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Consultant Ninja: How not to do a consulting case study.

Consultant Ninja

Wednesday, January 21, 2009. How not to do a consulting case study. January 21, 2009 at 2:31 AM. Study Management. October 10, 2009 at 7:40 AM. Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Im trying not to pick on Kevin Gao of Management Consulted. He was just an analyst, and seems like a well-meaning kid.

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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. Marrion Barraud for HBR. Founded by entrepreneur Ben Kaufman, Quirky developed a platform that connected the company with outside inventors and project contributors.

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Pizza Hut is the Most Recent in “Fast Food Disgusts”, But Is It a Crisis?

Melissa Agnes

The very first time something along these lines was published to YouTube was the Domino’s Pizza crisis of 2009. Case Studies' We apologize to our customers of Kermit, West Virginia, and those in our system who have been let down by this situation.” ” [ source ]. Is this a crisis or an issue?

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

For startups, 2009 was a good year. Mature companies often look wistfully at successful startups like 2009’s class of unicorns and wonder if they can reinvigorate themselves by adding a digital component to their existing business model, in the way that clamping an outboard motor onto a rowboat makes it go that much faster.

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Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It

Harvard Business

In 2010 I wrote the case study “ United Breaks Guitars ” about Dave Carroll, a musician whose guitar was damaged at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (the same one as in this latest furor) during transfer between planes, in full view of passengers. Of all the U.S.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2009, The Advisory Board Company acquiring Southwind to support its physician practice management services. Modern Healthcare , Largest Health Care Management Consulting Firms—2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004. Modern Healthcare , Best Places to Work—2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox. Nokia launched the OVI Store globally in May 2009. Together, these companies have spent billions on innovation. Apple kept 30% of the sales made by outside developers.

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