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Sapient Consulting: Enriching Experience Using Hybrid Agile Approach
Aparna Raman; Sangeeta Shah BharadwajCase IVEY-9B13E028-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn December 2005, Sapient Consulting signed a fixed-price contract with U.S.-based Global HR Outsourcing Inc. to design a human resources portal for its international customers. Sapient’s senior manager of project management, who was based in India, had been handed the project with full faith that it would not only be delivered on time but within the fixed price and using the new agile hybrid methodology. The client wanted the portal built for th...Starting at €8.20
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DXSD: Transforming Migrations
Chitra Sharma; Sangeeta Shah BharadwajCase IVEY-9B17E007-EInformation Technologies, StrategyOn January 23, 2015, DXSD India received an opportunity to add a complex new line of business to the company’s value chain. The head of DXSD India, a shared service division of a U.K. bank, was concerned about his company’s ability to take on more complex work. Gaps had been identified in the existing process migration framework, so a new framework was proposed to fix the gaps. The new framework was not tested and did not yet have approval from t...Starting at €8.20
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Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A) (Spanish Version)
Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng (Jason)Case HBS-916S02StrategyEsquel Group, fabricante de camisas de calidad que conduce, intentó negociar asociaciones a largo plazo con los agricultores a menudo explotadas en Xinjiang (China occidental) para adquirir una variedad de algodón superior. Tratando de conseguir una gran cantidad de algodón especialidad de una manera ética y socialmente responsable, Esquel emprendió una importante iniciativa de 2002 para negociar contratos de creación de valor entre sí, los gobie...Starting at €8.20
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Wyoff and China - LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (A)
Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng (Jason)Case HBS-908046-EStrategyThrough stalled joint venture talks between Pennsylvania-based Wyoff Corp. and Jina-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading US chemical company has been seeking ways to secure the company's foothold in China's emerging market since the late 90s. When approached by China-LuQuan in 2000, a major Chinese state-owned chemical producer for a join...Starting at €8.20
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Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B) (Spanish Version)
Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng (Jason)Case HBS-916S03StrategyDetalles y evalúa los resultados de la iniciativa de Esquel 2002 para negociar asociaciones a largo plazo con los agricultores a menudo explotadas en Xinjiang (China occidental) para adquirir una variedad de algodón superior.Starting at €5.74
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VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud
Sumedha Chauhan; Sangeeta Shah BharadwajCase IVEY-9B13E018-EInformation Technologies, StrategyThe managing director of a small- to medium-sized electrical firm faces a major challenge: he realizes that the firm he founded has grown so significantly that information management has become very difficult. For solving issues of data integrity, redundancy, incompleteness and backup, he obtains quotations for implementation of enterprise resource planning from different vendors. Meanwhile, he discusses the issue of implementing the new system w...Starting at €8.20
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Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)
Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng (Jason)Case HBS-911032-EDetails and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety.Starting at €5.74
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The New M&A Playbook (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Alton, Richard; Rising, Curtis; Waldeck, AndrewArticle HBS-R1103BStrategyCompanies spend more than $2 trillion on acquisitions every year, yet the M&A failure rate is between 70% and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase their odds of success, the authors argue, if they understand how to select targets, how much to pay for them, and whether and how to integrate them. The most common reasons for making an acquisition include holding on to a premium position or cutting costs. But to realize those benefits, the acqui...Starting at €8.20
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Wyoff and China - LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (A) (Spanish Version)
Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng (Jason)Case HBS-910S17StrategyA través de las estancadas negociaciones de joint venture entre sede en Pennsylvania Wyoff Corp. y basada en Jina China y Luquan, retos estratégicos y transculturales de negociación se exploran tanto desde las perspectivas estadounidense y chino. Wyoff, una empresa líder en EE.UU. química ha estado buscando maneras de asegurar punto de apoyo de la compañía en los mercados emergentes de China desde finales de los años 90. Cuando se acercó por Chin...Starting at €8.20
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VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud (Spanish version)
Sumedha Chauhan; Sangeeta Shah BharadwajCase IVEY-9B13ES018Information Technologies, StrategyThe managing director of a small- to medium-sized electrical firm faces a major challenge: he realizes that the firm he founded has grown so significantly that information management has become very difficult. For solving issues of data integrity, redundancy, incompleteness and backup, he obtains quotations for implementation of enterprise resource planning from different vendors. Meanwhile, he discusses the issue of implementing the new system w...Starting at €8.20