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Globaltex
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Vilà, JoaquimCase DG-1403StrategyUna empresa textil pone en marcha la figura del director general de planta como una forma de avanzar desde una típica organización funcional.Starting at €8.20
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Prefabricados Planas 2007: construyendo un futuro deseado
Vilà, Joaquim; Ollé, Manel; Fernández, José A.Case SM-1580Innovation and Change, StrategyA finales de 2007, Prefabricados Planas quiere revisar su forma de hacer negocios, aunque sus resultados son muy satisfactorios. El sector de la construcción en España va viento en popa, pero, a pesar de ello, la empresa define una estrategia ambiciosa, con un cambio importante del enfoque de su negocio. Se plantean diversas alternativas de implantación para lograr que una estrategia innovadora dé resultados. También se consideran todos los esque...Starting at €8.20
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Creatively Solving Complex Problems at Great United Bank
Vilà, Joaquim; Doval, HismaelCase SM-1651-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, StrategyWorking at the U.K. subsidiary of Great United Bank's private banking services division, Henry Duval needs to produce a comprehensive project brief for the Steering Committee about a design thinking project aimed at creating a banking mobile phone application for millennials.Starting at €8.20
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Aecork y el polvo de corcho
Rodríguez-Llauder, María Dolores; Vilà, JoaquimCase DG-1137StrategyEste caso presenta la situación a que se enfrenta el secretario de la Asociación de Empresarios Corcheros de Cataluña (AECORK), organización sin ánimo de lucro, en Septiembre de 1994, frente al problema de cómo solventar la generación diaria de 20 Tn de polvo de corcho por parte de sus asociados, industriales instalados en poblaciones de la Costa Brava. El tema de medio ambiente se complica por el hecho de que, en su mayoría, las empresas son peq...Starting at €8.20
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A)
Mukunda, Gautam; Mazzanti, Lisa; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-414019-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, was considering shutting down mines in South Africa for safety reasons, namely worker fatalities. No company had ever done so before. Carroll felt that operating a company whose goal was anything less than "zero harm" (meaning no fatalities or serious injuries) was unacceptable. As the first woman and non-South African to lead the century-old company, ma...Starting at €8.20
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (B)
Mukunda, Gautam; Mazzanti, Lisa; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-414020-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, ordered the temporary shutdown of Anglo American Platinum's Rustenburg, South Africa mines in response to a spate of deaths at the operations. The case lays out Carroll's requirements of what had to be done before the Rustenburg mines could restart operations, including the implementation of a new safety program for tens of thousands of workers that call...Starting at €5.74
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Genzyme Center (C)
Toffel, Michael W.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-610010-EService and Operations ManagementGenzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green building rating scheme, the CEO charged the building team with exploring opportunities that would enable the building to earn the highest rating, LEED Platinum. Five additional green bui...Starting at €5.74
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BlackRock (C): Integrating BGI
Gulati, Ranjay; Rivkin, Jan W.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-717406-EStrategyThis (C) case is a supplement to HBS case no. 717-404 "BlackRock (A): Selling the Systems?"Starting at €5.74
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BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM - Teaching Note
Gulati, Ranjay; Gilson, Stuart C.; Sesia, AldoTeaching Note HBS-719431-EStrategyTeaching note to case 717405 and 717485Starting at €0.00
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COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd.
Bell, David E.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-508079-EMarketingIn 2005, COFCO Ltd., one of China's largest and most successful companies, acquired Xinjiang Tunhe, a tomato processing firm, which had been, in recent years, poorly managed. COFCO changed Tunhe's management team and set out to create a culture of professionalism and impressed upon the employees that the customer came first. Qin Yelong, Tunhe president, had ambitious goals for the company. he wanted Tunhe to be the world's largest supplier of tom...Starting at €8.20