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Steven Eppinger
General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, Professor of Management Science and Innovation
Arnold I. Barnett
George Eastman Professor of Management Science, Professor of Statistics
BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010
The explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010, resulted from a series of events and decisions involving employees of BP and its contractors. While there does not appear to be one clear culprit or reason that led to the disaster, the case explores issues of organization...
DeBeers's Diamond Dilemma
The synthetic diamond industry was on the radar of diamond giant DeBeers as a potential disruptive technology. In 2009, after years of concerted efforts to improve its tarnished reputation as the industry monopolist, DeBeers was wondering how it should respond to the threat.
"We Are Market Basket"
On July 18, 2014, the majority of Market Basket’s 200 non-unionized front office workers, another 300 warehouse associates and 65 truck drivers walked out on their jobs and spent the next six weeks protesting in front of the family-owned New England supermarket chain’s headquarters. Customers joined...