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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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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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If This Is a Service Economy, Why Am I Still on Hold: An Introduction to the Four Fundamental Principles of Service Excellence
Frei, Frances X.; Morriss, AnneBook Chapter HBS-8921BC-EService and Operations ManagementMost companies treat service as a low-priority business operation, keeping it out of the spotlight until a customer complains. Then service gets to make a brief appearance--for as long as it takes to calm the customer down and fix whatever foul-up jeopardized the relationship. In "Uncommon Service," from which this chapter was taken, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss show how, in a volatile economy where the old rules of strategic advantage no longer...Starting at €8.20
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Now Multiply It All by Culture: Service Excellence as a Product of Organizational Design and Culture
Frei, Frances X.; Morriss, AnneBook Chapter HBS-8930BC-EService and Operations ManagementMost companies treat service as a low-priority business operation, keeping it out of the spotlight until a customer complains. Then service gets to make a brief appearance--for as long as it takes to calm the customer down and fix whatever foul-up jeopardized the relationship. In "Uncommon Service," from which this chapter was taken, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss show how, in a volatile economy where the old rules of strategic advantage no longer...Starting at €8.20
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LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry
Groysberg, Boris; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-419009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company's head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan. LIXIL had been established in 2011 through a merger of five of Japan's major companies across a broad spectrum of building materials and other housing-related businesses. The company ...Starting at €8.20
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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Iansiti, Marco; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-610053-EService and Operations ManagementRicoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in 2006. The company developed environmental accounting methods and produces annual environmental and sustainability reports, but Ricoh is concerned that investors may not take these effor...Starting at €8.20
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Sony
Thomke, Stefan; Osanai, Atsushi; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-618045-EKnowledge and CommunicationSony used to be synonymous with "innovation" and "cool products". The case reveals how the company lost its edge and describes the leadership initiatives to restore its former glory. In 2012, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai becomes CEO and successfully transforms Sony, including a relentless focus on differentiation through "wow" products instead of chasing scale. How should he organize and manage the company's response to digital opportunities, such as virtua...Starting at €8.20
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Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Deshpande, Rohit; Cekin, Esel; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-517056-EMarketingThis case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010. Through various initiatives and innovations, Godiva Japan had targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, w...Starting at €8.20
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ASICS: Chasing a 2020 Vision
Ofek, Elie; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-517060-EMarketingIn early 2016, Motoi Oyama, president and CEO of ASICS, a major sports apparel and footwear manufacturer based in Japan, lays out his company's growth plan for the upcoming 5 years. The new plan set ambitious goals in terms of revenue and profit increases. At the heart of the strategy to achieve these goals are a desire to embrace a more direct to consumer mindset, expand into new customer segments, and communicate a more consistent and emotional...Starting at €8.20
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Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)
Trumbull, Gunnar; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-709017-EEconomicsDespite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most recently, in 1998 and 2000 respectively, GE Capital and Citi Financial both acquired Japanese consumer lending companies. In 2006, when the Japanese Supreme Court rules that one of the...Starting at €8.20