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Case Study: A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up

Harvard Business

Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin. The business was her third baby: She’d launched it when the pups were a year old simply because she couldn’t find any high-quality shampoos for them on the market.

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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

The following article will demonstrate the pitfalls of turning an innovation into a market reality with a case study from the plastics industry. When it comes to the plastics industry, the chemical recycling company Carbios is an instructive example of this delayed patenting strategy. Turning Innovation into a Market Reality.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Chemicals and Petroleum. Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. In 1998, IBM acquired The Chem Systems Group Inc. Automotive. Communications. Consumer Products. Electronics. Government.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. At a glance, the study revealed these themes: There is no common pattern for a ‘best organization design’ regardless of size, strategy, or industry. Let’s look at each of the five as they played out in our study companies.

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The Future Economy Project

Harvard Business

Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. But over the coming months, we will provide case studies and practical lessons from their experiences to help other executives who believe that profits and environmental responsibility must go hand in hand. Marc Benioff. Chairman & CEO, Salesforce. Richard Branson. Founder, Virgin Group.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. As a standard, in each interview, you will be asked to complete a short case study that measures your communication and problem-solving skills. Firm hires 2,000th employee. Automotive. Communications. Technology.

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Why Sourcing Local Food Is So Hard for Restaurants

Harvard Business

He has written a case study about food safety testing and is the author of All Business Is Local. Number two: We now have a number of very competent independent food testing companies, such as the NutriSciences Company, which I recently wrote a case study about, to whom you can outsource your requirements.