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GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
Bernstein, Ethan S.; McKinnon, Paul D.; Yarabe, PaulCase HBS-418020-ELeadership and People ManagementOver 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup IGS, to recruit for a job. This case puts participants in the shoes of IGS founder and CEO Masahiro Fukuhara, a first-time entrepreneur, as he considers the varied ways the "big data" he is collecting is being used--and whether some uses promised more meaningful (or less potentially mis...Starting at €8.20
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Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi (Spanish version)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Marton, StephanieCase HBS-418S11Leadership and People ManagementInspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in developing new "people analytics" technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer's activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain patterns of activity and a person's subjective sense of happiness at work. Unlike mood rings or even f...Starting at €8.20
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Trouble at Tessei, Teaching Note
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Buell, Ryan W.Teaching Note HBS-616031-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen (""bullet"") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the demands on Tessei continued to grow. Given previous leaders' failed attempts to fix Tessei's problems with increased managerial monitoring and controls, Yabe seeks a creative approach...Starting at €0.00
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Jieliang Phone Home! (A)
Shih, Willy; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Bilimoria, NinaCase HBS-609080-EKnowledge and CommunicationAt Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators-bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao-are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have discovered many ways to increase their performance. Meanwhile a globally networked team of manufacturing experts led by Marty Cole, the case protagonist, is trying to spread best pr...Starting at €8.20
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Jieliang Phone Home! (B)
Shih, Willy; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Bilimoria, NinaCase HBS-609081-EKnowledge and CommunicationAt Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators-bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao-are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have discovered many ways to increase their performance. Meanwhile a globally-networked team of manufacturing experts led by Marty Cole, the case protagonist, is trying to spread best pr...Starting at €5.74
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Li & Fung 2012
McFarlan, F. Warren; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-312102-EKnowledge and CommunicationMidway through its current three-year plan, Li & Fung stop to assess the path it is taking in extending its distribution network business in Asia.Starting at €8.20
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CapitaLand Ltd: CEO Selection
DeLong, Thomas J.; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Donovan, G.A.Case HBS-410055-ELeadership and People ManagementIn September 2007, the Group President of CapitaLand has to select a new CEO for a key subsidiary. The case presents the profiles of three candidates-two internal and one external-and ends with the senior management team debating the candidates' merits.Starting at €8.20
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Appellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard
Kirby, William C.; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-309075-EGrace Vineyard was a rare family-owned, private winery in China that was set on establishing itself as a world-renowned, quality vintner. Judy Leissner, the second generation company leader was at a crossroads in how she wanted to grow the business that her father founded in 1997. Their wines were rapidly growing a strong following and had won international awards. How could the company capitalize on this success? Should Grace expand its operatio...Starting at €8.20
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CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company
Bower, Joseph L.; Dai, Nancy Hua; Shih-ta Chen, MichaelCase HBS-311074-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead China National Offshore Oil Company - an SOE founded in 1982 to exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits grown 2600 times. He believes that the way CNOOC has been managed, a blend of market orientation and concern ...Starting at €8.20
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Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (A)
Macomber, John D.; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-210089-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A residential real estate developer competes in a heated auction for a prime retail development site in the interior of China during the 2009 boom. Total project cost might be in excess of $1billion US for over 4,000,000 square feet of building. Hang Lung Properties has enjoyed success in residential building in Hong Kong but has focused on very limited projects in China, no...Starting at €8.20