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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models. 2 Must-Read Article Inventory • • • • “Decision trees”‚ Robin Greenwood (HBR‚ March 2006) “Note on Linear Programming”‚ Jonathan Eckstein (HBR‚ November 1992) “Sampling and Statistical Inference”‚ Arthur Schleifer (HBR‚ August 1996) “Decision Analysis”‚ (HBR‚ December 1997) 3 Widely used Books for Quantitative Methods • Dance with Chance • Black Swan 4 QUANTITATIVE METHODS CASE MAPPING Chapter Basic Concepts of Scales & Measurements Detailed Syllabus Nominal‚ ordinal
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The Silk Road was a major pre-modern trade route‚ which linked the east with the west along a major land route and by land-based methods of transportation. The overarching connection with historical kingdoms and empires is traditionally based on the movement of silk and other luxury goods from China to the Roman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean. The effect of this trade brought about a major internationalization of trading partnerships with China‚ India‚ and other nations that would connect
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SILK AND CASHMERE: Ayşen ZAMANPUR Silk & Cashmere is a Turkish brand‚ which figured out the worldwide tendencies considerably well‚ amalgamated the opportunities and possibilities with vulnerabilities and restraints of the business and observing a market niche at the right time‚ formed a joint venture abroad in 1992 subsequent to proper assessment‚ and now progressing with resolute steps to be a world brand. Aysen Zamanpur Founder & CEO‚ Silk and Cashmere Aysen Zamanpur was graduated
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Essay Jack Walker The Silk Road from the period of 200bce to 1450ce had many patterns of interaction that change and stayed the same over time. The patterns of interaction that changed over 200bce to 1450ce were the safety of the roads due to expansion of government with protective borders. Items that were traded along the Silk Road changed during the years 200bce to 1450ce. Lastly religion exchange on the Silk Road changed during the years of 200bce to 140ce. The patterns
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thousands of miles of trade routes that extended from East Asia through the India and to the west where they reach the prosperous lands of the Mediterranean unitedly called Silk Road. The
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quality analysis f or silk reeling by using Total Quality Management ( TQM ) tools David Raja ‚ Srinivasa and Raj Mohan * Central Silk Board‚ Ministry of Textiles‚ Govt of India‚ BTM Lay out‚ Madivala‚ Bangalore – 560 068‚ India. *Chief Mentor‚ Man2succeed- (International Management Consultants)‚ Maruthi Residency‚ Hosur – 635 109‚ India. ABSTRACT The quality of the raw material is a paramount importance for any industry to have a final quality product. As far as the silk Industry is concerned
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Susan Whitfield writes Life along the Silk Road based on character stories occurring between the eight and tenth century‚ all living at different times. She writes this history for several reasons. First‚ she writes it to change the negative perception of the history of Central Asia that we know through the annals of its neighbors. By explaining the history of the region through the eyes of its own occupants‚ it rids the history of any distorted views from neighboring civilizations. She uses the
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Colouration of Silk with Natural Dyes Dr. Rajashree Phukon‚ Registration ID- AB/565 ‚ Assist. Prof.‚ Sibsagar Girls’ College‚ P.O.Sivasagar‚ Assam‚ Pin-785640‚ e-mail ID:rajashreephukon@yahoo.com and Mr Diganta Kr. Borah‚ Research Scholar‚ Department of Economics‚ Dibrugarh University‚ Assam‚ India‚ e-mail ID: digoborah@yahoo.in. ABSTRACT The study was undertaken with an aim to develop the dyeing conditions of four different natural dyes which are easily
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Case Study: Just in Time for the Holidays Problem: North Pole Workshops’ production capacity cannot meet the surging demand for Timmy CDs on Christmas Eve. The management team gets stuck in mapping a solution to fulfill such demand because team members have their own solutions and they oppose the others’ solution. Reasons: - Weak demand forecast ability (the actual demand is 20% over the company’s assumption) - Weak production planning ability - No links between demand and production planning
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