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In the category Case Studies, one can find each of the cases members of Talking Business have analyzed. Literature is retrieved from Harvard Business or McKinsey databases.
In the category Take My Case, one can find each case interviewed and written by founder Eliza Bentley; cases follow HBS layout while are focused around LI Entrepreneurs.
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elizaabentley
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Culture at Google
In this meeting, students discussed a series of employee-related issues that technology company Google faced beginning in 2017. Issues...
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elizaabentley
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Should You Fight to Keep a Star?
In this case, students discussed and analyzed the value of having a "star" on your team, and the issues that can arise when doing so....
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elizaabentley
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Walmart around the World
This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Central...
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elizaabentley
Oct 18, 20201 min read
The New York Times Paywall
In this meeting, students analyzed how The New York Times website becoming a restricted site where most of the content was protected...
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elizaabentley
Oct 18, 20201 min read
J.C. Penney's "Fair and Square" Strategy(abridged)
This case study discusses Ron Johnson, the new CEO of department store J.C. Penney, and how he reconsiders the dramatic changes he...
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elizaabentley
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Malinda Sanna: Spark Ideas
Malinda Sanna is the CEO and founder of Spark Ideas, a technology company that performs research studies for clothing, beauty, and other...
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elizaabentley
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Linda Holiday: Digitas Health
In 2012, Linda Holliday, founder and former president of ePharmaceuticals and Medical Broadcasting Company (renamed: Digitas Health), saw...
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elizaabentley
Sep 28, 20201 min read
John Fetterolf: Quick Chow, offering large benefits for a small price
Quick Chow is a service based technology company designed to help businesses shift online. Quick Chow offers a variety of services,...
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elizaabentley
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Michelle Celestino: First Republic Bank
Here, Celestino tells the story of the founders of First Republic bank, an American bank and wealth management company offering banking,...
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elizaabentley
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Sima Ali: Ali Law and Corp
Disliking the impersonal nature of big cash-grabby law firms and wanting a more meaningful way to help employers, Ali created her own firm.
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elizaabentley
Aug 17, 20201 min read
The Climate Corporation
This case study meeting was led my mentor Frank O'Keefe. This meeting was 2 parts with two different meetings, involving analysis of...
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elizaabentley
Jun 8, 20201 min read
American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Tribunal
This meeting marks Talking Business' first expansion west! This meeting, led by mentor Richard Spehr, included new virtual members from...
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elizaabentley
Jun 8, 20201 min read
HBR Case - Did We Expand Too Quickly?
During this meeting, led by mentor Victoria Reese, Talking Business discussed marketing a company and deciding where, when, and how to...
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elizaabentley
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Escaping the Discount Trap: HBR Studies
In this meeting, the group discussed a medical device company that ponders how to change its relationship with a key customer. This case...
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elizaabentley
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light
In this meeting, Talking Business met to discuss marketing strategies and how businesses save their image while expanding their product...
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elizaabentley
Nov 12, 20191 min read
BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
On April 20, 2010, the BP oil company’s Macondo blew out in mile-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the Deepwater Horizon drill...
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elizaabentley
Jun 5, 20191 min read
HBR Case Study and Commentary- Was That Harassment?
As our first meeting, Talking Business met as a society and discussed the article "Was That Harassment?". The article touched on the...
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Oct 18, 20201 min read
Culture at Google
In this meeting, students discussed a series of employee-related issues that technology company Google faced beginning in 2017. Issues...
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Should You Fight to Keep a Star?
In this case, students discussed and analyzed the value of having a "star" on your team, and the issues that can arise when doing so....
Oct 18, 20201 min read
The New York Times Paywall
In this meeting, students analyzed how The New York Times website becoming a restricted site where most of the content was protected...
Oct 18, 20201 min read
J.C. Penney's "Fair and Square" Strategy(abridged)
This case study discusses Ron Johnson, the new CEO of department store J.C. Penney, and how he reconsiders the dramatic changes he...
Aug 17, 20201 min read
The Climate Corporation
This case study meeting was led my mentor Frank O'Keefe. This meeting was 2 parts with two different meetings, involving analysis of...
Jun 8, 20201 min read
American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Tribunal
This meeting marks Talking Business' first expansion west! This meeting, led by mentor Richard Spehr, included new virtual members from...
Jun 8, 20201 min read
HBR Case - Did We Expand Too Quickly?
During this meeting, led by mentor Victoria Reese, Talking Business discussed marketing a company and deciding where, when, and how to...
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Escaping the Discount Trap: HBR Studies
In this meeting, the group discussed a medical device company that ponders how to change its relationship with a key customer. This case...
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light
In this meeting, Talking Business met to discuss marketing strategies and how businesses save their image while expanding their product...
Nov 12, 20191 min read
BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
On April 20, 2010, the BP oil company’s Macondo blew out in mile-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the Deepwater Horizon drill...
Jun 5, 20191 min read
HBR Case Study and Commentary- Was That Harassment?
As our first meeting, Talking Business met as a society and discussed the article "Was That Harassment?". The article touched on the...
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