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Choque cultural en el consejo de administración
Xin, Katherine; Haijie, WangArticle HBS-R1109LLeadership and People ManagementLiu Peijin es el presidente de almendra China, una filial de la empresa alemana almendra química. la empresa conjunta de China, con almendras Chongqing Nº 2 Chemical Company, que actualmente está fallando para prosperar, implica un choque de opiniones con respecto a la ética empresarial. Los ejecutivos de Chongqing están irritados por las normas europeas que se oponen regalos y comisiones-incentivos rutinariamente empleados por los competidores d...Starting at €8.20
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Culture Clash in the Boardroom (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Xin, Katherine; Haijie, WangArticle HBS-R1109L-ELeadership and People ManagementLiu Peijin is the president of Almond China, a subsidiary of the German company Almond Chemical. Almond China's joint venture with Chongqing No. 2 Chemical Company, which is currently failing to thrive, involves a clash of views regarding business ethics. The Chongqing executives are chafing under European standards that preclude gifts and commissions-incentives routinely employed by Almond's competitors. And a huge sale for the joint venture may...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama, Teaching Note
Thomas, David A.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Creary, Stephanie J.Teaching Note HBS-409134-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for [409115].Starting at €0.00
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Meeting the Diversity Challenge at PepsiCo: The Steve Reinemund Era
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-410024-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles PepsiCo's diversity journey under the leadership of former chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund who instituted diversity as one of the company's strategic imperatives. It demonstrates the ways in which Reinemund partnered with his leadership team and employees throughout the organization to make diversity a key factor in PepsiCo's culture and performance. It also reveals how, regardless of the success, PepsiCo employees were openly...Starting at €8.20
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Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-411093-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. The AAF formed in 1991 to help advance GE's recruitment, retention and development of black employees. By 1995, members of the AAF started asking Jack Welch whether the company was planning to develop business in Africa. After Welch invited the group to conduct due diligen...Starting at €8.20
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Shifting the Diversity Climate: The Sodexo Solution
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-412020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of Sodexo's diversity initiative. Diversity became a key priority for Sodexo, North America in 2001 after a class-action lawsuit was filed and certified in Washington, D.C. against Sodexo Marriot Services, Inc., the food services division that Sodexo had merged with in 1998. In 2002, Dr. Rohini Anand was hired by Michel Landel, CEO of Sodexo, North America. Soon thereafter, Anand was instated as chief diversity of...Starting at €8.20
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Teach Plus: Mobilizing a New Generation of Teacher Leaders
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-412027-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of Teach Plus, a non-profit organization founded on the premise that in order for public schools to continuously improve urban student achievement, teaching must become a career that motivates and retains effective early career teachers. Teach Plus began as a pilot in fall 2007, launched by Celine Coggins, a former teacher and labor-management consultant, and incubated at the Rennie Center for Education Research a...Starting at €8.20
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Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-412028-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth in all its regions outside the U.S., including its business in sub-Saharan Africa. In November 2010, John Rice, vice chairman of GE and president and CEO of GE Technology Infrastruct...Starting at €5.74
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Culture Clash in the Boardroom (HBR Case Study)
Xin, Katherine; Haijie, WangArticle HBS-R1109X-ELeadership and People ManagementLiu Peijin is the president of Almond China, a subsidiary of the German company Almond Chemical. Almond China's joint venture with Chongqing No. 2 Chemical Company, which is currently failing to thrive, involves a clash of views regarding business ethics. The Chongqing executives are chafing under European standards that preclude gifts and commissions-incentives routinely employed by Almond's competitors. And a huge sale for the joint venture may...Starting at €8.20
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Culture Clash in the Boardroom (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Xin, Katherine; Haijie, WangArticle HBS-R1109Z-ELeadership and People ManagementLiu Peijin is the president of Almond China, a subsidiary of the German company Almond Chemical. Almond China's joint venture with Chongqing No. 2 Chemical Company, which is currently failing to thrive, involves a clash of views regarding business ethics. The Chongqing executives are chafing under European standards that preclude gifts and commissions-incentives routinely employed by Almond's competitors. And a huge sale for the joint venture may...Starting at €8.20