HBSP (USA)
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Casper Sleep Inc.: Marketing the "One Perfect Mattress for Everyone"
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-517042-EMarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). "A Warby Parker of mattresses? Somebody is going to do it. Why not us?" This was the topic of a conversation begun in spring 2013 among Gabe Flateman, Philip Krim, Neil Parikh, and T. Luke Sherwin. The four met as members of a New York City venture accelerator program. All admired Warby Parker's succ...Starting at €8.20
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Power Tools Division (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-503S48MarketingPresents Black & Decker's performance against a Japanese competitor and others in the power tools market. Black & Decker is anxious to regain its market share leadership in particular segments of the market. This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details.Starting at €8.20
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Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20
Dolan, Robert J.; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-517016-EMarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it, "particularly on high cost of failure s...Starting at €8.20
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Liderar desde el consejo de administración
Lorsch, Jay W.; Clark, Robert C.Article HBS-R0804GLeadership and People ManagementEn estos días, las juntas están trabajando horas extras para cumplir con otros requisitos de gobierno destinados a los accionistas protegen de la maldad ejecutivo Sarbanes-Oxley y. Pero a medida que los directores se han vuelto más práctica con el cumplimiento, se han vuelto más manos libres con planificación a largo plazo. Que expone las corporaciones y sus accionistas a otra - tal vez incluso mayor - riesgo, dicen los profesores Lorsch, de la H...Starting at €8.20
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Ratings Pioneer Turns 20 (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-518S31MarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it, "particularly on high cost of failure s...Starting at €8.20
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Procter & Gamble (Spanish version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Durante, KathleenCase HBS-419S24Leadership and People ManagementOn July 12, 2012, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management announced publicly that it had purchased about $2 billion of Procter and Gamble (P&G) stock. Shares in the company closed up 3.75% the day the disclosure was made public. Ackman told the New York Times that Pershing would be a major P&G shareholder. ""We think it's an underrated stock,"" he said. ""We think there is a lot of great opportunity there."" During the next several mont...Starting at €8.20
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The Role of the Audit Committee in Risk Oversight (Spanish Version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Simpson, KaitlynCase HBS-419S04Leadership and People ManagementUna silla de comité de auditoría considera cómo puede ayudar a su comité de ser más eficaz, dadas las crecientes exigencias regulatorias sobre los comités de auditoría. Él también lucha con la falta de especificidad en funciones del comité de auditoría y si el comité debe asumir responsabilidades adicionales. En particular, se considera a la creciente preocupación por la supervisión del riesgo y se pregunta qué tipo de riesgos del comité de audit...Starting at €8.20
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The Board of Directors at Market Basket (Spanish Version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-419S28Leadership and People ManagementEl lanzamiento de Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas por su primo, Arthur S. Demoulas, y los directores afiliados a Arthur levantó protestas de los empleados a lo largo de la cadena de tiendas de comestibles. especialistas de la industria estiman que el Market Basket estaba perdiendo cerca de $ 10 millones cada uno día en el negocio perdido y el inventario, debido a las protestas. Una larga historia de batallas legales había destruido la relaci...Starting at €8.20
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First Federal Savings (A) (Spanish version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Doyle, Stephen X.Case HBS-420S03Leadership and People ManagementRaises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time.Starting at €8.20
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McKinsey & Co.-Protecting its Reputation (B) (Spanish version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; McTague, EmilyCase HBS-420S12Leadership and People ManagementOn Tuesday March 15, 2011, all 1,200 global Partners of McKinsey & Co. gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center near Washington, DC for their annual Partners' conference. The atmosphere was tense as Partners, in addition to their normal agenda, discussed the Galleon Group insider-trading trial and the recent allegations against the Firm's former Managing Director, Rajat Gupta. Three months earlier Senior Partner, Anil Kumar, ple...Starting at €5.74