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Groupe Aliments Choix: Building Capabilities for the Future - Teaching Note
Stewart Black; Allen MorrisonTeaching Note IVEY-W28580-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyTeaching note for product W28579.Starting at €0.00
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A Managerial Perspective on Clinical Trials
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Case HBS-709033-EEntrepreneurshipThis note describes the history and regulation of clinical trials, managerial challenges related to pharmaceutical product testing, and current debates regarding prescription drug safety. Since clinical testing takes between five and seven years, and consumes up to 70 percent of a drug's total development costs, pharmaceutical and biotechnology leaders need to understand clinical trial management. Likewise, with a growing variety of new product i...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change (Abridged)
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Case HBS-711050-EArcadia Biosciences is seeking to introduce genetically modified rice to China that will lower farmers' costs and generate environmental benefits through reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology company, notably uneven enforcement of intellectual property in emerging market countries, and uncertainty regarding the provision and market value of carbon credits under international c...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Inc. (Spanish version)
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Thompson, Emily J.Case HBS-706S08EconomicsIn early 2003, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is assessing Singapore's development strategy--tax cutting combined with an industrial policy focused on six "clusters," including biomedical sciences. After 36 years of stupendous growth, Singapore has slowed down and faces intense competition in exports and foreign direct investment, especially from China. Is its new strategy the right choice? This case examines several key aspects of Singapore's grow...Starting at €8.20
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India on the Move (Spanish version)
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Thompson, Emily J.Case HBS-706S36EconomicsBy 2003, India had been growing at almost 6% annually since 1992, after it suffered a financial collapse, abandoned import substitution, and moved gradually to adopt the Washington Consensus. Now, financial controls and competition barriers are less burdensome, inflation is lower, and the current account is balanced. However, the finance minister faces difficulties with massive fiscal deficits and continuing disturbances with Pakistan that seem t...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-709019-EArcadia Biosciences is an entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September, 2008. The company had a plan to share carbon credits allocated by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farme...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change, Teaching Note
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.Teaching Note HBS-711042-ETeaching Note for 709019.Starting at €0.00
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Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (B)
Allen Morrison; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9A90G002-EStrategyThe VP's efforts to determine whether and how to proceed with an emerging three-way partnership in China are described. Kentucky Fried Chicken has selected local partners and has been issued a license to operate a restaurant in Beijing. If he is to proceed, the VP must decide how fast he should advance the negotiations and which of three location sites in the city is most desirable. A background case Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (A) and a foll...Starting at €5.74
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Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (C)
Allen Morrison; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9A90G003-EStrategyThis case presents the start-up of operations in Beijing and discusses the difficulties Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is having with its local partners. By March 1988, KFC has established its largest restaurant in the world in Beijing with sales that are booming and showing no sign of slowing down. Nevertheless, the extent of operational problems and the shortage of hard currency profits is raising concerns over whether further expansion is warran...Starting at €5.74
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Mumbai Dairy Company: Lessons in Motivation
Stewart Black; Allen MorrisonCase IVEY-W28475-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyPete Anderson, the general manager of Mumbai Dairy Company, is facing several difficult but related challenges. Revenues and profits at the Mumbai, India–based joint venture are in decline. At the same time, worker strikes and disruptions across India have become a major issue. Internally, employees seem to be unmotivated and many—particularly Anderson’s direct reports—appear to be taking him for granted. Employees blame seasonal conditions as th...Starting at €8.20