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Strategic Sourcing at Whirlpool China: Finding the Ideal Supplier
Martin Lockstrom; Thomas E. Callarman; Shengrong (Linda) ZhangCase IVEY-9B12D012-EService and Operations ManagementIt was April 10, 2011, when the head of Whirlpool’s Asia International Procurement Office in Shanghai was informed by his colleagues that the company was about to launch a new energy-efficient refrigerator model in just six months. For the new refrigerator model, the basic difference was in the motor; the current AC motor would need to be replaced with a DC motor, which was more efficient but also more expensive. He would have to find a suitable ...Starting at €8.20
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High-Tech Metal Components: Finding Local Suppliers
Martin Lockstrom; Shen LiCase IVEY-9B12D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn May 2009, High-Tech Metal Components (HTMC) inaugurated its brand new production plant of forgings and castings for automotive supplies in Suzhou, a city of 13 million close to Shanghai, China. After the successful installation of machinery and placement of workers, the company was prepared to begin production. A month later, the general manager of the Chinese division of HTMC received a phone call from the chief operating officer of its Germa...Starting at €8.20
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Managing the Layoff Process: India
Sucher, Sandra J.Case HBS-612068-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note is an overview of the context for managing layoffs in India. It describes the legal responsibilities of managers in conducting layoffs, recent unemployment trends, and the financial, health, training, job placement and other benefits that laid-off employees can expect to receive.Starting at €8.20
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Generation Investment Management
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613002-EExamines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend an investment in ABB India. The decision pits economic development-supplying energy to impoverished rural areas in India, against environmental damage-caused by the...Starting at €8.20
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Globalizing Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., Teaching Plan
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gupta, ShaleneTeaching Note HBS-318131-ETeaching plan for case 318130.Starting at €0.00
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Strategic Sourcing at Whirlpool China: Finding the Ideal Supplier (Spanish Version)
Martin Lockstrom; Thomas E. Callarman; Shengrong (Linda) ZhangCase IVEY-9B12DS012Service and Operations ManagementIt was April 10, 2011, when the head of Whirlpool’s Asia International Procurement Office in Shanghai was informed by his colleagues that the company was about to launch a new energy-efficient refrigerator model in just six months. For the new refrigeratoStarting at €8.20
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Cipla 2011 (Spanish version)
Deshpande, Rohit; Sucher, Sandra J.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-517S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is weighing options for how to continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape.Starting at €8.20
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Yahoo! in China (A)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Baer, DanielCase HBS-609051-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn 2007 Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, was lambasted by U.S. Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's role in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist and democracy advocate Shi Tao. The case describes the actions that Yahoo! had taken to grow its business in China, its handling of a government request for the identity of a Yahoo! user, and subsequent actions by the firm to respond to ne...Starting at €8.20
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Differences at Work: Sameer (A)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-609053-EService and Operations ManagementIn Differences at Work: Sameer (A) HBS Case No. 9-609-053 Sameer, an Indian Muslim, is a summer intern in a small, predominantly Jewish firm. Prompted by a conflict in the Middle East, members of the organization make a number of anti-Muslim jokes. Sameer wonders whether he should surface his discomfort; he otherwise enjoys the firm, and is hoping to be given a full-time job offer following his internship.Starting at €8.20
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V. Kurien e a revolução do leite na India
Miranda Colaço, Carlos Filipe; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-FH-A-1264-PPStrategyVerghese Kurien regressou dos EUA após concluir o MSc em Engenharia e foi trabalhar para a Cooperativa de Anand, como contra-prestação da sua bolsa de estudos nos EUA. Após o tempo estipulado continuou o seu trabalho em Anand, no movimento cooperativo lançado por Tribhuvandas Patel, para a comercialização do leite dos cooperantes do distrito de Kaira, Gujarat. Mercê do sucesso do movimento cooperativo no distrito, orientado por Kurien, é-lhe pedi...Starting at €8.20