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Huawei: A Silent Chinese Telecom Multinational
Zhang, Yingying; Kase, KimioCase SM-1560-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and CommunicationIn terms of sales, Huawei is the world's fourth-largest maker of network equipment, after Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent. It also ranked second in optical networking and third in mobile-network gear in 2008. It is one of the leading global telecommunications solution providers with a revenue of 18.33 billion USD in 2008 and a net income of 1.15 billion USD. Contrary to the typical image of Chinese companies that depicts them...Starting at €8.20
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
Kase, Kimio; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Independent Investigation CommissioCase SM-1579-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe questions may largely fall into two categories: (1) Did Japan or PM Kan and his team cope well with the crisis (i.e., questions regarding efficiency and effectiveness)? And, perhaps more importantly, (2) Have lessons been learned that would help Japan prepare for other natural or man-made catastrophes (i.e., questions regarding learning and knowledge-creation)?Starting at €8.20
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals: Dr. Beat Richner's Lifework
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDr. Beat Richner, a 62-year-old Swiss pediatrician, set up children's hospitals in 1991 at the behest of the Cambodian King after the devastation brought about by the civil war. By 2009 he has managed to open and run four of them, both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They are almost entirely dependent on private donations, which, collected through his cello concerts and the Kantha Bopha Foundation, largely come from Europe and other parts of the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Norio Ohga: The Fifth President of Sony Corporation
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1481-EStrategyThe case analyses the conceptual scheme or model identified in Norio Ohga's management style, which we call the proto-image of the firm (PIF) approach. Sony's success in its diversification strategy is explained on the basis of PIF.Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, President of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483-EStrategyThis case examines the professional career of Chihiro Kanagawa, and shows how he turned Shin-Etsu Chemicals into a major international player in a sector in which Japanese companies had traditionally been uncompetitive. The case illustrates Kanagawa's dynamic management style and the value system on which it is based and we call the profit- arithmetic (PA) approach. Shin-Etsu Chemical's success by not spending money on projects not generating imm...Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, Presidente de Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483StrategyEste caso revisa la carrera profesional de Chihiro Kanagawa y explica cómo convirtió Shin-Etsu Chemicals en uno de los participantes más importantes a nivel internacional en un sector en el que históricamente las empresas japonesas no habían sido competitivas. El caso ilustra el estilo de gestión dinámico de Kanagawa y el sistema de valores en los que se basa y que denominamos política "profit- arithmetic" (PA). Asimismo se explica el éxito de la...Starting at €8.20
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La Entrevista HBR: Acelerando el paso
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807FStrategyEl Mahindra & Mahindra Group, una de las casas comerciales más conocidos de la India, está tratando de ser más grande, más global y más innovadora, todo al mismo tiempo. En post-económicos-reformas fiebre del oro de la India, el grupo, cuyas ventas fueron 2.007 $ 6.6 mil millones, ha invertido en una gran cantidad de negocios no relacionados, desde la fabricación de aviones para la producción de películas. El tractor insignia y las empresas de SU...Starting at €8.20
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Don't Integrate Your Acquisitions, Partner with Them (Spanish version)
Kale, Prashant; Singh, Harbir; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0912MStrategyA takeover usually signals the demise of one of the two corporations involved in the tussle - no prizes for guessing which one. Breaking with this practice, some companies from emerging markets are preserving the identity of companies they've taken over and giving them near-total autonomy. The acquirers (the AV Birla Group, the Mahindra group, and the Tata group in India; the Ulker Group in Turkey; and AmBev in Brazil, among others) have also ret...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo China cambió su agenda global de adquisiciones
Williamson, Peter J.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R1104KStrategyel progreso económico de China ha sido tan deslumbrante que la gente a menudo se olvidan de que China, Inc. ha visto su cuota de fracasos también. Basta con mirar a las primeras adquisiciones transfronterizas que las empresas chinas hicieron. Muchas de estas ofertas, incluyendo la adquisición de alto perfil de TCL de Thomson de Francia, adquisición de Ssangyong Motor Company de Corea del Sur de SAIC, y la compra de Murray de América del largo del...Starting at €8.20
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Por qué no intentamos ser la compa a más respetada de India
Murthy, N.R. Narayana; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R1111DKnowledge and CommunicationPuede que no parece ser uno, pero es bastante Murthy la contraria. En un momento en que pocos indios dicen que podrían convertirse en empresarios, fundó Infosys con sólo $ 1.000. Cuando nadie cree que la India podría competir en el campo de alta tecnología, se atrevió a desarrollar servicios de software para la exportación. En una época en que casi nadie en la India llevó a cabo negocios de manera ética, que se dispuso a crear una sociedad basada...Starting at €8.20