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      • October 2014
      • Supplement

      Quiet Logistics (B)

      By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
      This two-part case focuses on how to identify and manage strategic uncertainties in an innovative, entrepreneurial start-up company. In the (A) case, students learn about Quiet Logistics, an e-commerce fulfillment company working with high-end apparel retailers such as... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy Execution; Strategic Uncertainties; Managing Growth; Disruptive Change; Robotics; Disruptive Technologies; Managing Start-ups; Management Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Business Growth and Maturation; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; E-commerce; Distribution Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Quiet Logistics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 115-003, October 2014.
      • October 2014 (Revised February 2017)
      • Case

      Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution

      By: Rawi Abdelal, Leonardo Maugeri and Sogomon Tarontsi
      The 2014 Ukraine crisis once again exposed the mutually limiting knot—a web of commercial relationships and oil and gas pipelines—that historically tied the European Union and Russia closely. In this crisis, a familiar conundrum preoccupied minds in the corridors of... View Details
      Keywords: International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; European Union; Russia; Ukraine
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      Abdelal, Rawi, Leonardo Maugeri, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 715-006, October 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
      • October 2014 (Revised December 2016)
      • Case

      NBCUniversal

      By: Anita Elberse
      In September 2014, Stephen Burke, chief executive officer at media and entertainment company NBCUniversal, has to decide between possible priorities for the company's 'Project Symphony,' guaranteeing the winners a high level of visibility and support across the media... View Details
      Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Film Entertainment; Product Marketing; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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      Elberse, Anita. "NBCUniversal." Harvard Business School Case 515-039, October 2014. (Revised December 2016.)
      • September 2014 (Revised February 2017)
      • Case

      Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling

      By: Ethan Bernstein, Saravanan Kesavan, Bradley Staats and Luke Hassall
      With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an automated software solution from Reflexis. Belk hoped the upgrade would simplify scheduling, reduce time employees spent in non-customer-facing roles,... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Scheduling; Local Autonomy; Automation; Metrics; Organizational Change; Human Resource Management; Process Improvement; Performance Measurement; Transparency; Southern United States; Retailing; Department Stores; System Outsourced Services; Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Change Management; Governance Controls; Resource Allocation; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Applications and Software; Family Business; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      Bernstein, Ethan, Saravanan Kesavan, Bradley Staats, and Luke Hassall. "Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling." Harvard Business School Case 415-023, September 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
      • September 2014
      • Supplement

      HGRM (B): Launching Hoxell, a New IT Venture

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Gabriele Piccoli and Arnold Peinado
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Strategy; Growth Strategy And Execution; Business Models; Disruptive Technologies; Customer Relations; International Business; Entrepreneurship; Management Systems; Operations; Competitive Strategy
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Gabriele Piccoli, and Arnold Peinado. "HGRM (B): Launching Hoxell, a New IT Venture." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-057, September 2014.
      • September 2014
      • Case

      Crescent Pure

      By: John A. Quelch and Alisa Zalosh
      Executives from Portland Drake Beverages (PDB) are meeting to determine the appropriate product positioning and advertising campaign for the launch of Crescent Pure, a specialty organic beverage. They have 3 options for positioning: should Crescent Pure be positioned... View Details
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      Quelch, John A., and Alisa Zalosh. "Crescent Pure." Harvard Business School Brief Case 915-539, September 2014.
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      How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay

      By: Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton
      Do people from different countries and different backgrounds have similar preferences for how much more the rich should earn than the poor? Using survey data from 40 countries (N = 55,238), we compare respondents' estimates of the wages of people in different... View Details
      Keywords: Inequality; Justice; Wage; Cross-cultural; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Fairness; Income; Employees; Management Teams; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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      Kiatpongsan, Sorapop, and Michael I. Norton. "How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay." Perspectives on Psychological Science 9, no. 6 (November 2014): 587–593.
      • August 2014 (Revised June 2019)
      • Case

      MRC's House of Cards

      By: Anita Elberse
      In March 2011, Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk, co-chairmen and co-chief executive officers at independent production company Media Rights Capital (MRC), are debating whether to accept a licensing offer from Netflix for their most ambitious project to date, a new... View Details
      Keywords: Television; House Of Cards; Asif Satchu; Modi Wiczyk; Netflix; Media Rights Capital; Information Technology; Change Management; Marketing; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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      Elberse, Anita. "MRC's House of Cards." Harvard Business School Case 515-003, August 2014. (Revised June 2019.)
      • August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
      • Case

      Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
      Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
      Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
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      Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
      • 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Fine Harvest Restaurant Group

      By: Clara X. Chen, Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and Wim Van der Stede
      The Fine Harvest Restaurant Group cases A and B examine a company's design of a new system to evaluate the performance (and determine the bonuses) for its restaurant managers. Fine Harvest had traditionally evaluated restaurant managers based on store margins and had... View Details
      Keywords: Incentive Systems; Relative Performance Evaluation; Restaurant Industry; Accounting; Economics; Human Resources; Measurement and Metrics; Labor; Performance; Salesforce Management; Retail Industry; North and Central America
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      Chen, Clara X., Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino, and Wim Van der Stede. "Fine Harvest Restaurant Group." University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Teaching Note, 2014.
      • June 2014 (Revised March 2017)
      • Teaching Note

      Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers

      By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
      This is the teaching note for Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers (HBS No. 113-001) View Details
      Keywords: Management Control Systems; Execution; Organization Structure; Diagnostic Control Systems; Interactive Control Systems; Performance Goals; Performance Measurement; Strategy; Organizational Design; Performance Evaluation; Customer Focus and Relationships
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      Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-093, June 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
      • June 2014 (Revised February 2017)
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      Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew G. Preble
      What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization that transformed how cancer research is done, and now faces the challenge of sustaining the organization and its... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy; Philanthropy Funding; Entrepreneurship; Health Care; Management Styles; Personalized Medicine; Health Care Outcomes; Cancer; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Personal Care; Leadership; Leading Change; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Style; Management Style; Management Skills; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Health; Health Industry; United States; Canada; Spain
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., Joshua D. Margolis, and Matthew G. Preble. "Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 814-026, June 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
      • June 2014
      • Case

      The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation

      By: Brian Hall, Aaron Chadbourne, Vibha Kagzi and Caren Kelleher
      This case is about the response of the US government to the excessive compensation of executives following the market collapse of 2008. In particular, the case focuses on the special committee that was formed to oversee and regulate any financial companies that had... View Details
      Keywords: Executive Compensation; United States
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      Hall, Brian, Aaron Chadbourne, Vibha Kagzi, and Caren Kelleher. "The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 914-052, June 2014.
      • June 11, 2014
      • Article

      Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

      By: Boris Groysberg
      What skills do companies prize in C-level executives? To answer these questions, we surveyed 32 senior search consultants at a top global executive-placement firm. Experienced search consultants typically interview hundreds and even thousands of senior executives; they... View Details
      Keywords: Executive Ability; Management Skills; Learning
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      Groysberg, Boris. "Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 11, 2014).
      • June 2014
      • Case

      Stock Options at Celia-Check

      By: Brian Hall, Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang
      Describes issues facing three young founders of a high-tech start-up, including hiring an experienced CEO and negotiating with a potential VC investor. Focuses on the incentive and compensation aspects of negotiating with job candidates (e.g., what percentage of the... View Details
      Keywords: Stock Options; Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Negotiation; Executive Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Business Startups; Management Teams; Technology Industry; United States
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      Hall, Brian, Andrew Wasynczuk, and Karen Huang. "Stock Options at Celia-Check." Harvard Business School Case 914-019, June 2014.
      • June 2014 (Revised February 2017)
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      Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance

      By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
      This is the teaching note for Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance (HBS No. 114-001) View Details
      Keywords: Execution; Management Control Systems; Risk; Balancing Innovation And Control; Strategy; Risk Management; Education Industry
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      Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-062, June 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
      • June 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Google Glass

      By: Thomas Eisenmann
      In early 2014, business development executives at Google were formulating a distribution strategy for Glass, a wearable computer that projected information on a display viewable with an upward glance. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included 1) continuing... View Details
      Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Distribution Channels; Technology Adoption; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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      Eisenmann, Thomas. "Google Glass." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 814-116, June 2014.
      • June 2014
      • Case

      Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal

      By: Nancy F. Koehn, Kelly McNamara, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth Legris

      Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how... View Details

      Keywords: Howard Schultz; Starbucks; Transformation; Turnaround; Change; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Leadership; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia; South America; Middle East; Latin America
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      Koehn, Nancy F., Kelly McNamara, Nora N. Khan, and Elizabeth Legris. "Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal." Harvard Business School Case 314-068, June 2014.
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking

      By: Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
      Humans use subtle sources of information—like nonverbal behavior—to determine whether to act cooperatively or antagonistically when they negotiate. Handshakes are particularly consequential nonverbal gestures in negotiations because people feel comfortable initiating... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Cooperation; Societal Protocols
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      Schroeder, Juliana, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton. "Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-117, May 2014.
      • May 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Gunfire at Sea (multi-media case)

      By: Michael Tushman
      This short video illustrates the challenges of leading innovation and change. This classic case (one of the oldest in the HBS system) retains its timeliness. The case describes how Lt. Sims develops a new form of gunfire at sea—continuous aim gunfire. While 3,000% more... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; National Security; Innovation Leadership; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      Tushman, Michael. "Gunfire at Sea (multi-media case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 414-077, May 2014.
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