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Storming into the U.S. Market (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Gordon, Rachel; Lafkas, JohnCase HBS-918S10StrategyThe RoboTech case describes the challenges facing the CEO of a small, Singapore-based industrial robotics company that decides to diversify away from its core industrial robot business by leveraging its expertise into the medical-devices industry. It launches an innovative product (a specialized surgical robot) in an unfamiliar market segment (spinal surgery) and decides to enter the unfamiliar, distant U.S. healthcare market, which is characteri...Starting at €8.20
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Womenomics in Japan
Groysberg, Boris; Yamazaki, Mayuka; Sato, Nobuo; Lane, DavidCase HBS-417002-ELeadership and People Management"Womenomics in Japan" profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for women in the economy--not as a matter of social policy or gender equity per se, but as an essential element of any solution to Japan's persistent low economic growth. Several decades of economic stagnation led Abe to spearhead a multi-faceted reform effort to shake off deflation and come to grips...Starting at €8.20
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SF Express: From Delivery to E-Commerce
Zhu, Feng; Lane, DavidCase HBS-616003-EService and Operations ManagementShunfeng Express (SF), China's leading express delivery firm, in May 2014 opened the first 500 of several thousand Heike stores, which allowed consumers to buy and try out SF's own e-commerce offerings, in addition to other services. As an example of China's "online-to-offline" trend in e-commerce, Heike stores allowed SF to leverage its logistics and IT expertise to differentiate itself from its rivals in express delivery. As yet unclear was whe...Starting at €8.20
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DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome
Israeli, Ayelet; Lane, DavidCase HBS-519010-EMarketingDayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of trial rollout in Israel, CEO Lihi Segal and her team are devising a global go-to-market plan for the firm. The team is considering several target markets, ranging from people with diabetes to professi...Starting at €8.20
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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance
Iyer, Lakshmi; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712038-EEconomicsIn January 2012, the government of India faced significant challenges to achieving three key objectives of high growth, inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals, widespread citizen protests against corruption, and disagreements with coalition partners. Could ...Starting at €8.20
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Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability
Iyer, Lakshmi; Lane, DavidCase HBS-713003-EEconomicsIn 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central bank, Bank Indonesia, in 2014. At a time when there was no global consensus on the optimality of separating monetary policy from bank supervision, the creation of the OJK raised many qu...Starting at €8.20
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Urbanizing China, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-714037-ETeaching Note for 713037.Starting at €0.00
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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-714038-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712038.Starting at €0.00
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Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-714046-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 713003.Starting at €0.00
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Indonesia: Growth and Stability in a Global Economy, Teaching Note
Iyer, LakshmiTeaching Note HBS-716063-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 715002. This country case on Indonesia is designed to enable a discussion of the potential risks in financial globalization. The country suffered a severe economic crisis in 1997-98 when global capital withdrew from many Asian countries. A significant currency depreciation of 21 percent during 2013 raised the possibility of another crisis, but Indonesia's economy weathered this change extremely well. The case enables studen...Starting at €0.00