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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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Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd. (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Rangan, U. SrinivasaCase HBS-318S12StrategyDescribes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful. In doing so, Weston ignores or circumvents policies and control from KFC's headquarters and becomes very upset when more sophisticated planning, coordination, and control systems be...Starting at €8.20
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The SK-II Globalization Project (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-305S03StrategyTraces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management. In the context of these changes introduced by Durk Jager, P&G's new CEO, Paolo de Cesare is transferred to Japan, where he takes over the recently turned-around beauty care business...Starting at €8.20
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The Ex-CEO Contemplates a Coup (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Kirby, William C.Article HBS-R1306Z-ELeadership and People ManagementA family business in Indonesia is hit hard by the economic downturn, and some family members want the former CEO--the founder's son--to retain the reins. Others argue that this would be a mistake. This fictional case study is written by William C. Kirby, featuring expert commentary by Les Trachtman and Lilli Friedland. For teaching purposes, this is the commentary-only version of the HBR case study. The case-only version is reprint R1306X. The c...Starting at €8.20
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Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Zendell, Erica MTeaching Note HBS-314129-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 314052.Starting at €0.00
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Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Zendell, Erica MTeaching Note HBS-314136-ETeaching Note for 910404.Starting at €0.00
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Zendell, Erica MTeaching Note HBS-314138-ETeaching Note for 308057.Starting at €0.00
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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