside the Shoe Box (Spanish version)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Raffaelli, Ryan L.Case HBS-310S17StrategyInnovation was linked to Timberland's heritage. In 2005, CEO Jeff Swartz and COO Ken Pucker hoped the Invention Factory, an advanced concept lab, would develop new breakthrough products and reinvigorate the company's culture of innovation. Since the 1960s, Timberland had relied on innovation, developing the world's first waterproof boot and, in the 1980s, category-defining boat shoes and day hiking boots. Creating variations of these core product...Starting at €8.20
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Abelli y Saviotti en Banca Commerciale Italiana (A)
Casciaro, Tiziana; McGinn, Kathleen L.; Belingheri, MassimilianoCase HBS-408S11Leadership and People ManagementEn 1999, una poderosa lucha en medio de las redes corporativas e interpersonales complejas llevado a la fallida fusión entre la Banca Commerciale Italiana y Unicredito Italiano - dos de los grupos bancarios más grandes de Italia. Este caso analiza las acciones de Abelli y Saviotti, co-CEOs de la Banca Commerciale Italiana en ese momento, así como las de los actores centrales en el Banco de Italia, Mediobanca, y varios grupos nacionales e internac...Starting at €8.20
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When to Make Private News Public (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Casciaro, Tiziana; Winston, Victoria W.Article HBS-R1203S-ELeadership and People ManagementBetsy Sugarman, a rising star in a biotech company, finds out that she is pregnant. This is good news for her, but bad timing for her career. She has been interviewing internally to take on a new role as the director of overseas operations, a position that requires a great deal of travel. Her prospective boss has all but offered her the job and is expecting a commitment from her within a week. She wants the job and feels she is prepared to do wha...Starting at €8.20
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Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail
Narayandas, Das; Margolis, Joshua D.; Raffaelli, Ryan L.Case HBS-516016-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures from J.C. Penney's traditional retai...Starting at €8.20
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CEMEX's Foundations for Sustainability
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Yatsko, Pamela; Raffaelli, Ryan L.Case HBS-308024-EStarting at €8.20
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Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Raffaelli, Ryan L.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-421078-ELeadership and People ManagementThe (B) case offers a detailed account of Wendell Weeks's innovation strategy at Corning, and how his approach played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic. It illustrates the company's philosophy of making long-term investments in promising new technologies and products well before others believed their time was ripe.Starting at €5.74