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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013

  LEGO (A): The Crisis

  Jan W. Rivkin, Stefan H. Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer

  As this case opens, iconic toymaker LEGO stands on the brink of bankruptcy. Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, LEGO's young and newly appointed CEO, must size up changes in the toy industry, learn from the company's recent moves, and craft a strategy that will put LEGO back on track.

  Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Competitive Strategy; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Consumer Products Industry;

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  Rivkin, Jan W., Stefan H. Thomke, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "LEGO (A): The Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 713-478, February 2013.

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• Article | Harvard Business Review | September 2012

  Bringing Science to the Art of Strategy

  A. G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin, Jan W. Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow

  For all its emphasis on data and number crunching, conventional strategic planning is not actually scientific. It lacks the hypothesis generation and testing that's at the heart of the scientific method. To produce novel and successful strategies, teams need to adopt a step-by-step process in which creative thinking yields possibilities, or hypotheses, and rigorous analysis tests them. They should ask what must be true for a given possibility to succeed—and explore whether those conditions hold.

  Citation:

  Lafley, A. G., Roger L. Martin, Jan W. Rivkin, and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Bringing Science to the Art of Strategy." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 9 (September 2012).

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2010 version)

  Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (A)

  Dorothy A. Leonard

  A relatively inexperienced professor struggles with managing a case discussion in a class based on numeric analysis. The class is lethargic and time is tight; she considers both a number of possible reasons for their disinterest and different teaching strategies to stimulate discussion and learning.

  Keywords: Education; Teaching; Strategy; Communication Strategy; Training; Leadership Style; Education Industry;

  Citation:

  Leonard, Dorothy A. "Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-404, August 2012. (Revised from original July 2010 version.)

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