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Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
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Female Supreme Court Justices Are Interrupted More by Male Justices and Advocates
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Putting Products into Services
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHigh-end professional services firms, unlike product companies, traditionally experience only linear revenue growth. That's because selling more services... -
Points of Law: Unbundling Corporate Legal Services to Unlock Value
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleTraditionally, big law firms and corporate legal departments have enjoyed a close relationship—one that is based on both trust and regulation. Clients rely on firms to discern legal boundaries and the risks associated with misjudging them; counsel are under a professional obligation to identify and raise potential problems and to handle them competently and thoroughly. […] -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
Why Women and People of Color in Law Still Hear "You Don't Look Like a Lawyer"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleInterviews with black female lawyers shed new light on the obstacles they face. -
Better Sales Networks
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleAnyone in sales will tell you that social networks are critical. The more contacts you have, the more leads you'll generate and, ultimately, the more... -
Collaborating Well in Large Global Teams
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt starts with a clear shared objective. -
Getting Your Team to Buy into a Big Change
Change management Digital ArticleResearchers studied backlash to change at five elite law firms — and how leadership eventually won the skeptics over.
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France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom... -
Tiantong & Partners: Transforming Litigation Practice in China
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Jiang Yong founded Tiantong & Partners in 2002, seeking to radically improve the level of litigation-related services in China. By 2015, Tiantong was... -
Managing the Client Portfolio
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The German country managing partner of a global law firm must decide how to respond to a corporate mandate to restructure its client portfolio. The case... -
Products Liability: The Innovation Responsible for the Rise and Fall of Takata
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case begins with post-deposition thoughts of Sean Burns, a 23-year veteran of Takata Corp. The lawsuit that gave rise to the deposition was brought... -
Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details What does it take to build a successful career over time? Describes Amy Schulman's career progression and role as a star senior litigator and top executive... -
Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Riverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach... -
Summit Distributors (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing... -
Don Jenkins: Resigning from the Firm
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Don Jenkins, a star event planner at a large firm, resigns to take a position at a boutique firm. However, Don may have made some mistakes when departing... -
Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details For years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - a small, New York City law firm - has consistently boasted the highest profits per partner and one of the... -
Saga of Prince Jefri and KPMG (A): Mystery of the Missing Billions
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Accounting and law firms around the globe are following with great interest the progress through British courts of a lawsuit. Those familiar with the... -
Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector
Leadership & Managing People Case Study6.95View Details By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative... -
Give Us a 'C'! Killing Knock-offs with Copyright?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details Varsity Brands, the leading manufacturer of cheerleading uniforms in the U.S., obtained copyright protection for certain designs of stripes, chevrons,... -
Debt and Democracy: The New York Constitutional Convention of 1846
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details On September 23, 1846, delegates to New York State's constitutional convention prepared to vote on a proposal that its principal proponent, Michael Hoffman,... -
Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Casey Clark
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance... -
CEO Activism (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that do not relate directly to their companies.... -
France Telecom (A): A Challenging Restructuring
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details These cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of... -
KCC: Third Time's the Charm?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study9.95View Details KCC was founded by two bankruptcy lawyers who saw the potential to tap technology to make dramatic improvements in the work they could perform for clients.... -
Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Lexoo, a UK-based online marketplace for legal services, was facing the strategic choice of how to grow from early start-up to mature platform. Daniel... -
An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A company commits to providing investors a 200% return on their investment if either the firm or its founder is investigated for corruption.
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Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom... -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
Intellectual property Digital ArticleShould companies control all the ways people experience art? -
Tiantong & Partners: Transforming Litigation Practice in China
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Jiang Yong founded Tiantong & Partners in 2002, seeking to radically improve the level of litigation-related services in China. By 2015, Tiantong was... -
Managing the Client Portfolio
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The German country managing partner of a global law firm must decide how to respond to a corporate mandate to restructure its client portfolio. The case... -
Products Liability: The Innovation Responsible for the Rise and Fall of Takata
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case begins with post-deposition thoughts of Sean Burns, a 23-year veteran of Takata Corp. The lawsuit that gave rise to the deposition was brought... -
Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details What does it take to build a successful career over time? Describes Amy Schulman's career progression and role as a star senior litigator and top executive... -
Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Riverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach... -
Protecting Corporate Intellectual Property: Legal and Technical Approaches
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe recent FBI v. Apple case has the potential to turn a 227-year-old statute law in into a tool for government agencies to gain access to personal and... -
Summit Distributors (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing...