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American Connector Co. (A) (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-604S12Service and Operations ManagementAmerican Connector Co. is forced to reexamine operations at its Sunnyvale plant when a Japanese competitor announces plans to build an "ultimate" plant in the United States. Case examines issues related to benchmarking a competitor's manufacturing capabilities and productivity. Allows students to compare two companies' manufacturing strategies and their implications for productivity and flexibility.Starting at €8.20
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Gokaldas Exports (A): The Challenge of Change
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213A-EStrategyGokaldas Exports was a family-owned business founded in 1979 that had grown into India’s largest apparel exporter by the mid 2000s. Its founder, Jhamandas H. Hinduja, had bequeathed control of the company to three sons, each of whom brought in his own son. By the end of 2004, Gokaldas had 43 factories with 258 production lines scattered in and around the southern India city of Bangalore. It had more than 35,000 workers, which was nearly double ...Starting at €8.20
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HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Teaching Note HBS-316157-EThis teaching note is designed to support the teaching of HBS case number 316013, "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics."Starting at €0.00
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Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Teaching Note HBS-316158-ETeaching note for case 316135.Starting at €0.00
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (B)
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316186-EIn 1861, the Heard brothers faced a decision: should they continue their family firm's business model that had made them a successful commission house in China, or was it time to make fundamental adjustments to their work? This case reveals that the brothers decided to maintain the status quo, primarily because of a lack of decision-making mechanism amongst the brothers. The firm rapidly went downhill, before declaring bankruptcy in 1875.Starting at €5.74
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Global Supply Chain Strategy (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Adams, PamelaCase HBS-614S15Service and Operations ManagementThis case examines VF Brands global supply chain strategy. Historically, VF has used a combination of in-house manufacturing and traditional arms-length sourcing arrangements. At the time of the case, the company is considering a third approach to supplier relations that involves much closer cooperation and partnerships. The goal of this "third way" approach is to create a sourcing relationship that combines some of the virtues of vertical integr...Starting at €8.20
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Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI)
Pisano, Gary P.; Weber, James; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-615024-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2010, Pfizer established four small research units in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego located close to several premier Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), or hospitals with adjoining medical schools. The goal of these units was to redesign collaboration with Pfizer and academic medical researchers with the purpose of developing new, innovative drugs candidates for testing in patients. Project teams consisted of Pfizer scientists an...Starting at €8.20
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HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316013-EKnowledge and CommunicationBy 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993 into a global conglomerate that ranked #464 in the Global 500. Much of this success it had achieved by cross-industry expansion within China, but since 2008, it had increasingly looked to expand globally. The HNA Group in general and Hainan Airlines in particular were recognized for their quality of service within China. However, this high reputati...Starting at €8.20
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From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: The Evolution of Tsinghua University
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316141-ETsinghua University is one of the most prominent universities in China, and, increasingly, in the world. Its evolution to this position reflects the major developments in Chinese history--outward looking internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, creative survival in the 1940s, Sovietization in the 1950s and 1960s, chaos in the 1970s, rebuilding in the 1980s, and, since the 1990s, a laser focus on becoming one of the best higher education instituti...Starting at €8.20
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (A)
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.; Ji, John S.Case HBS-316185-EAugustine Heard Sr. founded Augustine Heard & Company, a commission house focused on trade between China and the United States, in 1840. He welcomed his four nephews into the family business as it expanded in the increasingly complex economic and political environment of 19th century China. By 1861, the business had been flourishing for many years, but the context for foreign trade in China was changing. The four nephews, all having been made par...Starting at €8.20