200607-MM-Case-Assignments.doc 1/9 Multinational Management –Case Assignments Case Studies & Case Assignments General Remarks • • • The following questions are to be considered as “guiding questions”. That is‚ these questions will stimulate discussion within each group. However‚ groups are encouraged to use a managerial and problem-oriented framework (see “Notes on Case Analysis”) for their presentations and integrate conceptual thinking as much as possible (evidence of some wider
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Harvard Business School 9-181-027 Rev. March 24‚ 1994 Freemark Abbey Winery In September 1976 William Jaeger‚ a member of the partnership that owned Freemark Abbey Winery‚ had to make a decision: should he harvest the Riesling grapes immediately‚ or leave them on the vines despite the approaching storm? A storm just before the harvest is usually detrimental‚ often ruining the crop. A warm‚ light rain‚ however‚ will sometimes cause a beneficial mold‚ botrytis cinerea‚ to form on the grape
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Task 2: Minor Case Study 2500 words (35% of total grade) Read the Buddy’s Snack Company case study below and answer all the following questions: 1. Consider the situation of Lynda‚ Michael and Kyle. Explain how each employee’s situation relates to Equity Theory. 2. Explain the motivation of these three employees in terms of the Expectancy Theory of motivation. 3. Explain how you would attempt to motivate each employee in the coaching session if you were Mark Forest. Use the case study information
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Motivational Theories on Human Behaviour in Organizations 1.3 Motivation & Job Satisfaction Readings: Luthans‚ F. (2008): Organisational Behaviour.Chapter 6 Robbins‚ S.P.‚ Judge & Sanghi‚ Seema (2009): Organizational Behaviour. Chapter 6 Case Study: Keeping the Volunteers Working Hard at Amnesty International UK. Behavior in Organizations by Greenberg and Baron. Pp 285-286. 2 3 Application of Motivation Concepts 3.1 Job Characteristics Model 3.2 Employee Recognition and Involvement
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businesses‚ should Google also branch out into new arenas? Which of the following would you recommend: 1) building a full-fledged portal like Yahoo’s; 2) targeting Microsoft’s desktop software hegemony; and / or 3) becoming an e-commerce intermediary like eBay? 5. Do you view Google’s distinctive governance structure‚ corporate culture‚ and organizational processes as strengths or potential
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Technology Evolution Case Analysis The case is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion. It is not intended to serve as endorsement‚ source of primary data‚ or illustrations of effective or ineffective management. Copyright © 2010 SOM‚ AIT‚ P.O.Box 4‚ Klong Luang‚ Pathumthani 12120‚ Thailand. PayPal -Technology Evolution - Case Analysis Technology in PayPal The digital wallet‚ firstly introduced by Peter Thiel and Max Levchin‚ might not be a success in the first introduction
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CASE: E-220 DATE: 05/22/08 FACEBOOK INTRODUCTION In January 2008 Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed on 60 minutes to talk about Facebook and its phenomenal growth since it started as a project in the dorms of Harvard University in 2004. The interviewer could not help but comment on how young he was and wonder whether he was old enough to run a company that many think is the biggest thing since Google. The company had grown to over 60 million users and was expected to grow to 200 million by the
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How to choose a case for teaching What is a case How to analyze a case How to discuss a case 3 To draw up case studies‚ it is first important to understand its various aspects. For an effective case study‚ one must first understand the principles of a case. It is important to understand what a case is‚ the types of cases there are and their purposes. Following this understanding‚ the methods of analyzing and discussing cases must be explored. After mastering these skills‚ The
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LMVTX Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust Table of Contents Executive Summary Over a period of 15 consecutive years from 1991 to 2006‚ Miller’s Legg Mason Value Trust (LMVTX) was able to outperform the S&P 500. In the recent 22 years‚ there were two non-ideal periods of LMTVX. The first one was during the bear markets of early 2000s (from 2000 to 2002) caused by the crisis of tech companies and the 911. The 2nd one started from 2006 to 2009 during the world economic recession
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Case Study Case 2.1 Hacking into Harvard The case “Hacking into Harvard” involves the applicants of some of the nation’s most prestigious MBA programs‚ who thought they had a chance to find out sooner what admission decisions the business schools made in their case. On Businessweek Online message board they saw instructions left by an anonymous hacker on how to get into schools databases and find out the decisions made. It was not hard – all schools used the same application software from Apply
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