www.hbrreprints.org HBR CASE STUDY AND COMMENTARY Should Cheryl initiate an investigation at her new firm? The CEO’s Private Investigation Four commentators offer expert advice. by Joseph Finder • Reprint R0710A If there ever were a time when a chief executive should commission some quiet snooping on her colleagues‚ this might be it. HBR CASE STUDY The CEO’s Private Investigation COPYRIGHT © 2007 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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March 3‚ 1914. The Yellow Cab Company of Chicago (not to be confused the Yellow Taxicab Co.) was founded by John Hertz in 1914. Their specially designed taxicabs were powered by a 4-cylinder Continental engine equipped with a purpose-built taxicab body supplied by the Racine Body Co.‚ of Racine‚ Wisconsin. According to Yellow Cab Co. tradition‚ the color (and name) yellow was selected by John Hertz as the result of a survey by the University of Chicago which indicated it was the easiest color to spot
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Esophageal cancer in a young woman with bulimia nervosa: a case report Eric T Shinohara‚ Samuel Swisher-McClure‚ Michael Husson‚ Weijing Sun and James M Metz Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007‚ 1:160 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-160 Received: 27 July 2007 Accepted: 29 November 2007 Published: 29 November 2007 Introduction In the past twenty-five years‚ the prevalence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased dramatically within the United States and it is now the most common histological type
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Term Case: Palm Oil Piracy ACC 4291 INTEGRATED CASE STUDY TERM CASE THE PIRATES OF THE SILVERLAND (PALM OIL PIRACY) NAME: RAJA SITI AFIQAH BINTI RAJA AZMI MATRIC NO: 0826174 LECTURER: PROF. SHAMSUL NAHAR SECTION: 2 DATE SUBMITTED: 26th NOVEMBER 2012 SUMMARY OF THE CASE Established in 2002 in Taiping‚ Perak‚ Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB) was a small and medium sized enterprise in the Crude Palm Oil (CPO) transportation business. PHSB was managed by En. Rossly‚ the Chief Executive Officer
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organization. The course offers a broad array of cases covering several industries‚ and organizations. PEDAGOGY The pedagogy emphasizes the case study method and strategic audit as means to synthesize and organize relevant information in a logical fashion. Active discussion in class is used to exchange knowledge and debate current issues in management. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Assigned readings Case preparation Participation Term project Team case study presentations and written
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Wal-Mart Case Study Introduction 1. Brief History of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is “the giant chain of discount stores‚ the second largest company in the world‚ with over $400 billion in revenue and 2.1 million associates.” (Philip and Kevin‚ p94) Wal-Mart began its business in 1962 when Sam Walton‚ the owner of Wal-Mart‚ opened up his first discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Philip and Kevin‚ p94). In the next two decades‚ Wal-Mart expanding its scale rapidly. Since 1990s‚ Wal-Mart started to opened
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Chapter 5 Case Study 1 1. What do you think some possible drawbacks from recruiting from social network site might be? Some possible drawbacks from recruiting from social network site may be that it opens up the possibility for hackers to commit fraud and launch spam and virus attacks. It also can increases the risk of people falling prey to online scams that seem genuine‚ resulting in data or identity theft. 2. What other sources of applicants might work just as well or better than social networking
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the economic exchange[2] ─ presumes that the project clients are willing to discard adversarial forms of contracting for others that nurture cooperative‚ long-term relationships with the preferred project suppliers. Through an in-depth empirical study on the implementation of relational contracts with all the first-tier suppliers involved in a large-scale
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potential‚ once they have satisfied their more basic needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory is described on page 247. Maslow also provided his own account of the healthy human personality. Psychodynamic theories tend to be based on clinical case studies and therefore lack accounts of healthy personalities. To come up with his account‚ Maslow studied exceptional historical figures‚ such as Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt‚ as well as some of his own contemporaries whom he thought had exceptionally
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The issus facing line managers and HR specialists was and will be appearing with the development in the HRM and as long as the HR practices and its processes are developed to coop with the business development and with the introduction and the vast development of HRIS there will be always obstacles and problems in the way‚ Managers and HR specialists must treate with caution and control. Line managers have some important responsibilities for HRM with furthur reduce the influence of HR specialists
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