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EXPERIENCE HBR.ORG Case Study The Experts Christopher Marquis is an associate professor at Harvard Business School. Juan Almandoz is an assistant professor at lESE Business School, in Barcelona. Can an 'Ethical" Bank Support Guns and Frac king? by Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz Ken LaRoe, chairman and CEO, First Green Bank A John Replogle, president and CEO, Seventh Generation | B | HBR's fictionalized case studies present B l dilemmas faced by leaders in real companies and offer solutions

A whistle-blower’s lawsuit alerts Galvatrens to deep flaws in its system for uncovering misconduct. How should management and the board respond? HBR CASE STUDY Why Didn’t We Know? by Ralph Hasson COPYRIGHT © 2007 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. It was 9:30 in the evening of what had been a very long Friday when the phone rang in Chip Brownlee’s home study. On the line was Arch Carter, the lead director of Galvatrens, the Houston-based consumer products company

need at least £235,000 to add to their own invest of £45,000 to cover the costs and operational losses for 12 months period. But, if it works out, then they would at £1 million profit by year five. Despite their enthusiasm and impressive CVs, the business angels deterred by their lack of experience in this market sector. However, they managed to get an appointment with Maurice Pinto, a private investor, who agreed to invest £235,000 for a 20 percent share in the company. The investment was made in

financial and qualitative information provided and to select projects to be approved for a given year’s investment plan using any evaluation criteria deem appropriate. Students are to submit the simulation online and to write a final report in a formal business format based on the simulation. Case Study Instructions: This is an individual assessment. You are acting as the CEO of New Heritage Doll company and you need to decide which

that was a shadow of the powerhouse she had envisioned. The company's demise was personally and financially devastating to Maddy, a Liberian-born entrepreneur who grew up wanting to work for the United Nations and who ultimately trained at Harvard Business School”. According to Maddy Monique “My

Intermountain Healthcare Case Study Gina L. Turley Northwestern University In the Harvard Business School case study of Intermountain Health Care (IHC), we learned about the efforts made by IHC to adopt a new strategy for managing health care delivery that is focused on improving care quality while simultaneously saving money. Beginning in 1986 as a series of experiments tying cost outcomes to traditional clinical trials, IHC’s approach to delivering care became known as “Clinical Integration”

TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing The Jan 15, 2010 Harvard Business School article TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing describes the outsourcing model used by TopCoder called crowdsourcing. TopCoder is capitalizing on a global community of programmers and a client base while serving as an intermediary. The case analysis will address a means of successfully running the firm in comparison to a normal brick and mortar development company. It will address

(robert.duboff@hawkpartners.com) on January 12, 2012 Bent on improving its ecocredentials, a company debates the need for a chief sustainability officer. HBR CASE STUDY Should the C-Suite Have a “Green” Seat? COPYRIGHT © 2010 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Eric J. McNulty and Rupert Davis Jennifer Brown, CEO of Narinex, an electronic components manufacturer based in Michigan, re-read the news alert on her screen. The company had lost another

and threats, the T&T executives are faced with the ultimate question: Should T&T’s production remain in Bangladesh or move to another market? There are several courses of action T&T can take in moving forward from the disaster while meeting its business goals and timelines. The first option is to keep production in Bangladesh. This option provides several pros: Keeping their efficient production in Bangladesh is fiscally attractive to T&T due to duty-free access to the European Union, cheaper transportation

Ann Hopkins: Harvard Business Case Analysis #1 Ann Hopkins: Harvard Business Case Analysis #1 Why was Ann Hopkins passed over for a partnership? Give examples of events that contributed to her being passed over. The Supreme Court ruled Ann Hopkins was passed over for Price Waterhouse partnership because she was not a feminine woman (Selman and de Llose, 1990) calling it sexual discrimination. The partners claimed she needed help with personal and leadership qualities required of