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Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A)
Author: Bartlett, Christopher A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
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Describes the evolution of Microsoft's human resource philosophies, policies, and practices and how they were used as a core of the company's competitive advantage. In particular, the case focuses on how Microsoft has tried to retain its ability to recruit, develop, motivate, and retain first class talent as it grew from a start-up to a global behemoth...
Hewlett Packard Company in Vietnam
Author: Lau, Geok T.
Product Type: Cases
Source: North America Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, Spring, 2000; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 2000
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 3851 views
In late 1995, John Peter, a marketing manager of Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Limited, was evaluating the division's strategic options for doing business in Vietnam. John needed to recommend whether HPAP should enter the Vietnam market in a more strategic fashion...
Olympus and the Whistleblower President
Authors: Williams, Christopher; Takeshita, Seijiro
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The newly-appointed president and chief operating officer of Olympus Corporation of Japan was about to attend an emergency board meeting and needed to decide on a course of action. Since assuming the job in April 2011, the president had discovered evidence of corporate fraud on a large scale...
In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad
Authors: Duhigg, Charles; Barboza, David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2012
In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions...
From In-house to Joint R&D: The Way Forward for Nokia Denmark
Authors: Larsen, Marcus Moller; Pedersen, Torben
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Motivated by the need to release pressure on its in-house capacity, Nokia Denmark decided to outsource certain product development projects to the Taiwanese company Foxconn in a joint R&D setup. However, by 2010, the rising pressure from the corporate headquarters and the competitive market environment on products and costs, Nokia Denmark thus faced a central question on how to proceed with the R&D setup...
Foxconn Technology Group (A, B)
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Cheng, Beiting
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The case focuses on the challenges that Foxconn faced after a series of suicides took place at its plants.
Canadian Solar
Authors: Beamish, Paul W.; Mitchell, Jordan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
In late September 2009, the CEO of the Nasdaq-traded solar cell and module manufacturer, Canadian Solar, was at an inflection point in the formation of its international strategy. Canadian Solar had decided to focus on 10 major markets in the next two to three years where strong renewable policies existed. Students are challenged with deciding if any changes to the company's global strategy are necessary.
Hewlett-Packard Company: CEO Succession in 2010
Authors: Lorsch, Jay W.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Barton, Melissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Mark Hurd resigned as the CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2010 after the board discovered that he had misfiled expense reports and paid an H.P. contractor for unsubstantiated work. Discusses H.P.'s recent scandals and highlights the balance needed between ethical and strategic considerations in choosing executive leadership.
Washout: The Founders' Tale and Investors' Tale
Authors: Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The competing narratives of the founders of Alantec, Inc. and the venture capitalists who funded the company are explored in the context of Kalashian v. Advent VI Ltd. a California Superior Court case. Following the company's sale the founders sued, alleging that the venture capitalists had committed fraud and breached their fiduciary duties as controlling shareholders of Alantec. The case presents actual excerpts from the trial briefs of both the founders and the venture capitalists, and presents competing views on how and why the dilution occurred.
Unauthorized Disclosure: Hewlett-Packard's Secret Surveillance of Directors and Journalist
Authors: Lawrence, Anne T.; Harris, Randall D.; Baack, Sally
Product Type: Cases
Source: Case Research Journal 28(1): Winter
Publication Year: 2008
In 2006, HP admitted it had hired outside investigators to spy on members of its board of directors and journalists to uncover the source of several leaks of confidential board deliberations. The investigators used methods, including "pretexting" (using an assumed identity in order to access others’ telephone records) which were possibly illegal and almost certainly unethical.
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