C A S E S T U D Y Bulwark Securities’ new managers get a five-pound policy manual They need a lot more. When a New Manager Stumbles‚ Who’s at Fault? i ll liiilll!!!!! ’ by Gordon Adler Everything was fine until Paul MacKinley‚ my manager at the Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ branch of Bulwark Securities‚ waved me down in the parking lot. It was June 1995. He was standing directly in the hright Sim‚ so I had to squint to make out his features. "Goldstone‚" he said‚ "there’s
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Ethiopia and Tanzania Jane Nelson‚ Eriko Ishikawa and Alexis Geaneotes Executive Summary Written by Jane Nelson‚ Eriko Ishikawa and Alexis Geaneotes © 2009 Harvard Kennedy School and International Finance Corporation This report is a summary version of a longer research study undertaken by the IFC and the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. The full report will be available on the CSRI website at: www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/CSRI Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Adrian
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MG 6303 SPRING 2015 THURSDAYS: Case Assignment Questions for Cases To be Downloaded by Students (Harvard Website: Instructions below) CASE # 1: Chapter # 2: Clayton Industries: Peter Arnell‚ Country Manager for Italy (#4199) Harvard Business Publishing. Questions for Analysis: DUE FEBRUARY 19‚ 2015 1. How would you grade Peter Arnell’s first two months as subsidiary general manager in Clayton SpA? 2. Which plan of action should Arnell recommend to Dan Briggs and Simonne Buis when they visit
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Summary: Keeping the "pace" of innovation is a primary objective to 3M managers and the success of Computer Privacy Screen project‚ by itself‚ is irrelevant in the scope of maintaining such entrepreneurial flow. Assuming this project fits into the desired "pace" of innovation‚ Guehler should approve it; Wong should support it unconditionally. Intrapreneurship at 3M: With a requirement that divisions derive 30% of sales from products introduced within the last four years‚ the "15% rule‚" and a heavy
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HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL EXCEL COURSE All Masters programs in the Lindner College of Business involve coursework that presumes facility with spreadsheets. In Statistics‚ Managerial Accounting‚ and Financial Tools‚ spreadsheets are indispensible tools. In a host of other classes they enable superior analysis‚ organization‚ communication‚ and planning as well. Therefore‚ before starting coursework in any Masters program‚ students must PASS the On-line Introduction to Spreadsheet Modeling Course available
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China: To Float or Not To Float? International Finance Executive Summary On July 21‚ 2005‚ China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11. Simultaneously‚ the People’s Bank of China announced that the daily trading band of 0.3% against the dollar would be maintained. Many analysts and economists believed that the real trade-weighted value of the renminbi was undervalued by up to 30% to 35%. Companies that produce in
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As a team leader‚ Jane has already touched based with her group and recognized everybody’s role: Tom is “the joker‚” Jack is “the intellectual‚” Caroline is “the mom” and Andy is “the top performer and troublemaker.” She understands that all of them are high-paid employees and have been working as a group for a while‚ at least much longer than she has. As far as the performance‚ Jane believes that they are high performers and make up a very interesting and strong group; although there is no evidence
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Harvard referencing - Library quick guide Updated: 19 October 2012 Important: This document is meant for use as a guide only. To avoid losing marks‚ confirm the referencing requirements of your School with your Lecturer‚ and consult the Style manual for authors‚ editors and printers (2002) on which this document is based for clarification and additional examples. Style manual for authors‚ editors and printers 2002‚ 6th edn‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ Milton‚ Qld. Note: Business students
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Hertfordshire Business School Guide to Harvard Referencing This guide has been produced by the ASU in response to questions from Hertfordshire Business School (HBS) students about the important subject of accurate referencing. It is essential for you to reference your work thoroughly because what you write for HBS must be ’evidenced ’ - your discussion and arguments should consist mainly of academic theory and ’expert ’ practitioner experience. These two main sources (theory and practice) MUST
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to attend Harvard? Between 75% and 80% of students at Harvard are first-borns. Do first-born children work harder academically‚ and so end up overrepresented at top universities? So claims noted philosopher Michael Sandel. But Antony Millner and Raphael Calel find a simple fault in the statistical reasoning and give a more plausible explanation. Michael Sandel’s book Justice1 is a rewarding and accessible account of political philosophy. Based on a course he has taught at Harvard for over
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