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The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A) (Spanish version)
Watkins, Michael D.; Passow, SamuelCase HBS-909S03StrategyThis case explores the conflict between Shell Oil and Greenpeace over Shell's plans to sink the aging Brent Spar oil platform in the North Atlantic. It details the tactics Greenpeace employed and examines Shell's responses.Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas
Miles, Stephen A.; Watkins, Michael D.Article HBS-R0704F-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Senior leadership teams whose members play complementary roles have been chronicled as far back as Homer's account of the Trojan War: Although King Agamemnon commanded the Greek army, Achilles, Odysseus, and Nestor each played a distinct role in defeating Troy. Tod...Starting at €8.20
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Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing
Nicholas, Tom; Guilford, MatthewCase HBS-814065-EEntrepreneurshipAt the time of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) and for several decades after it, Great Britain dominated the global production of cotton textiles. In fact, Britain became so dominant in textile manufacturing and trading that Manchester, its industrial capital, was nicknamed "Cottonopolis." By contrast, American manufacturing of export-oriented or even tradable-quality cotton textiles was practically nonexistent. This position of rela...Starting at €8.20
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The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-811034-EEntrepreneurshipWilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright were fascinated by the mystery of flight and they built on the ideas of prominent earlier figures such as Octave Chanute (1832-1910) the French-born American who was influential in fostering the free exchange of ideas surrounding aeronautics. Information exchange between practical tinkerers from across the globe led to a process of cumulative innovation unhindered by rivalry operating through the ...Starting at €8.20
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The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-811063-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 811-034.Starting at €0.00
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The "Wonder Drug" that Killed Babies
Krieger, Joshua Lev; Nicholas, Tom; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818044-EEconomicsIn the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children may have been affected. Just a handful of these children were born in the U.S., where safety concerns were raised by Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, the medical officer handling the thali...Starting at €8.20
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Masayoshi Son and the Vision Fund
Nicholas, Tom; Nanda, Ramana; Roth, Benjamin N.Case HBS-819041-EEntrepreneurshipIn October 2016 SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese conglomerate giant caused a significant shock to the worldwide market for venture capital and private equity by announcing the Vision Fund, the largest tech investment fund in the world at close to $100 billion. The reputation of legendary SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son depended on the success of the Vision Fund, a considerable challenge given the difficulties associated with organizing a large pool ...Starting at €8.20