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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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Retiros de Toyota (A): Llegando a Patinar
Quelch, John A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-513S06MarketingEn el otoño de 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation, una vez venerado por su compromiso con la calidad y la fiabilidad, se enfrentó a una serie de retiros muy publicitados en los Estados Unidos que representan aproximadamente el equivalente a un año de las ventas en uno de sus mercados más importantes. Mientras que el primer retiro de Toyota fue recibida con incredulidad generalizada pero el apoyo permanente de la marca, las revelaciones posteriores y ...Starting at €8.20
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Los Retiros de Toyota (B): El Sr. Toyoda Viaja a Washington
Quelch, John A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-513S07MarketingCaso describe el testimonio ante el Congreso de EE.UU. CEO de la Toyota y la cabeza de sus ventas de motor de Estados Unidos.Starting at €5.74
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Retiros de Toyota (C): Camino Accidentado por Delante
Quelch, John A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-513S08MarketingEntre febrero y julio de 2010, las ventas de Toyota se recuperan gracias a la utilización de extensas relaciones públicas y ventas incentivos. Sin embargo, recuerda continúan. Can Toyota contener la marea y corregir sus defectos de organización para hacer frente a los problemas subyacentes?Starting at €5.74
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Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Gino, Francesca; Staats, Bradley R.Case HBS-415015-ELeadership and People ManagementValve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee handbook) includes 100% self-allocated time, no managers (and therefore no managerial oversight), a structure so fluid that all desks have wheels to allow free movement between "cabals" ...Starting at €8.20
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Winning (and Losing) the Olympics: Boston 2024 (A)
Fubini, David G.; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Saadine, Mark; McAra, Sarah; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-418024-ELeadership and People ManagementTwo leadership groups from Boston 2024 negotiate with government bodies, community leaders, and olympic officials in an effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston.Starting at €8.20
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Winning (and Losing) the Olympics: Boston 2024 (B)
Fubini, David G.; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Saadine, Mark; McAra, Sarah; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-418029-ELeadership and People ManagementA summary of events that occured after the (A) case, including Los Angeles winning nomination for the 2028 Olympics with assistance from Pagliuca and Boston 2024 bid material.Starting at €5.74
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Coaching Makena Lane
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Lala, OmCase HBS-418031-ELeadership and People ManagementMakena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but also has a knack for "ruffling some feathers" in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company's retail practice, she successfully grew their high-margin yet highly competitive beauty category beyond anyone's expectations. Yet then she was passed over promotion, ...Starting at €8.20
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A Note on Compensation
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-419020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note describes the major considerations and frameworks of compensation. Its audience is general managers interested in learning about their own or their employees' compensation.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