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Europe Can Find Better Ways to Get Refugees into Workforces
Business and society Digital ArticleSome countries have solutions in place, but too many don’t. -
Is Germany a Model for Managers?
Labor Magazine ArticleMost American managers have a hard time making sense of Germany. It has a fraction of the resources and less than one-third the population of the United States. Labor costs are higher, paid vacations are at least three times as long, and strong unions are deeply involved at all levels of business, from the local […] -
How Managers’ Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company’s Strategy
Leadership Magazine ArticleThe cumulative impact of the allocation of resources by managers at any level has more real-world effect on strategy than any plans developed at headquarters. -
Cutting the Cost of HIV
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies doing business in the developing world have to contend with the staggering human and financial costs of HIV infection—and most would agree that conventional approaches to controlling the epidemic aren’t working. In our experience in the labor-intensive mining industries of Russia, South Africa, and Botswana, we’ve seen infection rates among workers exceeding 90% in […] -
Leading from the Factory Floor
Motivating people Magazine ArticleFor all the talk about lean manufacturing, it still seems to be the exception: Factory floors are cluttered, bottlenecks delay production, and the wrong products pile up in inventory while the right ones can’t be found. Fixing a dysfunctional factory isn’t easy, but consider this surprising case from Germany, where resistance to managerial innovations on […] -
Work and Unity: Germany the Morning After
Economics Magazine ArticleOutside Germany, the conventional view of the events of October third was unmistakably Wagnerian: Germans gazing in breathless wonder as history’s floodgates open for the rebirth of a united Fatherland, while the rest of the world anxiously awaits the creation of a new European economic and political order. How will it all come out? What […] -
Why Privatization Is Not Enough
Global Business Magazine ArticleIn the West, we believe that privatizing an Eastern European enterprise will invariably improve governance, management, and performance. But the positive... -
Why the Remain Campaign’s Persuasion Strategy Backfired
Economics Digital ArticleA Q&A with behavioral scientist Steve Martin. -
A Definitive Guide to the Brexit Negotiations
Negotiation strategies Digital ArticleThe UK has a few aces to play. So does the EU. -
Banana War Maneuvers
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleCompanies often resort to lobbyists and lawyers to fight unfair trade policies. But sometimes there are easier alternatives. Consider the case of Chiquita and Dole, organizations that faced restrictive new trade policies in the early 1990s that limited banana exports into Europe. Following World War II, Chiquita became Europe’s main banana provider, exporting to Germany […] -
The Art of Strategy Is About Knowing When to Say No
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWe developed a tool to help. -
Businesses Are Preparing for Brexit — and Bracing for the Worst
Economics Digital ArticleA year and a half after the original vote, the outcome is still uncertain. -
The TV You Watch When You’re Young Can Make You More Entrepreneurial
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor people growing up in controlled economies, dramas that show life in a free-market system can inspire. -
Rapid-Fire Fulfillment
Economics Magazine ArticleSpanish clothier Zara turns the rules of supply chain management on their head. The result? A superresponsive network and profit margins that are the envy of the industry. -
Despite Quotas, There's Rough Road Ahead for Women in Europe
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMore women on corporate boards is good; but it won't change a chauvinist culture. -
4 Big Economic Questions Now Facing the EU
Global Business Digital ArticleAn attempt to categorize the unknown. -
How Companies Are Already Using AI
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt's a lot of computer-to-computer collaboration. -
Don’t Be Undersold!
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleA new class of European discounters have U.S. retailers squarely in their sights. -
The World of Business, 16th-Century Style
Global Business Magazine ArticleAn elaborate engraving by the Swiss artist Jost Amman in 1585 depicts scenes from the mercantile economy in Northern Europe, revealing the variety of... -
Enhancing Customer Insights with Public Location Data
Communication Digital ArticleSocial media can help you better map the customer journey.
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Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline... -
Decofruta: New Flavors in the Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case provides a detailed description of the various significant points in time or company milestones, since the launching of the concept, the growth... -
Euro Zone Convergence, Divergence...and Then What?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details A hedge-fund strategist had two decisions to make. First, what was the path of core euro zone long-term interest rates likely to be over the next year?... -
Eurotunnel: Eyes Wide Shut
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Through the example of the high-profile Eurotunnel project, the case shows how important contracts and agreements are in project management. Seen through... -
Internet-Enabled Collaborative Store Ordering: Veropoulos Spar Retailer (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In 2001 Veropoulos Spar, a 770 million Euro retailer in Greece and the Balkan region, intiated the implementation of a new Internet enabled collaborative... -
Nestle-Rowntree (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The second of a three-part series on the 2.5 billion British pounds takeover of Rowntree by Nestle in 1988. Nestle has launched a hostile bid for Rowntree;... -
Negotiation brief for Euroland Motors
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for ES1221 -
Ducati Motorcycle (Italy): Riding Traditional Business Channels or Racing through the Internet
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case discusses the e-business strategy of Ducati, an Italian manufacturer of high-performance motorcycles. It describes how, on January 1st, 2000,... -
Making Place for Migrants: Housing Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands
Management Case Study11.95View Details Mid-2015, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the Near East sought asylum in the European Union. At the spike of the influx, over 4,000 asylum seekers,... -
BASF: Co-Creating Innovation (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, BASF's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer reflected on the co-creation innovation program started almost 18 months ago as part... -
Transforming the Global Fishing Industry: The Marine Stewardship Council at Full Sail?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an NGO -headquartered in London and established by WWF and Unilever in 1997 to set up a certification and eco-labeling... -
Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Lincoln Electric, a 100-year-old manufacturer of welding equipment and consumables based in Cleveland, Ohio, motivates its U.S. employees through a culture... -
Procurement at Betapharm Corp. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Presents a move by Betapharm to centralize procurement and e-sourcing and the many control and incentive issues that arose subsequently. -
ADP(A) - Condensed Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details GSI is a computer services company, the leader in payroll outsourcing in France. The company founder sees the value in selling computer services to create... -
Supply Chain Management
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This note on supply chain management provides background for the seven class supply chain module in the Technology & Operations Management required curriculum... -
Tetra Pak versus Greatview: the Battle Beyond China
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Tetra Pak, the world's largest manufacturer of aseptic packaging materials, is a typical market leader that faces growing challengers around the world... -
The Krem Spacemaker Coffeemaker
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Students take the role of managers for a firm that is experiencing a product disaster (the coffee makers they produce are starting kitchen fires). Students... -
Tesla Motors (in 2011) and the U.S. Auto Industry (Case B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Now a public company, Tesla Motors has grown from an IPO and partnerships with Daimler and Toyota. Telsa has forgone the traditional dealership business... -
Charity or Bribery
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Filip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the firm's Polish division. While pitching Healthgen's products,... -
Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, Erica Coletta became Mars Petcare's Chief Human Resources Officer, and immediately found herself dealing with high-stakes inclusion and diversity...
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Europe Can Find Better Ways to Get Refugees into Workforces
Business and society Digital ArticleSome countries have solutions in place, but too many don’t. -
Is Germany a Model for Managers?
Labor Magazine ArticleMost American managers have a hard time making sense of Germany. It has a fraction of the resources and less than one-third the population of the United States. Labor costs are higher, paid vacations are at least three times as long, and strong unions are deeply involved at all levels of business, from the local […] -
Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline... -
Decofruta: New Flavors in the Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case provides a detailed description of the various significant points in time or company milestones, since the launching of the concept, the growth... -
Euro Zone Convergence, Divergence...and Then What?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details A hedge-fund strategist had two decisions to make. First, what was the path of core euro zone long-term interest rates likely to be over the next year?... -
Eurotunnel: Eyes Wide Shut
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Through the example of the high-profile Eurotunnel project, the case shows how important contracts and agreements are in project management. Seen through... -
Internet-Enabled Collaborative Store Ordering: Veropoulos Spar Retailer (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In 2001 Veropoulos Spar, a 770 million Euro retailer in Greece and the Balkan region, intiated the implementation of a new Internet enabled collaborative... -
Nestle-Rowntree (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The second of a three-part series on the 2.5 billion British pounds takeover of Rowntree by Nestle in 1988. Nestle has launched a hostile bid for Rowntree;... -
Negotiation brief for Euroland Motors
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for ES1221 -
Ducati Motorcycle (Italy): Riding Traditional Business Channels or Racing through the Internet
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case discusses the e-business strategy of Ducati, an Italian manufacturer of high-performance motorcycles. It describes how, on January 1st, 2000,...