Ann Hopkins: Harvard Business Case Analysis #1 Ann Hopkins: Harvard Business Case Analysis #1 Why was Ann Hopkins passed over for a partnership? Give examples of events that contributed to her being passed over. The Supreme Court ruled Ann Hopkins was passed over for Price Waterhouse partnership because she was not a feminine woman (Selman and de Llose‚ 1990) calling it sexual discrimination. The partners claimed she needed help with personal and leadership qualities required of
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Harvard Business Case: Pillsbury Cookie Challenge 1. What are the challenges that Ivan Guillen faces in his role as the marketing manager of the RBG business? What is the team currently doing to support the RBG cookies segment? Who is the team currently targeting? Mr. Guillen is facing the problem regarding the growth of volume in the segment of the Refrigerated Baked Goods (RBG). His main concern was that as the refrigerated cookie sector is the most profitable and in contrast to market volume
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HE N EXT G ENERATION One-quarter of the highestpotential people in your company intend to jump ship within the year. Here’s what you’re doing wrong. How to Keep Your Top Talent by Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary Idea in Brief—the core idea 2 How to Keep Your Top Talent Reprint R1005B SPOTLIGHT ON LEADERSHIP: THE NEXT GENERATION How to Keep Your Top Talent Idea in Brief Nearly 40% of internal job moves involving
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what extent in terms of its competitive position? In assessing industry structure I have focussed primarily on Wal*Mart’s core business of the US discount store industry. Relevant aspects of Wal*Mart’s diversification into wholesale clubs and supercentres are also considered – although it could be argued that the dynamics of both (particularly the supercentre business) are separate to discount stores. Using the model developed by Porter (2008)‚ the key elements of the economic forces influencing
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as strategic thinking‚ industry knowledge‚ and political persuasiveness‚ though desirable‚ no longer seem essential. Particularly when a company is struggling‚ directors in the market for a by Rakesh new CEO-as well as the investors‚ analysts‚ and business journalists who are watching their every move-will not be satisfied with an executive who is merely talented and experienced. Companies now want leaders. But what makes a successful leader? When people describe the qualities that enable a CEO to
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Strategy‚” eds. R. Rumelt‚ D. Schendel and D. Teece (Boston: Harvard Business School Press‚ 1995)‚ 297-322; and J. Nahapiet and S. Ghoshal‚ “Social Capital‚ Intellectual Capital and the Organizational Advantage‚” Academy of Management Review 23‚ no. 2 (April 1998): 242-266. 2. For an in-depth look at BP on this issue‚ see S.E. Prokesch‚ “Unleashing the Power of Learning: An Interview With British Petroleum’s John Browne‚” Harvard Business Review 75‚ no. 5 (September-October 1997): 146-168; and M.T
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strategy+business ISSUE 64 AUTUMN 2011 How to Be a Truly Global Company Many multinational business models are no longer relevant. Skillful companies can integrate three strategies — customization‚ competencies‚ and arbitrage —into a better form of organization. BY C.K. PRAHALAD AND HRISHI BHATTACHARY YA REPRINT 11308 features global perspective 1 How to Be a Truly Global Company by C.K. P r a ha lad a nd H r ish i Bhat t acha r y ya Photo illustration by Holly Lindem
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Customer Management Strategy in Business Markets This note is written for students‚ executives and educators that are interested in customer management in business markets. It is based on my field investigations across a variety of hightech and traditional hard-hat industries and provides a roadmap for the formulation and implementation of effective customer management strategies in business markets.1 Individual customers are at the heart of any business enterprise yet most firms continue
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Troops: End users can energize your workforce far better than your managers can”. The author of this research article is “Adam M. Grant” and he is a management professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. This research article was published on “June 2011 as a Harvard Business Review”. Body The main points in this research article were about: Employees without a Cause The Art of Motivation Maintenance When you can’t find end users A Leader’s Guide to Outsourcing Inspiration
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that provides content on management topics to business schools‚ publications and corporations. Focuses on salient facts and potential management lessons‚ as in business school cases. Emphasizes clarity through tight writing and concise charting. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Marketing A yellow jersey in manufacturing Giant Manufacturing has become the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer. Professor Willy Shih (Harvard) looks at its climb to the top and its recent
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