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Target: Creating a Data-Driven Product Management Organization
Siegel, Robert; Kingbo, DavidCase SGSB-SM308-EStrategyAs retail shopping has changed with the rise of e-commerce, Target Corporate, one of the largest retail stores in the United States, made the strategic decision to invest in developing a core data science and technology team to remain competitive in its physical and online shopping experiences. The company hired a team of technologists who initially worked at enhancing the company’s digital and mobile solutions, but soon began influencing the com...Starting at €8.20
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Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (A)
Siegel, Robert; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-E673A-EEntrepreneurshipFrom his time as a young engineer at Microsoft in 1993, to the challenge of building Glassdoor from the ground up until it reached a valuation of over $1 billion, in 2018, Robert Hohman had come a long way. Now, from his spacious office with a picturesque view of Richardson Bay in Mill Valley, California, Hohman confronted one of the most important decisions of his life. Glassdoor, the company he cofounded in 2007 with Rich Barton and Tim Besse,...Starting at €8.20
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23andMe: A Virtuous Loop
Siegel, Robert; Conn, JeffreyCase SGSB-E688-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes 23andMe CEO and cofounder Anne Wojcicki’s founding story and her recent attempts to scale the company’s direct-to-consumer genetic testing franchise while simultaneously expanding its pharmaceutical development aspirations.Starting at €8.20
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Supere las contradicciones de las redes en clave ética
Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-1969Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityInternet ha hecho que la adquisición, almacenamiento y transmisión de datos por parte de las empresas sea más fácil que nunca. Pero esta mejora en velocidad y eficiencia viene acompañada de expectativas más complejas y en ocasiones contradictorias sobre cómo se debe recabar, conservar y revelar dicha información. Consumidores, empleados y otros grupos de interés tienen a su alcance y comparten todo tipo de información relativa a hábitos, preferen...Starting at €8.20
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Ethics Hold the Key to Network Contradictions
Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-1969-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityToday's Internet-based world has certainly made it easier for companies to acquire, store and transmit detailed information like never before. But with these gains in speed and efficiency have come more complex, and sometimes contradictory, expectations about how companies should collect, retain and disclose that information. Consumers, employees and other stakeholders are accessing and exchanging all manner of information related to individual h...Starting at €8.20
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Del director de cumplimiento normativo al de integridad
Aznar, Enrique; Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-2790Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl cumplimiento normativo es más importante que nunca para la empresa. Pero el peso de esta carga debe repartirse por toda la organización, no puede recaer exclusivamente en el responsable de cumplimiento (chief compliance officer). El CEO y el consejo de administración deben ser los principales abanderados de la integridad. Para abordar los principales retos en esta materia, los autores proponen transformar la figura del director de cumpl...Starting at €8.20
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Make Way for the Chief Integrity Officer
Aznar, Enrique; Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-2790-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementToday, corporate compliance is more important than ever. However, compliance officers cannot be expected to carry the whole weight of corporate responsibility on their shoulders. The authors discuss the main compliance challenges faced by managers today. To address those challenges, they propose the creation of a new senior executive profile: the Chief Integrity Officer. This person would support the CEO and the board in shaping the corporate cul...Starting at €8.20
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Tender
Siegel, Robert; Mansfield, ImogenCase SGSB-E752-EEntrepreneurshipThe Tender case follows the journey of Miles Parker from his early days of joining an equipment financing company as a partner to the company’s founder, through pivoting the company’s product, and working with several different investors including high-net-worth individuals and private equity.Starting at €8.20
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Kola Real: La expansión internacional
Ferré, Miguel; Natividad, GabrielCase PAD-DG-C-406EntrepreneurshipDescribe el caso de la internacionalización de una empresa peruana en varios países de la región, partiendo de unos modestos inicios en Ayacucho (1988). Se puede discutir la similitud o diferencias en la forma de nacer según el contexto de cada país.Starting at €8.20
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Klöckner: Operations During Transformation
Siegel, Robert; Scott, MitchelCase SGSB-E-721-EEntrepreneurshipThe Eyewitness Surveillance II case tells the story of Rush Arnold and RT McCloy, friends who met while studying at Wharton, who raise a search fund under the name Channelstone Partners. In the fall of 2010, after having spent two-thirds of their search fund capital and reviewed over 200 companies, they came across Eyewitness Surveillance, a company specializing in the use of video technology to protect the assets of car dealerships. Eyewitnes...Starting at €8.20