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How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon’s Rise and Fall

By  W. Chan Kim,  Renée Mauborgne,  Melanie Pipino
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Napoleon was a blue ocean strategist ahead of his time. With his innovative approach to military warfare, he reshaped conventional war strategies. But despite his outstanding and innovative war strategies, success eluded him in the end.

    Published 27 May 2024

    Reference 6893

    Length 10 page(s)

    Topic Strategy

    Region Europe

    Industry Military

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    How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon’s Rise and Fall

    By  W. Chan Kim,  Renée Mauborgne,  Melanie Pipino
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    Napoleon was a blue ocean strategist ahead of his time. With his innovative approach to military warfare, he reshaped conventional war strategies. But despite his outstanding and innovative war strategies, success eluded him in the end.
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      From the Ground Up: The Foundations of Discipline in Adaptive Organizations – The French Air Force

      By  Charles Galunic,  Hervé de Saint-Exupéry,  Enea Fracassi
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      Imagine a high-tech environment which is a hive of creativity and collaboration, where people think in terms of platforms and ecosystems, and are asked to provide a rapid response in pursuit of a goal. While a start-up setting in a tech hub will likely come to mind, such a setting is typical of a more traditional (yet advanced) organization – the military.

        Published 25 Mar 2019

        Reference 6471

        Length 11 page(s)

        Topic Leadership & Organisations

        Region Europe

        Industry Military

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        From the Ground Up: The Foundations of Discipline in Adaptive Organizations – The French Air Force

        By  Charles Galunic,  Hervé de Saint-Exupéry,  Enea Fracassi
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        Imagine a high-tech environment which is a hive of creativity and collaboration, where people think in terms of platforms and ecosystems, and are asked to provide a rapid response in pursuit of a goal. While a start-up setting in a tech hub will likely come to mind, such a setting is typical of a more traditional (yet advanced) organization – the military.
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          Google and Project Maven (A): Big Tech, Government and the AI Arms Race

          By  Gianpiero Petriglieri,  Jaimie Stettin
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          In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an internal memo asking CEO Sundar Pichai to (a) cancel the project immediately, and (b) enforce a policy stating that the company would never build warfare technology.

            Published 28 May 2018

            Reference 6408

            Length 17 page(s)

            Topic Responsibility

            Region North America

            Industry Industrial Automation,  Information Technology and Services,  Military

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            Google and Project Maven (A): Big Tech, Government and the AI Arms Race

            By  Gianpiero Petriglieri,  Jaimie Stettin
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            In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an internal memo asking CEO Sundar Pichai to (a) cancel the project immediately, and (b) enforce a policy stating that the company would never build warfare technology.
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              Google and Project Maven (B): An Eventful Week in June

              By  Gianpiero Petriglieri
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              In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an internal memo asking CEO Sundar Pichai to (a) cancel the project immediately, and (b) enforce a policy stating that the company would never build warfare technology.

                Published 30 Jul 2018

                Reference 6408

                Length 4 page(s)

                Topic Responsibility

                Region North America

                Industry Industrial Automation,  Information Technology and Services,  Military

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                Google and Project Maven (B): An Eventful Week in June

                By  Gianpiero Petriglieri
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                In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an internal memo asking CEO Sundar Pichai to (a) cancel the project immediately, and (b) enforce a policy stating that the company would never build warfare technology.
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                  Albert Speer and the German War Effort

                  By  Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
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                  The case describes the historical, social and political factors, which led the German people to support the NSDAP and Hitler to power. It presents Speer's role in the process and shows his role as an innovative organisational designer.

                    Published 01 Jun 1994

                    Reference 4315

                    Length 35 page(s)

                    Topic Entrepreneurship

                    Region Europe

                    Industry Military

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                    Albert Speer and the German War Effort

                    By  Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
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                    The case describes the historical, social and political factors, which led the German people to support the NSDAP and Hitler to power. It presents Speer's role in the process and shows his role as an innovative organisational designer.
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                      Canadian Armed Forces

                      By  Yves L. Doz
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                      The case describes the approach used by Oerlikon Buhrle to bid for the contract for the new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces. In particular, the case describes how the company articulated its offer, and what arguments it emphasised in order to be 'short listed' and then selected by the Canadian Government.

                        Published 06 Jan 1994

                        Reference 4256

                        Length 8 page(s)

                        Topic Strategy

                        Region Other Regions

                        Industry Aviation and Aerospace,  Military

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                        Canadian Armed Forces

                        By  Yves L. Doz
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                        The case describes the approach used by Oerlikon Buhrle to bid for the contract for the new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces. In particular, the case describes how the company articulated its offer, and what arguments it emphasised in order to be 'short listed' and then selected by the Canadian Government.
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                          CF-LLAD: Oerlikon-Bührle (A)

                          By  Yves L. Doz
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                          The CF-LLAD Oerlikon-Bührle case series (to be used together with the Canadian Armed Forces note and the Appendix on the Canadian Aerospace Industry) describes the approach used by Oerlikon-Bührle to bid for a new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces.

                            Published 06 Jan 1994

                            Reference 3824

                            Length 15 page(s)

                            Topic Strategy

                            Region Global

                            Industry Aviation and Aerospace,  Military

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                            CF-LLAD: Oerlikon-Bührle (A)

                            By  Yves L. Doz
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                            The CF-LLAD Oerlikon-Bührle case series (to be used together with the Canadian Armed Forces note and the Appendix on the Canadian Aerospace Industry) describes the approach used by Oerlikon-Bührle to bid for a new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces.
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                              CF-LLAD: Oerlikon-Bührle (B)

                              By  Yves L. Doz
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                              The CF-LLAD Oerlikon-Bührle case series (to be used together with the Canadian Armed Forces note and the Appendix on the Canadian Aerospace Industry) describes the approach used by Oerlikon-Bührle to bid for a new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces.

                                Published 06 Jan 1994

                                Reference 3824

                                Length 5 page(s)

                                Topic Strategy

                                Region Global

                                Industry Aviation and Aerospace,  Military

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                                CF-LLAD: Oerlikon-Bührle (B)

                                By  Yves L. Doz
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                                The CF-LLAD Oerlikon-Bührle case series (to be used together with the Canadian Armed Forces note and the Appendix on the Canadian Aerospace Industry) describes the approach used by Oerlikon-Bührle to bid for a new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces.
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                                  CF-LLAD: Oerlikon-Bührle (C)

                                  By  Yves L. Doz
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                                  The CF-LLAD Oerlikon-Bührle case series (to be used together with the Canadian Armed Forces note and the Appendix on the Canadian Aerospace Industry) describes the approach used by Oerlikon-Bührle to bid for a new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces.

                                    Published 06 Jan 1994

                                    Reference 3824

                                    Length 4 page(s)

                                    Topic Strategy

                                    Region Global

                                    Industry Aviation and Aerospace,  Military

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                                    CF-LLAD: Oerlikon-Bührle (C)

                                    By  Yves L. Doz
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                                    The CF-LLAD Oerlikon-Bührle case series (to be used together with the Canadian Armed Forces note and the Appendix on the Canadian Aerospace Industry) describes the approach used by Oerlikon-Bührle to bid for a new short-range air defence system for the Canadian Forces.
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