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Saankhya Labs: Compete, Collaborate, or Disappear?

Mishra, Brajesh — 12/22/2025 1:35:43 PM

Saankhya Labs Private Limited (Saankhya), was a fabless semiconductor company formed in 2006 in Bengaluru, India. It provided innovative products and solutions used in consumer electronics, wireless communication, and broadcasting applications. Similar to other domestic telecommunications manufacturing companies in India, Saankhya found it difficult to penetrate the domestic equipment market.

Ingersoll Rand: Broadening Employee Ownership

Rouen, Ethan — 12/22/2025 1:30:40 PM

Set in 2024, this case examines how Ingersoll Rand- a global leader in air, liquid, and gas handling technologies-approached broadening employee ownership. The company granted restricted stock units (RSUs) to all employees on their one-year anniversary, reinforcing a culture of ownership. As Ingersoll Rand expanded through acquisitions, CEO Vicente Reynal faced critical questions

Tata Motors: Compensation Restructuring

Mulla, Zubin R. — 12/22/2025 1:26:06 PM

The head of Performance and Rewards at Tata Motors Limited (TML) was reviewing the reports before him and deliberating their implications. The company had just embarked on a major initiative to identify employees' concerns and the results were not good. Employees across all levels, including senior leadership, were unclear about their compensation.

Baxters Asia Pacific Talent Edge Initiative

Siegel, Jordan — 12/22/2025 1:22:33 PM

Can multinationals wield competitive advantage by aggressively hiring talented members of the excluded social group in each market? This is the subject of Siegel's global strategy research as well as the focus of this case study.

Tony Hsieh at Zappos: Structure, Culture and Radical Change

Askin, Noah — 12/22/2025 1:17:17 PM

After 18 months of attempting to transition the company to holacracy, Tony Hsieh, Zappos' celebrity CEO, decided it was time to make the change happen. In March 2015, he sent an email to all Zappos employees offering them 3 months' severance pay if they felt that self-management was not for them. One month later, 14% of the workforce had quit, including 20% of the tech department.

AllIn: Inclusion and Diversity at Dow in Asia Pacific

Tan, Hwee Hoon — 12/22/2025 1:13:54 PM

After US materials science company Dow decided to renew its focus on inclusion and diversity (I&D), it opted to use its Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to enable its staff to embrace this cause and effect a cultural change across its locations worldwide. As this case focuses on Dow's efforts in Asia Pacific, it delves specifically into how Dow's ERGs in Greater China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore.

Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited: Employee Data Conundrum

Bhardwaj, Shikha — 12/22/2025 11:56:25 AM

In July 2022, the joint general manager of personnel and administration at the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)'s Paradeep unit received a call from the Delhi corporate office informing him of a complaint filed by the wife of a deceased employee against a current employee of the unit. The complaint alleged that the employee had defrauded the widow.

Transport Solutions: TCS Helps its Transformation to an Agile Enterprise

Ojha, Abhoy K — 12/22/2025 11:52:18 AM

Transport Solutions was a global travel services company with headquarters in the United Kingdom (UK). It had a matrix organization design with 5 lines of businesses (LOBs or verticals) supported by 5 different business units (BUs or horizontals). However, with the entry of smaller and Agile new players in the market around 2015, Transport Solutions started experiencing challenges.

LOREAL: THE BEAUTY OF SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITALIZATION

Markoff, Richard — 12/22/2025 11:46:34 AM

L'Oréal, the world leader in beauty products, began to rethink its vision for the industry. The world was on the cusp of a digital future full of possibilities. For a company known for its consumer-pleasing beauty products and owner of some the world's most iconic brands, this meant thinking about innovation in a different way. It would no longer mean only providing the best products.

Happy Cow Ice Cream: Data-Driven Sales Forecasting

Prasanna, Akarhade — 12/22/2025 11:43:00 AM

This case study asks the reader to step into the shoes of Susan Chen, a business studies student who has an intern placement with Happy Cow, a Niche ice cream maker in Hong Kong. The central theme of this case is how best to use time series data when running a small business operating in a competitive retail environment: how can insights from data analytics influence sales strategy?