Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Henry was the senior vice president of operations. Tony, the chief marketing officer, had suggested taking a drive so that they could talk about the integration of Beacon''s latest acquisition, VillageCar. I know I''m an ops guy and you''re the marketing guru, but I don''t buy it," Henry said. It gave us access to a new market.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Editor's Note: Like HBR's traditional case studies, this online-only "flash" case study dramatizes a dilemma frequently faced by leaders in real companies. Even though I'm twice your age, and I'm a marketing guy and you're an IT guy, I've always been your biggest fan and defender. I can smell it. I know that.

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Case Study Innovation Committee Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The previous year it had operated at a loss of $1.7 Now it was a huge growth market. The East Coast distribution center, or ECDC, had been weighing on her mind lately.

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Case Study Retail Transportation Niche Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If all went well, Blue Sky would soon be using Prime's components in its energy-efficient cars and trucks. "At At last," the chairman had said, "we have a foothold in the electric vehicle market. It was among the fastest-growing Chinese automakers, and it was racing to get into the hybrid market. Blue Sky fit the bill perfectly.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. How do your organization’s strategic and operational goals inform what work roles will be needed in the future?

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How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

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Guidelines Management Media Newsletter 62

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets offers dozens of examples to clarify precisely how buying decisions can be facilitated through the right kind of questions, including an in-depth case study of a marketing manager who recognizes the need for a better website and wants to bring in an external design team. The result?

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Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one. We studied the sector for three years and came up with some very interesting findings about the “adjustment costs” that companies incur when they disrupt themselves.

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Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

When you stop to think about it, you’ll realize that your fans and followers are essentially volunteering their time and energy to serve as developers, sounding boards, and advertisements for your company. Marketing 101 principles still apply. So for goodness’ sake, respect what they have to say and take their input to heart!

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Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

One class discussion that gets the light-bulbs flashing is a case study analysis of a brilliant functional expert, Harris (not his real name), who gets sent to an elite business school’s general management program with the promise of a promotion into a P&L role upon his return. Figure out your market value.

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Career P&L How To Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

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Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

If I asked you to picture the consumer luxury market, you might imagine jewels, sports cars, watches, premium drinks, high-end shoes and apparel, and so on. Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo have produced movies and started organizations to tackle climate change and promote renewable energy. Now all the big brands are jumping in.

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Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

To illustrate how this all plays out on a larger scale in real companies, here are two mini case studies from businesses we’ve worked with. Since its 2005 founding, the marketing company had grown to over 1,100 employees.

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Maturity Real Estate Survey Project 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

After you’ve been fired, getting back into the job market can be difficult. Doing so helps you “figure out how big a problem you’re facing” and what you’ll need to overcome in the job market, says Lees. Case Study #1: Devise a plan for talking about your old job and what you want out of your next.

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How To Letter Learning-by-Doing PR 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

.” You should also highlight the priorities on your list, meaning “the big ticket items where you truly add value,” and ensure you are “spending most of your energy” on those, she adds. Case Study #1: Clarify your priorities. ” Case Study #2: Explain why you’re being hands on.

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Micromanagement Team How To Project 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Relate Articles: The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success. Benchmarking.

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Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Effective Crisis Handling, Case Studies. So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. Unrelated cases but both well handled involved Perrier Water and the Girl Scouts of America.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 72

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

However, looking at the surveys and consulting reports, it is unclear what the precise use cases are that will drive this positive ROI from big data. Our goal in this article is to offer specific, real-world case studies to show how big data has provided value for companies that have worked with Microsoft’s analytics teams.

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Supply Chain Price Airlines Advertising 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Most obviously, the Internet of Things has the power to profoundly change operations — that’s where much of the coverage of this burgeoning network has focused. It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire.

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Industry Retail Software Marketing 10

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

One can wake up, realize their energy has been zapped and experience setbacks in their business because he-she was spending disproportionate time on networking. The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Some commercial programs cater to this market but are usually populated by entrepreneurs on the way up.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Most obviously, the Internet of Things has the power to profoundly change operations — that’s where much of the coverage of this burgeoning network has focused. It will change the category you compete in, the products and services you sell, and how you market them, and even the talent you acquire.

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Industry Retail Software Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

As the boss, your goal is to have all your employees operating at their peak level of energy, efficiency, and motivation—which can be a challenge when it comes to leading a team comprised of introverts and extroverts. Case Study #1: Talk to your team members about how they prefer to work and learn.

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Management How To Brainstorming COO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Even the promise of future help, if and when it's needed, can be enough to convince a mentor to give up his time and energy. Case Study #1: Using multiple mentors. Martin was much more of a direct, operational, and continuous mentor," she said. Case Study #2: When you think you don't need it.

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Mentor Career Long-term Advice 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

Challenge to connect the efforts, energies, and insights of in-the-trenches management innovators, to inspire aspiring innovators to action, and to collectively make progress on the urgent challenge of creating organizations that are fit for the future and human beings. We launched the Management 2.0 We launched the Management 2.0

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Management Short-term Strategic Planning How To 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. A loan to a gun manufacturer would announce to the world that we really have no principles and that the green thing is just a marketing gimmick. We’re pioneers,” Jay said.

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Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

While there are many classic leadership books that are still relevant today – like Good to Great and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – and a flooded market of other business books , I wanted to share …. E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. Drum roll please ….

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Books Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing 113

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. The News Media. The Auditing Firm Employed by Enron.

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