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|  | Life''s Work: An Interview with Janelle Monae> |
Monae, Janelle;Nickisch, Curt
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Cases | R2005Q |
2020/09/01 | 3p |
The singer, actor, and activist talks about using her own voice and the causes that most concern her.
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|  | Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (B)> |
Narayanan, V.G.;Thapar, Alpana
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Supplement | 9-121-023 |
2020/08/18 | 2p |
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|  | Crafting Strategy> |
Nanda, Ashish
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Case | 9-720-407 |
2020/04/05 | 14p |
This note provides an introduction to crafting strategy following an options-led approach, and it prepares students to describe firm strategy with succinct strategy statements. The note also briefly outlines other approaches to crafting strategy.
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|  | Becoming a Better Corporate Citizen> |
Nooyi, Indra;Govindarajan, Vijay
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Cases | R2002G |
2020/03/01 | 11p |
PepsiCo is among the few global, established companies that have delivered superior financial performance while meeting the needs of all stakeholders. It has always invested for the long term and delivered results in the short term. The layer that author Indra Nooyi added, first as SVP for corporate strategy and then as CEO, was a focus on sustainability--defined here as satisfying multiple stakeholder interests to ensure the long-term viability of .....more
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|  | Talent Management and the Future of Work> |
Kerr, William R.;Ng, Gorick
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Case | 9-820-084 |
2020/02/14 | 10p |
The nature of work is changing-and it is changing rapidly. Few days go by without industry giants such as Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions of dollars towards retraining nearly half of their respective workforces for jobs of the future. What changes lurking around the corner are Amazon and AT&T seeing? What tools do managers have to confront the accelerating change? How should talent management and workplace design evolve .....more
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|  | Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (A)> |
Cole, Shawn;Norris, Michael;Zochowski, T. Robert
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Case | 9-220-026 |
2020/02/06 | 16p |
In 2017, Darren Walker, the President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote $1 billion of the Ford Foundation''s $13 billion endowment to the MRI program. The case explores the reasoning behind the program, design choices that were made in its development, and .....more
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|  | Danfoss and the Danish Variety of Capitalism> |
Lubinski, Christina;Norgaard Modvig, Kristian;Giacomin, Valeria
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Case | SCG565 |
2020/01/20 | 11p |
Danfoss is a traditional Danish family firm, deeply committed to its local community in Nordborg, Als. The company is family-owned and has had several members of the owning family on its Board. The case shows Danfoss'' rise to one of the biggest heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning companies in the world. With ever greater expansion onto global markets, Danfoss experienced the challenge of creating a harmonious global portfolio, while .....more
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|  | Choke Points> |
Farrell, Henry;Newman, Abraham L.
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Cases | R2001K |
2020/01/01 | 9p |
To conduct international commerce, businesses have built an intricate system of networks that move money, information, and components around the world. These networks may look decentralized, but all too frequently, they have major choke points. The majority of global finance transactions, for instance, are relayed through a single organization in Belgium. Many global tech firms depend heavily on the chips Qualcomm makes for Android devices. A huge .....more
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|  | Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)> |
Narayanan, V.G.;Deshpande, Tanvi;Ramachandran, Shreya
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Case | 9-120-053 |
2019/11/04 | 14p |
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was hitting hard times financially. It had been dealing with declining revenues for the past five years, and its losses had tripled between 2014-16. A slowdown in factory plant processes in 2006 and the value .....more
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|  | Celebrity Fashions: Moving Ahead (B)> |
Narayanan, V.G.;Deshpande, Tanvi;Ramachandran, Shreya
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Supplement | 9-120-054 |
2019/11/04 | 4p |
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was hitting hard times financially. It had been dealing with declining revenues for the past five years, and its losses had tripled between 2014-16. A slowdown in factory plant processes in 2006 and the value .....more
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