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A Case Study of Crowdsourcing Gone Wrong

Harvard Business

For those who believe in the promise of open innovation, the 2009 startup Quirky was an exceptionally exciting company. Founded by entrepreneur Ben Kaufman, Quirky developed a platform that connected the company with outside inventors and project contributors. Marrion Barraud for HBR. That made true quality control almost impossible.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Scenario development of multiple potential stories about what the future might look like. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As we worked with clients who have been granted positions at this firm, we’ve developed some interesting perspectives on this company. In 2009, The Advisory Board Company acquiring Southwind to support its physician practice management services. Physician manpower planning and medical staff development. Talent Development.

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Why The US Presidential-Transition Process Should Start Now

BCG

In early May 2009, when the Obama administration was battling to halt a financial meltdown in the US and trying to disburse $787 billion in economic stimulus funds, that department was still operating with a skeleton staff led by Bush appointees; Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner was the only new appointee to have taken office.

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A Crisis Management Success Story: AppFirst

Melissa Agnes

It was important that our customers – regardless if they were paying customers — know we cared enough to develop and activate a solution. He co-founded the company in 2009 and is based in the New York City headquarters. Case Studies' The post A Crisis Management Success Story: AppFirst appeared first on Agnes + Day.

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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2009, the UK Department for International Development awarded Abt $200M+ to strengthen Nigeria’s health system, the largest contract in the Company’s history. The types of opportunities that are available to Abt are strongly in line with the work that they do, focused on non-profits, development, social policy and many others.

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

Most innovation investments, such as product improvement, technological innovation, and research and development (R&D) traditionally aim at strengthening the innovation capacity of the organization. Nokia did have resources to develop a new operating system, but chose to stick with Symbian.

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