...Harvard Business School 9-395-016 January 3, 1995 3M: Profile of an Innovating Company As a perennial winner in Fortune magazine’s annual poll of American CEOs to determine “The Ten Most Admired Corporations,” 3M was almost universally recognized as one of the world’s most consistently innovative companies. Indeed, Fortune described it as “a kind of corporate petri dish that fosters a culture of innovation.” In an era when large companies were struggling to reignite employees’ entrepreneurial spark, 3M was the benchmarking standard. Yet, in November 1991, as “Desi” DeSimone assumed the job of CEO in the midst of a worldwide recession, he was more focused on 3M’s uncertain future than on its glorious past. Beyond the stagnating sales and declining margins he knew would be reflected in his first annual report (see Exhibit 1), DeSimone was aware that the company faced some longer term challenges. With a portfolio of over 100 core technologies being leveraged into some 60,000 products which it sold in 200 countries, some observers were beginning to ask whether this $14 billion giant with over 88,000 employees could continue its extraordinary innovation-powered growth and expansion. It was a question that the new CEO knew he would have to confront honestly. A lot more than the continued admiration of his Fortune 500 peers depended on it. The Beginning: Foundations of 3M’s Values In 1902, on the basis of a report that deposits of corundum, an abrasive mineral, had been found...
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...Solve a business cases Every business always arise some problem which we called cases Every business case seems unique, but the techniques for solving business cases don’t have to be reinvented each time you face a dilemma. Adopt a methodical approach to solving all cases so that you won’t find your business in constant crisis management. Running a business means solving cases, so tackle cases with a well thought-out plan to avoid making rash decisions. Solving business cases is what keeps us all employed! It is an interesting dynamic because once you solve or fix one case another case typically arises. The word case is defined as “a puzzle, question, set for solution”. There are good cases (i.e.; increased sales/growth) and there are bad cases (i.e.; decreased revenues/sales) both require the same case solving process and if case resolution is successful, new challenges arise. So you ask, why would an increase in sales and business growth be a case? The case (albeit a good one to have) is determining how to handle the growth from a process, customer and logistical perspective. For example, if you have a start-up software company that caters to a specialized niche and growth is faster than projected, your company will be scrambling to find the manpower, service support and logistics to ensure the customer experience is superior for new clients. Start-ups need to make a great first impression with the quality of the product as well as the customer experience to attract...
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...Joel Chen BADM 2003 Professor Sharp 03/06/12 Business Case Analysis: AWC Inc. A Case Study on a Small Aluminum Plant in Southwestern Ontario INTRODUCTION: AWC Incorporated is a small-scale but profitable aluminum fabrication plant located in southwestern Ontario. The company has been around since 1950, and was founded by Jim Macdonald, father of the current president Alex Macdonald. AWC specializes in the production of commercial aluminum windows, doors, storefronts and curtain wall products. A company deeply rooted in the local community, AWC has 100 staff, with 45 in production and 55 in the office. Because their sense of belonging, the employees are dedicated to the superior quality and competitive prices that the company is known for in the industry, in which the competition has become increasingly fierce. Recently, AWC Inc. is facing a decision regarding the installation of an air treatment system in the welding portion of the plant, as the company’s current pollution control system will no longer comply with the new Ontario’s Environmental Emissions and Occupational Heath and Safety regulations. The cost of the required emissions control system will have a major impact on the company’s overall profit and cash flow, which may jeopardize AWC Inc’s survival under the current recession. This article will examine the past practices and current situation of AWC Inc. using two different frameworks—Bill Gates’ “creative capitalism” and Garrett Hardin’s “Tragedy of...
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...Introduction: The reason for this ProBac Business Case Template is to give an orderly manual for building a business case for an open – private association venture. The Template will offer a sorted out technique for surveying and displaying a ProBac business case. A business case has three essential targets: • To present chiefs with key data around a business proposition in a predictable, adjusted configuration that encourages the assessment, examination and prioritization of contending activities. • To aide groups in building up their vision and arrangements to get ready for a forthcoming undertaking. • To guarantee that assets are apportioned in light of a sound business basis and predictable with the needs of the patron association. This ProBac Business Case Template is intended to give a typical beginning stage to ProBac ventures. Be that as it may, no two activities are the same, and no two business cases are the same. The business case for any venture must present the key points of interest and contemplations for that. 1. Identify the Opportunity ProBac is a world driving, exploration driven Biotechnology Company concentrated on the worldwide probiotic business sector. Through our exploration we have created probiotics with decently archived helpful well being impacts. ProBac's clients are universally driving sustenance, wellbeing what's more, pharmaceutical organizations dynamic in the worldwide wellbeing item market. We take pride in...
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...BUS 187 - Discussion & Application Papers (2 @ 25 Points each) These papers are meant to help student review the new materials learned and apply to cases to improve their understanding and appreciation of various concepts, terms etc. Such papers also make the task of preparing for exams easier as most of the materials you need to know would have been reviewed periodically, instead of the conventional cramming. Discussion & Application Papers are each worth 25 points. Each student needs to select 1 out of the two cases 1A OR 1B. Both these cases Nike and Ikea are available in the textbook. Each student must complete Case 2 due on Apr 28th. This case will be available on the Harvard Business Case website. The instructions to download this case are available on page 2 of this document. The assignments are due in the drop box, on the days indicated in the schedule, at the beginning of class time. You need to make two copies so that you can retain one for your own use during the class discussion phase and hand the other to the instructor for grading purposes. The paper should incorporate: 1. Your analysis of the Case 2. Generally the last question or two are the opinion questions so always respond to those question/s. In addition, you may select up to two questions. Thus respond to a minimum of three and maximum of four questions. You can do so in bullet form or as paragraphs. 3. Apply key concepts, definitions from all chapters and lectures discussed in class until this discussion...
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...过来人简历模板 王 勇 北京邮电大学******** 教育背景 2008.09-2012.07 2011.02 北京邮电大学 哈佛大学 热能工程系 青年创新与企业家项目 工学学士 中国，北京 美国，波士顿 部分课程：高等数学（81） ，流体力学（79） ，宏观经济学（89） ，投资学（90） ，国际经济学（83） ，会计学原理（89） 修读关于领袖素质、商业案例分析、宏观经济比较、商业与技术创新等领域的专业课程 组成项目团队，对不动产领域的投资模式进行分析，并向来自哈佛大学与麻省理工学院的资深教授进行展示 2011.08 2011.08 实习经历 2011.07-2011.08 美国万通金融集团 金融管理实习生 中国，香港 ——财富 500 强公司，超过 158 年风险及财务管理经验，全美 5 大互惠寿险公司，管理资产逾 3630 亿美元 （+86）138-****-**** yong.wang@guolairen.com 香港中文大学 工商管理学院 国际商业交换生项目（成绩：优，前 20％） 中国，香港 部分课程：资本市场，财务管理，管理实务，商业案例分析 万通国际商业案例大赛一等奖，杰出表现奖学金（前 10%) 接受资本市场、财富管理、风险管理、退休管理、投资理财、销售循环、财务策划等入职培训 协助公司拓展内地市场业务，撰写证券投资基金行业报告，对比香港与内地基金业关键性指标（包括可比财务指标、 资产收益率等）并提出合理性建议，带领 7 人团队完成 35 页分析报告 深入分析研究华夏基金管理公司并撰写企业报告，运用 SWOT 和 4P 法分析其产品组合，竞争地位，完成 17 页分析报 告（英文版） ，提交给公司高层用于了解内地市场 协助部门经理进行市场调研，通过问卷进行 30 名客户的调研与分析，完成任务质量在团队排名前 20% 实习生 中国，北京 2010.07-2010.08 过来人（北京）咨询有限公司 ——中国领先的雇主品牌方案提供商，下辖中国最大的大学生求职网站，主要客户包括欧莱雅、IBM、中移动等 领导 4 人的项目团队搜集和分析企业信息，按照相应的分析框架制作针对潜在雇员的企业分析报告（包括麦肯锡、 摩立特、壳牌、BP）和行业分析报告（如投行、咨询、金融、零售） 与团队合作两个月共完成报告 263 份，被引用下载次数达 60 万次，独立起草 14 份行业分析演示报告 在高级咨询顾问指导下改进行业报告分析框架，为新成员提供培训，有效优化工作流程 参与搜狐与贝塔斯曼等企业雇主品牌全国推广项目，在 CEO 的指导下参与客户会谈与项目执行 团队负责人 美国，纽约 课外活动 2011.03 未来企业家案例大赛 ——参加于哥伦比亚大学举办的案例大赛，与来自美国、中国的 3 名小组成员完成案例研究 修读关于宏观经济学、微观经济学、企业战略、市场营销和财务分析等领域的专业课程 带领 4 人团队在 1 个月内完成不动产相关案例的数据调研和数据调研，并完成两万字的案例报告 创始人 中国，北京 2010.11-今 过来人职业发展俱乐部 ——全国最大的职业发展类公益团体，源自清华大学，成员逾 1 万人，来自全国 30 所知名高校 首次在本校举办为期 3 周“职场过来人经验分享”系列活动，成功邀请超过 20 名企业嘉宾，嘉宾均来自 KMPG、P&G、 HSBC 等知名企业，举办讲座超过...
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...THE ON OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK RP OS T ON OP YO RP OT C OS T THE ON OT C Write Persuasively About Cases OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts YO RP OS T Copyright 2007 William Ellet All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. ON OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the cooperation of business firms and other organizations which may wish to remain anonymous by having names, quantities, and other...
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...ACCTBA3 WRITTEN GROUP BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS (5% of class standing grade) Term 2, Academic Year 2013-2014 “Clean-N-Brite” Adapted from: Raiborn, C.A. and Kinney, M.R. Cost Accounting, 6th edition. Thompson South Western Edition. Clean-N-Brite is a multiproduct company with several manufacturing plants. The Cincinnati plant manufacturers and distributes two household cleaning and polishing compounds, regular and heavy duty, under the HouseSafe label. The forecasted operating results for the six months of 2006, when 100,000 cases of each compound are expected to be manufactured and sold, and presented in the following statement: |HOUSESAFE COMPOUNDS – CINCINNATI PLANT | |Forecasted Results of Operations | |For the Six-month Period Ending June 30, 2006 | | | | | | |(In P 000) | | |Regular | |Heavy-Duty | |Total | |Sales ...
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...Business Case Research Paper IST 7020: Analysis, Modeling and Design Archana Avvaru Wilmington University Introduction A business plan helps the thoroughly consider their methods furthermore assists in adjusting their excitement with actualities and perceive their constraints. Business plan serves to dodge potential sad mistakes like undercapitalizing, making adverse income, employing the wrong individuals, selecting the wrong area, belittling your rival and seeking after the wrong market. "A business manager, who fails to plan, plans to fail" this basic rule holds true. The bottom line is there is no magic equation for success.(Covello & Hazelgren, 1994, 8. xx) A business case should be thorough, yet straightforward. It ought to depict the venture unmistakably, give the defense to continue, and appraisal the venture's budgetary effect or at the end of the day it can be clarified as: A business caseis a contention, typically recorded, that is planned to persuade a chief to support an activity. The report clarifies how a business choice will enhance a business, item, and so on and how it will influence expenses and bend alluring speculations. ("What is business case? - Definition from WhatIs.com," 1.d.) Assessment of Business case and Business plan The business case encompasses an all-inclusive project assessment to determine its practicality as stand-alone proposal. The business plan is the blue print for the proposed new section operation. The previous is much...
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...Business case analysis BCA can be defined as a decision support and planning tool that projects the likely financial results and other business consequences of an action. The analysis essentially asks “What happens if we take this or that action?" The analysis answers in business terms—business costs, business benefits, and business risks. The word case in the term signals that BCA results are often used with proposals, or arguments, to “make the case” for taking action or for choosing one decision option over another. The shorter term, business case, can be defined as a recommendation for action based on BCA results. Some business people use the terms cost benefit analyis, financial justification, total cost of ownership, or return on investment analysis to emphasize the special purpose of the study, though what is usually meant by these terms fits the business case analysis (BCA) definition above. While all are essentially "business cases," decision makers and analysts should remember that none of these terms is supported by universally agreed standards. Individual organizations and companies sometimes establish their own standards for content, structure, and the case building process, but cases built elsewhere, under other local standards, can be quite different. Business case results support decision making and planning, but they also provide valuable guidance for managing and controlling projects, programs, or the life cycle of assets. Good case analysis, for instance...
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...ACTMANA WRITTEN GROUP BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS (5% of class standing grade) Term 3, Academic Year 2014-2015 Wash-N-Clean is a multiproduct company with several manufacturing plants. The Laguna plant manufacturers and distributes two household cleaning and polishing compounds, regular and heavy duty, under the Safeguard label. The forecasted operating results for the six months of 2014, when 100,000 cases of each compound are expected to be manufactured and sold, and presented in the following statement: |SAFEGUARD COMPOUNDS – LAGUNA PLANT | |Forecasted Results of Operations | |For the Six-month Period Ending June 30, 2014 | | | | | | |(In P 000) | | |Regular | |Heavy-Duty | |Total | |Sales |P 2,000 | |P 3,000 | |P 5,000 | |Cost of Sales ...
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...microcomputers or an off-the-shelf smart device, such as an iPhone? d. What conclusions can you draw from Chapter 2 (Analyzing the Business Case) that might help Jeannine learn from her mistakes? a. What did Steven do wrong? b. Would it be a mistake to use creeping requirements as an excuse for the project mismanagement? Explain your answer. c. Based on the concepts discussed in Chapter 3 (Managing Systems Projects), how would you respond to Steven's question about schedule slippage during analysis? • d. Should Jan share any fault for the problems encountered in this project? Explain your answer. • 3. Describe a fact finding strategy, to include the advantages, that you could follow to maximize your fact finding while minimizing the time required from his subordinates. a. b. Why might you use a decision tree rather than a decision table? 5. (10) Based on your knowledge of the activities for the analysis and design phases of the system development lifecycle, identify possible consequences if the user suggests a shortcut through or around a planned activity. 6. (25) Given the following narrative description of a new Production Scheduling System: a. Draw a Context Diagram (similar to Figure 5-13 in textbook). b. List the primary actors and use cases. c. Draw a Use Case Diagram showing actors, use cases, and relationships (similar to Figure 6-27 in textbook). d. Develop a description (similar to Figure 6-25...
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...THE DO N OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page ii DO N OT C OP YO RP OS T ElletFM.qxp 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iii RP OS T ElletFM.qxp YO THE OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and OT C Write Persuasively About Cases DO N William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iv RP OS T ElletFM.qxp Copyright 2007 William Ellet YO All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 OP No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the cooperation of business firms and other organizations...
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...Case Interview Marathon Workshop Overhead Slides v1.0 By Victor Cheng www.caseinterview.com These materials provided on an “as is” basis with no warranty or guarantee expressed or implied. You use them at your own risk. This information is provided to you for free for non-commercial use. You are welcome to forward this to your friends provided you do not alter any of the content and keep the entire document in tact. I retain copyright ownership over these materials © Victor Cheng Page 1 www.caseinterview.com Introduction • My Story • Goal for Today • How This Workshop Is Different • What I Will NOT Cover o Normal job interview questions o More recent twists to the case interview o Estimation / Back of Envelope Cases • Recommend Reading: “Case in Point” by Marc Cosentino Excellent coverage of recent twists to cases and estimation question type cases © Victor Cheng Page 2 www.caseinterview.com Why I’m Doing This • The first time I did this… • www.kidpower.org Examples o 7 year old girl took class, one year later stopped a man who was trying to molest her at the zoo. o Teenage girl took class, 2 years later got tackled to the ground by kidnaper, fought him off and escaped o 10 year old took class, 13 years later, walking in the woods with an old boy friend, former employee, baseball bat, she took him out My request: IF you find today useful, then make a $50 donation and keep a child safe for life Cost of MBA to Get Interview: Cost to...
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...the Case Analysis Coach This tutorial is designed to start you down the road toward becoming an expert at analyzing business cases. You'll learn how to identify and define the business concepts raised by a case, as well as to develop analysis-based solutions, recommendations, and action plans. These skills will prepare you for class discussions and exams. You will have access to a complete real case, called Komatsu Ltd. and Project G., so that you can apply what you learn to a concrete example. You will also get other helpful resources, such as a Case Analysis Worksheet and samples of classdiscussion notes on the Komatsu case that were prepared by real students like you. In addition, smaller excerpts from other real cases are used to illustrate some of the steps in case analysis. 1 Introduction to Case Analysis Types of Cases The "case method" is an approach to learning that encourages students to extract useful lessons from the experiences of others ("cases"). Students study accounts of specific events in order to discover general principles that they can apply in other situations. Cases tend to fall into one of three categories that sometimes overlap: • • • Decision Cases describe a decision faced by the case protagonist. The student ultimately must choose among a finite set of distinct decision alternatives. Problem Cases require a student to diagnose a problem in a business case and to formulate possible solutions. Evaluation Cases illustrate a business success...
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