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Note on Managing the Growing Venture (Spanish version)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Heskett, James L.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-808S03EntrepreneurshipFocuses on the strategic and organizational challenges that confront growing enterprises and the entrepreneurs who lead them. Provides an overview of how a new venture needs to change as it passes from the initial start-up to the growth phase. Explores how a venture's leadership, strategy, and execution need to evolve to deal with rapid growth. A rewritten version of an earlier note.Starting at €8.20
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Caroline Regis at Excel Systems (Spanish version)
Mayo, Anthony J.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-917S17Leadership and People Managementoutsourcing. Regis is threatened by the diminution in the role of in-house manufacturing and by the VP for Supply Chain Management at Gemini. The case traces Regis's reactions to the proposal. She seems ready to accede to the organizational politics and support the new strategy, only to change her mind and anger her superiors, who thought she would support the plan. She tries to seize control of the situation and threatens to resign if she is no...Starting at €8.20
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Martin Blair (Spanish version)
Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-915S05EntrepreneurshipMartin Blair es un empresario que por primera vez se basa en su experiencia en la industria de servicio de alimentos para desarrollar dos conceptos de restaurantes diferentes casi al mismo tiempo. Al relatar sus experiencias, revela varias preocupaciones importantes del empresario reflexivo, que van desde la obtención de financiamiento para la construcción de espacios físicos a cabo. Ambos restaurantes tienen éxito, y Blair ahora quiere hacer cre...Starting at €8.20
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Aston Martin: A Second Century of Performance and Luxury
Krishnan, Vish V.; Lakhani, Karim R.; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-617033-EStrategyFollowing the March 2016 launch of DB11, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.'s first new sports car platform in over a decade, the case discusses the future strategy of the famed British luxury auto manufacturer. Since its founding in 1902, Aston Martin's has been characterized by leading automotive design of bespoke luxury vehicles. In 2016, CEO Andy Palmer faced decisions about the company's future direction in an automotive industry in the midst of a di...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead
Pons, Vincent; Migdal, Amram; Lynch, MikeCase HBS-718038-EEconomicsQuikTrip, a large convenience store chain with over 500 stores, was known for its outstanding labor practices and fast, reliable, and friendly customer service. In November 2010, the CEO Chet Cadieux, had to decide how many new locations to open when QuikTrip entered a new market in North Carolina in 2011. Historically, QuikTrip had entered new markets slowly, opening 10 to 12 stores per year. And this slow growth worked well with its "people-fir...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust
George, William W.; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-318145-EKnowledge and CommunicationStarting at €8.20
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Sheila Mason & Craig Shepherd (Abridged)
Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-810114-EEntrepreneurshipThe case describes 2 individuals who have met and are in the process of starting a company together. Each is still at his/her former employer, and each has signed a different employment agreement that on paper may prohibit some contemplated acts - i.e., soliciting customers or employees. The case focuses on how individuals should think about leaving their employers in general and how these specific legal agreements may impact the situation in thi...Starting at €8.20
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Peter Jepsen
Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.; Sharpe, James M.Case HBS-813046-EEntrepreneurshipAbout to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year. Peter Jepsen, a newly minted MBA, has bought a furniture hardware manufacturing business utilizing debt and investors equity that in a very short time is about to trigger bank covenants due to ...Starting at €8.20
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SMARTBITES (A)
Roberts, Michael J.; Silva, Jeronimo; Bhide, Amar V.Case HBS-813074-EEntrepreneurshipThe case describes a Turkish brother-sister team who are evaluating the option of acquiring and operating a franchise of a U.S. bakery/cafe in Turkey. They are comparing this option to that of simply starting a similar business.Starting at €8.20
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SMARTBITES C: June 2009
Roberts, Michael J.; Bhide, Amar V.Case HBS-813111-EEntrepreneurshipSupplement for case 813074Starting at €8.20