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People Analytics at Teach For America (A)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-418013-ELeadership and People ManagementAs of mid-2016, national nonprofit Teach For America (TFA) had struggled with three consecutive years of declining application totals, and senior management was re-examining the organization's strategy, including recruitment and selection. A few months earlier, former TFA corps member Michael Metzger had spearheaded the launch of a predictive analytics team responsible for integrating strategy across TFA's recruitment and admissions continuum. Me...Starting at €8.20
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Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Connolly Baden, Katherine; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-418069-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 416022.Starting at €0.00
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The Global-Local Tension: Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao Leading with "International Values and Local Roots" (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Neeley, Tsedal; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-419063-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for cases 419031 and 419032.Starting at €0.00
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Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)
Hill, Linda A.; Mankin, Eric; Tedards, EmilyCase HBS-420057-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter a successful inaugural year, Burunda Prince, the Managing Director of Comcast's startup business accelerator The Farm, was getting ready for an eventful 2019. Comcast was America's largest cable and internet service provider, having built a profitable business bundling television content and delivering it via cable networks to more than 20 million households. The business was changing rapidly with the rise of streaming services, and The Far...Starting at €8.20
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Preserving Trust at Care.com (B)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-120012-EAccounting and ControlCare.com was an online platform designed to match caregivers with individuals seeking care for themselves, others, and pets, through job postings, caregiver profiles, and directories of local day care centers. In March 2019, the Wall Street Journal had just published a 2,900-word investigative piece detailing potential trust and safety concerns of customers of Care.com. The success of Care.com's business model required individuals to trust the pl...Starting at €5.74
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Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-120032-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the accounting fraud at Tesco Stores Limited (TSL), which was discovered by a senior accountant in TSL's finance department. The accountant was concerned about TSL's handling of commercial income, which, according to the accountant, overstated Tesco's profit by an estimated 246 million. Beyond the accounting issue, the case describes Tesco's organizational and cultural shortcoming causing this problem, how Tesco's new CEO Da...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (C)
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-120034-EAccounting and ControlThis case serves as a complement to the case "Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)".Starting at €5.74
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Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A) (Abridged)
Hill, Linda A.; Tedards, EmilyCase HBS-421021-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2005, Vineet Nayar, the former CEO and Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies, and his wife, Anupama Nayar, committed $100 million of their personal wealth to found Sampark Foundation-a grant-making philanthropy with a mission to transform learning outcomes for 20 million children in rural government schools by 2025. By 2013, it was clear that Sampark was never going to reach 20 million children by writing grants. Vineet stepped out of the corporat...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (A)
Hill, Linda A.; Wigen, Allison J.; Tedards, EmilyCase HBS-420108-ELeadership and People ManagementMichael Ku joined Pfizer in 2011, after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. His mission was to drive the digital transformation of the company's clinical supply chain, but he knew he had to start with the culture. Over the next eight years, Ku and his leadership team put in place the culture, talent, structure, and processes necessary to prime the clinical supply chain for digital transformation. By 2019, the cli...Starting at €8.20
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Backstage at Boston Ballet
Fubini, David G.; Agca Okutgen, Begum; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-420005-ELeadership and People ManagementAt the beginning of her second year with Boston Ballet, Executive Director Meredith "Max" Hodges got some bad news-a developer had purchased one of Boston Ballet's school locations and was planning to terminate Boston Ballet's lease. Hodges had already overseen a number of improvements during her first year with Boston Ballet and had several major projects planned for her second year, including a major website overhaul and a revamped performance ...Starting at €8.20