Summary: Arauco(A): Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion. Conclusion There is an obvious need for transformation in this company to protect its debt holders‚ shareholders‚ and employees. Concentrating on products that will have a growing demand such as toilet paper‚ tissue paper‚ and magazine paper would aid in stabilizing the company’s earnings. Having over 50% of revenues derive from pulp sales increases risk of instability. Attempting to first reduce costs and pay outstanding
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R1003X Purchased by robert duboff (robert.duboff@hawkpartners.com) on January 12‚ 2012 In an unthinkable crisis‚ a bank’s chief executive has to make a fast decision. HBR CASE STUDY The CEO Can’t Afford to Panic COPYRIGHT © 2010 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Eric J. McNulty Gerald Smarten‚ CEO of Kaspa Financial Services‚ was presiding over the regular Tuesday morning executive committee meeting in the glass-walled conference room that looked
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Loveman Frontiers Don’t Trust Your Gut Eric Bonabeau N O T r0305c r0305d r0305e r0305f r0305g CO r0305h r0305j PY H B R AT L A R G E Doesn’t Matter by Nicholas G. Carr IT D O N I Copyright © 2003 by Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. O As information technology’s power and ubiquity have grown‚ its strategic importance has diminished. The way you approach IT investment and management will need to change dramatically.
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Harvard Business School 9-198-048 Rev. October 14‚ 1999 Citibank: Performance Evaluation Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ was meeting with his management team to review the performance evaluation and bonus decisions for the California branch managers. James McGaran ’s performance evaluation was next. Frits felt uneasy about this one. McGaran was manager of the most important branch in the Los Angeles area‚ and his financials were impressive. A year ago he would have received
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www.hbr.org FINANCIAL CRISIS SPOTLIGHT How to Market in a Downturn by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 How to Market in a Downturn 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0904D FINANCIAL CRISIS SPOTLIGHT
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and Barry J. Nalebuff Harvard Business Review Reprint 95402 HBR J U LY- A U G U S T 1 9 9 5 The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff Business is a high-stakes game. The way we approach this game is reflected in the language we use to describe it. Business language is full of expressions borrowed from the military and from sports. Some of them are dangerously misleading. Unlike war and sports‚ business is not about winning and
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mere competence? Don’t rely on imitating other leaders or poring over leadership manuals. Instead‚ tap into the abilities you’ve already acquired while surmounting tough personal and professional challenges in the past. COPYRIGHT © 2005 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. At the same time‚ capitalize on your employees’ unique talents: Instead of trying to change your people‚ identify their unique abilities—even their eccentricities. Then help them use those
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TITLE: INSIGHT INTO THE ENTREPRENEURAL FAILURE CASE STUDY: DREAM DEFERRED: THE STORY OF A HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEUR IN A LOW-TECH WORLD. Table of Content 1. Cover /Title Page …………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 1 2. Table of Content/ List of Exhibits ……………………………………………………………………. Page 1 3. Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 1 4. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 2 5. Main Report …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 2 6
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Polytechnic Institute of New York University Technology Management Course Outline MG 6013 Organizational Behavior Spring 2013 Anne-Laure Fayard Thursdays: 5:30 to 8:00 PM – JAB 777 To contact professor: alfayard@poly.edu Dibner Library Building‚ 4th floor Phone: 718-260-4080 Office hours: By appointment Course Description The purpose of this course is to increase your effectiveness in understanding and leading behavior in organizations. The course provides you with
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with the other team members. Moore needs to publicly put the loss of Stay & Shop in the past and let everyone on the team know that it is all of their responsibilities to get together and become a functional team to make sure that no other business is lost. He needs to leverage this as an opportunity to finally build his team in a way that functions as needed but also in a way that he can ultimately manage in a style he is comfortable with. This paper will examine the problems with the team
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