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Should You Localize Your Product for the Chinese Market?
Global strategy Digital ArticleResearchers found that the strategy can lead brands to lose what made them appealing in the first place (as well as a whole lot of time and money). -
How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics
Business ethics Digital ArticleStart by having an honest conversation with yourself. -
The Secret Behind Successful Corporate Transformations
Organizational change Digital ArticleNew research finds that just 22% percent succeed — and how you treat your employees can make all the difference. -
Some Questions Benefit from Group Discussion. Others Don’t.
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleResearch suggests the wisdom of the crowds falls short when it comes to yes-or-no questions. -
How Xiaomi Redefined What It Means to Be a Platform
Growth strategy Digital ArticleThree factors enabled the electronics giant’s unique business model. -
The SEC Is Serious About Cybersecurity. Is Your Company?
Risk management Digital ArticleThe agency has signalled that it’s taking a harder line on cyber risk. Here’s how to be sure you’re compliant. -
Why AI Will Never Replace Managers
Strategy AdviceWhen it comes to reframing problems and finding surprising solutions, humans are still light-years ahead of machines. -
5 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Understand Your Company’s Vision
Change management Digital ArticleThey can’t follow a north star they can’t see. -
How Midsize Companies Can Compete in AI
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleJoint AI ventures can help them keep up with giants and startups alike. -
The Digital Economy Runs on Open Source. Here’s How to Protect It.
Technology and analytics Digital ArticlePrivate companies’ growing involvement could threaten the long-term viability of this essential software. -
6 Principles to Build Your Company’s Strategic Agility
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleLessons from Airbnb, Qantas, Disney, and other companies that successfully navigated a year of disruption. -
The CEO of UPS on Taking the Reins Amid Surging Pandemic Demand
Crisis management Magazine ArticleBecause of the company’s global footprint, every day brought a new challenge. -
Future-Proofing Your Organization
Strategic planning SpotlightPrepare your team to stay ahead in the post-pandemic world. -
The Net Positive Manifesto
Strategy Magazine ArticleIs the world better off because your company is in it? -
How Chinese Retailers Are Reinventing the Customer Journey
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe Economist opened 2021 with a cover story headlined "Why Retailers Everywhere Should Look to China." It's not hard to see why. China is both a large... -
Rebuilding Your Workforce
Organizational Development Digital ArticleEven before working from home became widespread, digital technology was transforming how and where work gets done and how many people are needed to do... -
AI Regulation Is Coming
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFor years public concern about technological risk has focused on the misuse of personal data. But as firms embed more and more artificial intelligence... -
How Data Literate Is Your Company?
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleParsing data is a must-have skill for every employee. -
We Often Overlook Opportunities to Negotiate
Gender Digital ArticleEveryday encounters can prepare you for when the stakes are high. -
How to Speed Up Your Digital Transformation
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleInsights from a two-year study at one of Europe’s leading banks.
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How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by having an honest conversation with yourself. -
The Secret Behind Successful Corporate Transformations
Organizational change Digital ArticleNew research finds that just 22% percent succeed — and how you treat your employees can make all the difference. -
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
Hiring and recruitment Magazine ArticleJob-offer negotiations are rarely easy. Consider three typical scenarios: You’re in a third-round interview for a job at a company you like, but a firm you admire even more just invited you in. Suddenly the first hiring manager cuts to the chase: “As you know, we’re considering many candidates. We like you, and we hope […] -
The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Accounting Magazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […] -
How Data Literate Is Your Company?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleParsing data is a must-have skill for every employee. -
The Leader’s Guide to Corporate Culture
Business management SpotlightHow to manage the eight critical elements of organizational life -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,... -
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleAwareness of these forces can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack -
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe U.S.-China trade war and the supply and demand shocks brought on by the Covid-19 crisis are forcing manufacturers everywhere to reassess their supply... -
Future-Proofing Your Organization
Strategic planning SpotlightPrepare your team to stay ahead in the post-pandemic world. -
Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleResearch shows they’re more successful in three important ways. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Leadership Magazine ArticleCEOs need more support than an executive assistant can provide. -
The Elements of Value
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleWhat consumers truly value can be difficult to pin down and psychologically complicated. But universal building blocks of value do exist, creating opportunities... -
Some Questions Benefit from Group Discussion. Others Don't.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearch suggests the wisdom of the crowds falls short when it comes to yes-or-no questions. -
Understanding Customer Experience
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAnyone who has signed up for cell phone service, attempted to claim a rebate, or navigated a call center has probably suffered from a company's apparent... -
5 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Understand Your Company’s Vision
Change management Digital ArticleThey can’t follow a north star they can’t see. -
6 Principles to Build Your Company's Strategic Agility
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons from Airbnb, Qantas, Disney, and other companies that successfully navigated a year of disruption. -
The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
Leader's Framework for Decision Making
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSnowden and Boone have formed a new perspective on leadership and decision making that's based on complexity science. The result is the Cynefin framework,...
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The Tale of Two Peregrines
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 1980, Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. ("PFG") was incorporated in 1992 as a futures commission merchant in the USA and officially registered... -
Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Card Master Exercise
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Five Tricks is a modified version of the game Barnga game originally developed by Thiagrajan (1980). The original version of the game offered an insight... -
Monte Carlo Simulation in Excel Without Using Add-ins
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This note gives step-by-step instructions on how to build a Monte Carlo simulation model in Microsoft Excel without using spreadsheet add-ins. The note... -
Alltech...naturally
Management Case Study8.95View Details Entrepreneur Pearse Lyons had built Alltech into the fastest growing company in the global animal health industry through innovative technology, creative... -
United Flight 3411: What Went Wrong?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details On April 9, 2017, United Airlines flight 3411 to Louisville was held at the gate in Chicago while customer Dr. David Dao was forcibly removed from his... -
Catalyst Health Solutions: A Script for Success?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In February 2011, David Blair, CEO of Catalyst Health Solutions, was considering another acquisition. Catalyst was already the fastest-growing pharmacy... -
Heartport, Inc.
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Heartport, an entrepreneurial medical device maker, has introduced several innovative systems for conducting less-invasive cardiac surgery. Despite initially... -
Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details 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... -
DDB Mudra Group: Profitable Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The case traces the evolution of the advertising firm DDB Mudra from its founding as an independent "Indian" agency to its current position of being the... -
Taj Hotels: Building Sustainable Livelihoods
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case explores issues faced by the corporate sustainability manager at the corporate headquarters of a large hotel group in a developing nation as... -
A Telemedicine Opportunity or Distraction?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Innovative IT applications such as patient-present telemedicine consultation services can save lives and reduce costs. Yet, despite extensive pilot-testing,... -
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice celebrated its 40th anniversary and its 20th year under the leadership of CEO Don Gogel. In those... -
PepsiCo, Performance with Purpose, Achieving the Right Global Balance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case explores a shift in strategic direction at PepsiCo, the second-largest food and beverage company in the world. It concentrates on the formation... -
Courtyard by Marriott
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Courtyard by Marriott, a chain of modestly priced hotels, weighs its future options regarding human resources, its service delivery system, and management... -
Impact Investing for Cancer
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Negotiate in a Crisis: Oil Disaster in the Argentine Sea. General Instructions for All Parties, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The case aims to exercise skills in decision-making, negotiations, and conflict resolution in extreme crisis management. It is a multi-party negotiation:... -
L. V. Prasad Eye Institute: Innovating the Business of Eye Care
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case delineates the journey of L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), which evolved to become the biggest rural eyecare network, and it is amongst the... -
15FEN: Finding the Blue Ocean in China's Fresh Food
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 15fen (15分) was the name Henry He (贺鸿鸣) gave his first business venture - a neighborhood store (社区店) in Guangdong province, China, which promised home...
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How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by having an honest conversation with yourself. -
The Secret Behind Successful Corporate Transformations
Organizational change Digital ArticleNew research finds that just 22% percent succeed — and how you treat your employees can make all the difference. -
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
Hiring and recruitment Magazine ArticleJob-offer negotiations are rarely easy. Consider three typical scenarios: You’re in a third-round interview for a job at a company you like, but a firm you admire even more just invited you in. Suddenly the first hiring manager cuts to the chase: “As you know, we’re considering many candidates. We like you, and we hope […] -
The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Accounting Magazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […] -
How Data Literate Is Your Company?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleParsing data is a must-have skill for every employee. -
The Leader’s Guide to Corporate Culture
Business management SpotlightHow to manage the eight critical elements of organizational life -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,... -
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleAwareness of these forces can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack -
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe U.S.-China trade war and the supply and demand shocks brought on by the Covid-19 crisis are forcing manufacturers everywhere to reassess their supply...