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- May 2018 (Revised October 2020)
- Supplement
La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy... View Details
- March 2018 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices
Teaching Note for HBS No. 618-034. View Details
- March 2018
- Supplement
McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (B)
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb
The (B) case outlines the choices made by the associates in real life and the consequences of such choices. View Details
- March 2018
- Case
McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A)
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb
This case profiles the early career choices faced by three McKinsey associates. The (A) case profiles the dilemma faced by each individual and sets up the class discussion. View Details
- January 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
People Analytics at McKinsey
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Olivia Hull
A private equity–backed fast food chain has hired McKinsey’s new People Analytics group to help it improve performance. As the final client workshop approaches, Associate Partner Alex DiLeonardo ponders the best way to present the team’s findings, especially those that... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Customer Relationship Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Measurement and Metrics; Performance; Performance Capacity; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
- November 2017
- Case
The Digital Factory – Siemens: Electronic Works Amberg
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott F. Johnson
The Electronic Works Amberg (EWA) was Siemens' most advanced factory. The plant built industrial automation equipment using state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques. Siemens was considering creating a consulting business for its manufacturing clients. Given the EWA's... View Details
Keywords: Siemens; Internet Of Things; Industrie 4.0; Manufacturing; Consulting; Digital Factory; Ewa; Amberg; Electronic Works Amberg; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
- October 2017 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Coaching Makena Lane
By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala
Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in... View Details
Keywords: Executive Coaching; Employee Promotions; Career Transition From Consulting To Operating Role; 360-degree Feedback; Retail; Organizational Behavior; Personal Strategy ＆ Style; Mentoring; Coaching; Talent and Talent Management; Growth and Development; Employees; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Style; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Retail Industry; Australia; Europe; Canada; South Africa; United States; Asia
- August 2017
- Case
Wake Up Call
By: David G. Fubini and Christine Snively
In 1993, three consultants at different stages in their careers must decide how to respond to what they considered to be unethical behavior from a partner at their firm. They each considered the potential consequences of reporting a senior colleague and the impact it... View Details
- August 2017
- Supplement
Wake Up Call (B)
By: David G. Fubini and Christine Snively
(B) case View Details
- May 2017
- Teaching Note
Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
This Teaching Note is a companion piece to the case, “Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University,” HBS No. 411-059. View Details
- Spring 2017
- Article
Globalizing Latin American Beauty
By: Geoffrey Jones
This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards celebrating whiter rather than darker skin. Although alleged Latin American fascination with beauty is regularly ascribed to culture, Latin sensuousness, and... View Details
- March 2017 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Catalant: The Future of Work?
By: Thomas Eisenmann, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Christine Snively
Catalant, founded in 2013 as an online marketplace where MBAs could bid on consulting projects posted by small- to medium-sized businesses, had expanded by 2016 to provide Fortune 1000 companies with access to over 35,000 independent experts. The founders envisioned... View Details
- January 2017
- Teaching Note
Transition at DataCo?
The founder of a data analytics company has several issues with his key business developer, an early hire who has been instrumental in building the firm. The DataCo case study illustrates a common situation in entrepreneurial ventures: an early sales hire does well but... View Details
- November 2016
- Case
QuintilesIMS: Biosimilar Marketing in England
By: John A. Quelch and Emily C. Boudreau
QuintilesIMS was a leading healthcare consulting firm best known for its data and information offerings as well as its market research and management consulting services for life science companies. By 2015, the company was expanding beyond the biopharmaceutical... View Details
- June 2016
- Case
Advika Consulting Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Human Capital
By: Alison Wood Brooks, Francesca Gino, Julia J. Lee and Bradley R. Staats
- May 2016
- Case
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (A)
By: Boris Groysberg, George Serafeim, Eric Lin and Robin Abrahams
Financial executive Alexi is considering a job change. Will his long-ago association with a company currently embroiled in a scandal hurt his chances in the job market? In the (A) case, Alexi and executive search consultant Marguerite strategize about career... View Details
- May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Legendary Entertainment: Moneyball for Motion Pictures
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Legendary, the Hollywood studio responsible for such hits as Jurassic World and The Dark Knight, decides to take the marketing of its films in-house, and to market them fan-by-fan. Owner Thomas Tull acquires the big-data-in-sports firm started by Matt Marolda and... View Details
- May 2016 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
RegionFly: Cutting Costs in the Airline Industry
By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
RegionFly is a small, private airline specializing in ultra-premium services. Founded shortly after the "Golden Age of airline travel," RegionFly's financial performance had been strong for several decades. More recently, however, the results have taken a downward... View Details
- 28 Apr 2016
- Other Presentation
Unlocking the Potential of Geothermal Energy: Strategic Implications for Iceland, Other Nations and the International Community
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Professor Porter initiated the mapping of Iceland Geothermal Cluster Initiative in cooperation with the consulting company Gekon. He and his colleaque Dr. Christian Ketels introduced their findings in November 2010 at the first Iceland Geothermal Conference held in... View Details
Keywords: Iceland; Geothermal; Renewable; Competitiveness; Competition; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; Iceland
- 2016
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mahendra Bapna and Technology Education in India
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Pamela Yatsko
Keywords: India; Education; Higher Education; Leadership; Leadership Skills; Technology Education; Tata Motors; Outcome-based Technology Education; OBTE; Indian Institute Of Technology; IIT; Engineering College; Global Management Consulting; University-21; Federation Of Indian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry; FICCI; Indian Economy; Information Technology; Tertiary Education System; University; University Level; Colleges; Institutes Of Technology; Academia; Academia-industry; Technical Institutes; Indian Institute Of Technology Jodhpur; IITJ; IIT Rajasthan; Infrastructure Development; Senior Student Syndrome; Industry Immersion Program; Technology; India