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Case | HBS Case Collection | January 2003 (Revised October 2003)

Cat is out of the Bag, The: KANA and the Layoff Gone Awry (B)

by Leslie A. Perlow and David Ager

Abstract

Supplements the (A) case.

Format: Print

2 pages

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Citation:

Perlow, Leslie A., and David Ager. "Cat is out of the Bag, The: KANA and the Layoff Gone Awry (B)." Harvard Business School Case 403-118, January 2003. (Revised October 2003.)

About the Authors

Leslie A. Perlow

Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership
Senior Associate Dean for Research

Organizational Behavior

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Senior Lecturer in Executive Education
Managing Director, Executive Development, Executive Education

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