HBR CASE STUDY Indispensable DANIEL VASCONCELLOS Edward Bennett is a talented CEO with a lot on his plate. But he’s not getting any younger‚ and his board can’t get him engaged in succession planning. T om Calloway‚ nonexecutive chairman of Astar Enterprises‚ put the phone back in its cradle as gently as he could‚ given the circumstances. He had just finished yet another difficult and unsatisfactory conversation with Edward Bennett‚ Astar’s CEO‚ about succession planning.
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Print Media Era (1700-1834) Jamaica’s media history dates back to 1718 when Robert Baldwin published the country’s first newspaper‚ Weekly Jamaican Courant from his printery on Church Street. Between the period 1718 and 1834 no fewer than 33 newspapers were published across the island. These included The St Jago Intelligencer‚ Royal Gazette‚ Cornwall Chronicle and County Gazette‚ Kingston Morning Post and Trelawney Advertiser. Books and magazines developed at a slower pace than newspapers as
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Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler Harvard Business Review Reprint 89509 HBR SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1989 Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler I n Brazil‚ where paternalism and the family business fiefdom still flourish‚ I am president of a manufacturing company that treats its 800 employees like responsible adults. Most of them—including factory workers—set their own working hours. All have access to the company books. The vast majority vote on many important
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is run by two brothers. The company employs fewer than 200 people‚ mainly blue-collar workers and the atmosphere is informal. The Product The company’s only product is soft cookies‚ of which it makes over 50 varieties. Larger companies‚ such as Nabisco‚ Sunshine‚ and Keebler‚ have traditionally produced biscuit cookies‚ in which most of the water has been baked out‚ resulting in crisp cookies. The cookies have no additives or preservatives. The high quality of the cookies has enabled the company
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there are over 50 dog food manufactures and about 350 dog food brands in the United States‚ 83 percent of supermarket dog food sales is held by five companies " Ralston Purina (30%)‚ Kal-Kan Foods (19%)‚ H.J. Heinz (17.9%)‚ Nestle USA (12%)‚ and Nabisco (4.3%). The remainder of the market (16.8%) is held by other private labels. # 2. How might one segment the dog food market and where does Show Circuit fit? One possible way to segment the dog food market would be by categories. We can categorize
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Employee retention is very important to organizations. If employees can not be retained‚ the company will have to invest money for training new employees time and time again. The cost of replacing an employee is high not only financially‚ but in terms of lost productivity‚ the time taken by the employer to go through the resumes and the cost incurred to conduct interviews. The best away to avoid this costly affair is to focus on the retention of employees as otherwise it will have a castigating effect
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Five years later—the acquisition by P&G hasn’t paid off —yet • Gillette’s businesses have been a drag for P&G • Sales growth projections have been under met • Most of Gillette ’s senior managers have left. • P&G ’s stock has lagged behind key competitors ’‚ including Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever • Efforts to expand Gillette and Venus brands have not been too successful-fewer people shave since they’re unemployed or don’t go out as much • There have been more international success (Europe
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Grossman‚ Robert J.”HR Woes at Xerox.”All Business. 01 May. 2001.04 May. 2011. Advice. 5 Mar. 2001. Web. 5 Feb. 2011. <http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_10/b3722172.htm>. McNulty‚ Eric. "Welcome Abroad (But Don ’t Change A Thing)." Harvard Business Review (2001)
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Viewpoints in Context. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "Tobacco Advertising Targets Youths." Does Advertising Promote Substance Abuse? Ed. Laurie M. Newman. San Diego: Greenhaven Press‚ 2005. At Issue. Rpt. from "Cuddle up with Cancer: RJR ’s Candy Flavored ’Winter Blend ’ Cigarettes Show Big Tobacco Hasn ’t Changed." 2004. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy. "Tobacco Marketing Influences Teen Smoking." Teen Smoking. Ed. Roman
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Chapter 1 Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making Solutions to Review Questions 1-1. Financial accounting is designed to provide information about the firm to external users. External users include investors‚ creditors‚ government authorities‚ regulators‚ customers‚ competitors‚ suppliers‚ labor unions‚ and so on. Cost accounting systems are designed to provide information to internal users (managers). This difference is important‚ because it affects the design of the systems. Financial
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