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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
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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.
Hewlett-Packard
Authors: Beer, Michael; Khurana, Rakesh; Weber, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which emphasized both profits and people. Changing markets, strong competitors, and the growth of its computer business, however, battered the company in the mid-1990s. To turn things around, HP hired Carly Fiorina, the first outsider to lead the company.
Employee Ownership and the Entrepreneurial Spirit: The Case of HCSS
Authors: Roche, Olivier; Shipper, Frank
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University
Publication Year: 2010
Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc. [HCSS] designs and sells hi-tech software to the heavy/highway construction industry. The case describes a unique corporate culture that has made HCSS a business success in a highly competitive industry.
Apple, Inc.
Authors: Kim, Paul; Lee, Jon; Lee, Steve
Product Type: Cases
Source: Arthur W. Page Society
Publication Year: 2010
This case investigates the health of Steve Jobs and the subsequent impact it has had on Apple and its future.
Restructuring Siemens: Will It Pay Off?
Authors: Sathe, S.; Chaganty, S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IBS Research Center
Publication Year: 2008
German Engineering Conglomerate Siemens AG had always been an inefficient, a bloated and highly bureaucratic organisation. While often criticised for delivering lower than optimal performance, the engineering giant gravely suffered when it became embroiled in one of the biggest corruption scandals in German corporate history.
On October 2007, the newly-appointed CEO Peter Loescher (Loescher), embarked upon the difficult tasks of rebuilding the company's sullied image and making it more efficient and competitive. To achieve these, he undertook the most intensive corporate restructuring in the company's history.
Managing Yourself: Keeping Your Colleagues Honest
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2010
Jonathan has a new job. Just promoted from the accounting group at headquarters, he is now the controller for a regional sales unit of a consumer electronics company. However, when the quarterly numbers come due, he realizes that the next quarter’s sales are being reported early to boost bonus compensation.
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Authors: Barth, Mary E.; McEntee, Justin J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2000
An equity research analyst is trying to decide how to analyze Silicon Graphics' financial performance.
Jieliang Phone Home! (A, B, C)
Authors: Shih, Willy; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Bilimoria, Nina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have discovered many ways to increase their performance. The case frames the role of the general manager in setting up work structures and compensation systems in a very traditional and explicit setting, one where linkages should be clearly visible yet assumptions are often deeply buried and implicit.
IBM
Author: Marquis, Christopher
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
This case describes the conception, development and implementation of the Corporate Services Corps, an international community service assignment for high-potential IBM employees.
Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Authors: Ebrahim, Alnoor; Pirson, Michael; Mangas, Patricia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
bracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Should Patrik Brummer invest again, this time in a rural roll-out, which may have lower financial returns but greater social returns?
Dell on Dell
Author: Dell
Product Type: Cases
Source: Dell Inc.
Publication Year: 2007
Dell IT cuts energy costs by up to 40 percent with a new power management plan.
Sustainability Management at Philips
Author:
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR
Publication Year: 2005
The case discusses the sustainability management initiatives undertaken by the Netherlands based Royal Philips Electronics, a leading manufacturer of domestic appliances, medical systems, lighting equipment and semiconductors. The company's sustainability program mainly focused on social responsibility initiatives such as employee welfare & community development and environmental management. The case describes each of these initiatives in detail and explains how Philips aimed at deriving competitive advantage from them. The 'sustainability governance structure' and 'governance structure for environmental management' put in place by Philips for realizing its sustainability vision is also discussed. The case also dwells upon Philips General Business Principles that guided its activities and employee behavior in its operations across the world.
Corporate Social Responsibility at HP
Author:
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR
Publication Year: 2006
This case discusses the social and environmental initiatives taken by the US based hardware giant - HP. It discusses the vision of the founder David Packard, who believed that social and environment initiatives would in the long run result in the improvement of financial performance and a better corporate image for HP.
How HP, Dell, Kodak, and Sony Achieve Eco-Efficiency Throughout Their Product Life Cycles
Authors: Wilson, Brian; Baker, Tarry; Sako, Takafumi; Lee, Won Kook
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2005
There is an increasing awareness of the need for sustainable practices in the entire product life cycle, particularly in manufacturing sectors. This can be achieved through eco-efficiency.
Open Source: Salvation or Suicide?
Authors: Wilson, Scott; Kambil, Ajit; Schwartz, Jonathan; Levin, Eric; Pisano, Gary P. ; Bevilacqua, Michael J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2008
Amp Up, a wildly popular electronic-music game, is the brainchild of KMS's cherished programmers, who now spend their time trying to keep customers dazzled with upgrades. But a couple of start-ups have ripped off the idea using their own code - which is open source. Now they're demanding that KMS float with the rising tide and join the open-source community. How could the company make money without its IP? And why should it try?
Efficiency, Not Just Alternatives, Is Promoted as an Energy Saver
Author: Wald, Matthew L.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2007
Even supporters of alternative energy agree that the easiest way to cut carbon emissions and air pollution is to focus more on efficiency.
The Cost of Saving Energy
Author: Tarquinio, J. Alex
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2007
New York City's extensive mass-transit system means lower auto emissions, but the city's residential buildings are less energy-efficient than those in many other places.
Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet
Author: Magid, Larry
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2007
The power consumed by common electric devices - even when they're not in use - can quickly add up.
CDI (A)
Authors: Kayser, O.; Kazakova, E.; Santos, Felipe
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2009
Case (A) describes how Rodrigo Baggio in 1995 developed the first computer and citizen schools in Brazil to address the problem of digital exclusion. By 2005 the CDI network included almost 1,000 schools throughout Latin America. However, with the rapid growth came quality control problems and organisational complexities. In addition there was increasing competition from the government and from the private sector. Rodrigo and his team needed to re-assess the positioning of CDI while grappling with the complexities of managing a large network-based organisation. The key goal is to help students understand how to apply the concept of strategy to a social sector organisation. The learning applies to any values-based organisation that needs to identify its distinctive assets and capabilities for the strategy-making process. The take-away is how to re-define the market positioning and adopt measures that reinforce the organisation's distinctive assets, and avoid erosion of its core values. Secondary goals are to: (1) discuss social entrepreneur challenges (business model innovation, scaling up strategy); (2) develop sensitivity to the need to use financial and accounting information for the strategy development process in social-oriented organisations; and (3) redefine mission to avoid overlap with government and private-sector programmes (see case B).
Into the Silicon Valley of Death
Author: Sweet, Matthew
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Independent
Publication Year: 2000
Old computers never die. They just leach heavy metals into our drinking water. That's the worst-case scenario, anyway.
Microsoft: Bringing Technology to the Aging Population
Authors: Zollo, Maurizio; Crawford, Robert J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: European Academy of Business in Society
Publication Year: 2008
In fall, 2001 Rob Sinclair and Bonnie Kearney were waiting outside the office of Bill Gates, the Chairman and founder of Microsoft.
IBM in China: Responding to a Government's Social Initiatives
Author: White, Steven
Product Type: Cases
Source: China Europe International Business School
Publication Year: 2008
The Chinese government introduced two broad social development initiatives in 2006.
IBM in China: Designing a Stakeholder Assessment Team
Author: White, Steven
Product Type: Cases
Source: China Europe International Business School
Publication Year: 2008
Henry Chow, the Head of IBM Greater China, saw a need for a more systematic approach to assessing how each major group of stakeholders saw IBM Greater China, and its performance as a corporate citizen (under the broad rubric of corporate social responsibility).
e-Waste: West Africa Continues to Drown in the Rich World's Obsolete Electronics
Author: Consumers International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Consumers International
Publication Year: 2008
Every month, hundreds of tons of obsolete computers, televisions and other household consumer electronics are arriving at ports in Ghana and Nigeria.
HP at a Strategic Crossroad: 2005
Authors: Farhoomand, Ali F.; Sethi, Kavita
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2005
This case examines the paradox of bringing in a charismatic leader to spearhead organizational change in a company renowned for its strong legacy and culture.
Microsoft's Unlimited Potential
Authors: Rangan, V. Kasturi; Bell, Marie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2009
This case provides insight into how a large global corporation can address a base of the pyramid markets in developing countries, through commercial and citizenship activities.
Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (A, B, C)
Authors: Quelch, John A.; Chen, David
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
On January 3, 2008, Intel resigned from the "One Laptop Per Child" program (OLPC) and announced that it would no longer be partnering with the nonprofit organization. According to Intel, the move was a result of pressure it received from OLPC to stop marketing its own low-cost Windows-based laptop, the Classmate.
Living Corporate Citizenship: Strategic Routes to Socially Responsible Business
Author: McIntosh, Malcolm
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Financial Times Management
Publication Year: 2003
Corporate Citizenship matters. It is no longer just a moral imperative - it is now smart business. Investors, consumers, employees and communities are demanding Capitalism with a Human Face - it is time to deliver some corporate soul...
Handbook on Responsible Leadership and Governance in Global Business
Authors: Doh, Jonathan P.; Stumpf, Stephen A.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Ethics, social responsibility, leadership, governance. These terms are heard in the classroom, in the boardroom, and viewed on the front page of newspapers and magazines. Yet serious attention to the relationships among these concepts is lacking...
Governance and Sustainability
Authors: Petschow, Ulrich; Rosenau, James; Von Weizsacker, Ernst-Ulrich
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Greenleaf Publishing Ltd
Publication Year: 2005
‘Governance and Sustainability' examines the possibilities of integrating the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development within the framework of governance processes and how that might steer societies towards sustainability...
Global Warming: A Drag on Businesses
Author: Ahmad, Aftab
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Dawn (Pakistan's widely circulated English newspaper)
Publication Year: 2006
If global warming intensifies, there will be more heat-related deaths and more damage to crops and livestock as a result of droughts...
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Author: Hewlett, Sylvia A.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review OnPoint
Publication Year: 2002
When it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact, at least a third of the country's high-achieving women--a category that includes high wage earners across a variety of professions--do not have children...
Everyday High Health Costs; One Giant's Struggle Is Corporate America's, Too
Author: Abelson, Reed
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2005
Back in the spring, amid relentless criticism that Wal-Mart Stores was failing to provide affordable health care to employees, executives at the company decided to take a detailed look at its benefits. Wal-Mart knew its health costs were spiraling upward out of control, said M. Susan Chambers, the senior executive who led the initiative, but it was surprised to discover that its critics had a point...
Doing Better at Doing Good: When, Why and How Consumers Respond to Corporate Social Initiatives
Authors: Bhattacharya, C.B.; Sen, Sankar
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2004
Although companies are devoting significant resources to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, insights into the optimal formulation, implementation, and effectiveness estimation of CSR strategies are currently scarce. This article takes an in-depth look at when, why, and how CSR works from a consumer's perspective...
Do Women Lack Ambition?
Author: Fels, Anna
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review OnPoint
Publication Year: 2004
This article looks at the differing definitions of ambition held by men and women, and ways in which gender differences in the interpretation of ‘ambition' affects womens' expectations, performance and self- evaluation as a professional...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause
Authors: Kotler, Phillip; Lee, Nancy
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Year: 2004
Today, corporations are expected to give something back to their communities in the form of charitable projects. In Corporate Social Responsibility, the authors explain why charity is both good P.R. and good for business.
Leading Corporate Citizens: Vision, Values, Value Added
Author: Waddock, Sandra
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 2nd edition
Publication Year: 2005
Waddock's Leading Corporate Citizens is designed for the instructor interested in cutting-edge thinking and research in the 21st century. This innovative text incorporates important new features of the modern business landscape yet to be brought into Business and Society texts...
Chronos
Author:
Product Type: Exercises; Web Sites
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development and University of Cambridge Programme for Industry 2003-2004
Publication Year: 2003
Chronos is an exciting new e-learning tutorial on the business case for sustainable development...
The New York Times DealBook Blog
Author: Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2006
Daily news on mergers & acquisitions, I.P.O.'s, venture capital and more.
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Author: Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Publication Year: 2006
The GBC is the pre-eminent organization leading the business fight against HIV/AIDS...
The Business of Green: A Special Section
Author: The New York Times
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Web Sites
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year:
A special New York Times section on Green Business: Businesses are going green for many reasons, not just to enhance their image. Some are seeking a competitive advantage...
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