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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. Target, Walmart).

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

Melissa Agnes

“Pizza Hut has zero tolerance for violations of our operating standards, and the local owner of the restaurant took immediate action and terminated the employee involved.” The very first time something along these lines was published to YouTube was the Domino’s Pizza crisis of 2009. Case Studies'

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

For startups, 2009 was a good year. Key Processes are the operational and managerial capabilities that allow a company to deliver value in a way that can be repeated and scaled. Forbes hailed it as a veritable case study “on how digital transformation leads to business value.” Yagi Studio/Getty Images.

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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. Yet Nokia hung on to the Symbian operating system despite knowing its weaknesses in the eyes of the consumer. Nokia launched the OVI Store globally in May 2009.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company is perhaps best known for its membership platform which provides information, research and tools specifically targeted to companies pursuing operational and strategic organization improvement in the U.S. In 2009, The Advisory Board Company acquiring Southwind to support its physician practice management services.

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A Crisis Management Success Story: AppFirst

Melissa Agnes

That erroneously triggered an email from us informing them that their account was no longer active and, if they wanted to keep using our product and view their IT operational data, they would need to enter their credit card to regain service. He co-founded the company in 2009 and is based in the New York City headquarters.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).