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Randall Krantz (A): Transitioning a Career
Innes, Rosie; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-262-ELeadership and People ManagementRandall Krantz sets out to transition his career out of engineering and into an environmental NGO. The case outlines Krantz' career before taking on the MBA, his refocusing and his strategy for finding the job he feels he needs. The path leads him to dead ends, but eventually he finds something that might fit.Starting at €8.20
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Dunlop Slazenger International, Ltd. - Spain (A)
Miller, PaddyCase FH-536-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter the collapse of its agent's business in Spain Dunlop Slazenger decide to appoint a General Manager to resuscitate the business there. This case outlines the general economic environment, the market and the first steps that the General Manager takes on the road to recovery.Starting at €8.20
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Open Innovation at Siemens
Lakhani, Karim R.; Hutter, Katja; Pokrywa, Stephanie Healy; Fuller, JohannCase HBS-613100-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes Siemens, a worldwide innovator in the Energy, Healthcare, Industry, and Infrastructure & Cities sectors, and its efforts to develop and commercialize new R&D through open innovation, including internal and external crowdsourcing contests. Emphasis is placed on exploring actual open innovation initiatives within Siemens and their outcomes. These include creating internal social- and knowledge-sharing networks and utilzing third ...Starting at €8.20
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SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud
Lakhani, Karim R.; Iansiti, Marco; Fisher, NoahCase HBS-614052-EService and Operations ManagementIn May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at SAP's investors meeting, at a time when the company's stock is near record high. A 2010 strategy committed the company to a transition to cloud computing. The main driver behind this transition was the development of SAP HANA, an in-memory computing technology that combined database, ...Starting at €8.20
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Bayern Munich in China
Lakhani, Karim R.; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Norris, Michael; Herman, KerryCase HBS-617025-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2015, German football club Bayern Munich is considering how to enter the Chinese market. Should it build its own infrastructure or rely on third-party partnerships to reach this massive football fanbase?Starting at €8.20
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La división de Barcelona de Hewlett Packard
Miller, PaddyCase FH-547Leadership and People ManagementEl caso analiza brevemente la historia de la división Hewlett-Packard de Barcelona desde sus inicios en 1984 como unidad fabricante bajo licencia, hasta la actualidad, en la que se ha convertido en un centro con beneficios importantes y responsable de su propio marketing, producción y distribución global. El papel y la contribución de cada uno de los directores generales es discutido antes de la llegada del director general Rich Raimondi. Raimond...Starting at €8.20
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Hewlett Packard Barcelona Division
Miller, PaddyCase FH-547-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case briefly traces the history of the Barcelona Division of Hewlett-Packard from its inception in 1984, as a manufacturing unit producing under licence, to the present time, when it is a fully-fledged profit centre responsible for its own global marketing, production and distribution. The role and contribution of each of the general managers is discussed before the arrival of general manager Rich Raimondi. Raimondi is typical of many expatri...Starting at €8.20
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TSG Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics
Zhu, Feng; Lakhani, Karim R.; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-616010-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Dietmar Hopp, owner of Germany's Bundesliga football team TSG Hoffenheim and co-founder of the global enterprise software company SAP, was considering how to ensure long-term sustainability and competitiveness for TSG Hoffenheim. While historically a small team from bottom rungs of the league, TSG Hoffenheim, with revenues of 60 million to 70 million, reached the top division of the Bundesliga in the 2008-2009 season thanks to a de...Starting at €8.20
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Hewlett Packard: The Journey from BCD to ICD
Ford S.; Miller, PaddyCase FH-724-ELeadership and People ManagementSet at the time of the Hewlett-Packard and Compaq merger, the case describes the transformation of HP's Barcelona Division from a major individual player in the large-format printer market to a "product-generating" unit within a newly restructured Hewlett-Packard. The history and implementation of the changes are presented, and reactions within the organization are discussed.Starting at €8.20
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Finanzauto S.A.
Miller, Paddy; Velamuri, RamaCase FH-633Leadership and People ManagementEste caso aborda los problemas de un director general que se hace cargo de una empresa adquirida por medio de una OPA hostil. Aunque el director general tiene considerables conocimientos y experiencia en el sector, se encuentra con una serie de dificultades, una de las cuales, no la menos grave, es que los datos financieros utilizados para calcular la oferta por la empresa parece que eran muy imprecisos. Cuando se hace cargo de la compañía, descu...Starting at €8.20