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Roaring Out of Recession (Spanish version)
Gulati, Ranjay; Nohria, Nitin; Wohlgezogen, FranzArticle HBS-R1003CStrategya combination of cutting costs, mainly by improving operational efficiency (rather than by slashing the number of employees relative to peers), and developing new business opportunities by making significantly greater investments than rivals do in R&D and marketing while also investing in plants and machinery.Starting at €8.20
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Indus Towers: From Infancy to Maturity
Gulati, Ranjay; Sytch, Maxim; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-415005-ELeadership and People ManagementIndus Towers, the world's largest telecom tower company, is a joint venture between three telecom rivals in India. These rivals-Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular-combined their telecom towers to provide "shared telecom infrastructure" to wireless telecom operators on a nondiscriminatory basis. The CEO has transformed Indus from a struggling startup with a monopolistic mindset into a customer-centric organization. He now wants to gr...Starting at €8.20
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BlackRock (A): Selling the Systems
Gulati, Ranjay; Rivkin, Jan W.; McNamara, KellyCase HBS-717404-EStrategyAs the case opens in 1999, several key leaders at BlackRock, Inc.- then a relatively small asset management firm -- are trying to convince CEO Larry Fink and others that the firm should begin to offer Aladdin -- its proprietary analytics and trading platform -- to other asset managers. While some members of the senior team saw "selling our systems" as an opportunity, others likened it to "selling weapons to the enemy" or "giving away the crown je...Starting at €8.20
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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 (A): Selling the Systems (with video links)
Gulati, Ranjay; Rivkin, Jan W.; McNamara, KellyCase HBS-717484-EStrategyAs the case opens in 1999, several key leaders at BlackRock, Inc.- then a relatively small asset management firm -- are trying to convince CEO Larry Fink and others that the firm should begin to offer Aladdin -- its proprietary analytics and trading platform -- to other asset managers. While some members of the senior team saw "selling our systems" as an opportunity, others likened it to "selling weapons to the enemy" or "giving away the crown je...Starting at €8.20
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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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Target: Responding to the Recession
Gulati, Ranjay; Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-510016-EMarketingWithin 10 months of Gregg Steinhafel's taking over as CEO at Target, the U.S. was mired in the most significant economic downturn in 50 years. Top competitor Wal-Mart had positioned itself well for the crisis, while Target's same store sales began to slide. While Steinhafel believed that Target's long-term strategy and positioning were right, he pondered a set of strategic and operational challenges. Did Target have the right mix of offensive and...Starting at €8.20
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Red Tomato: Keeping it Local
Alvarez, Jose B.; Shelman, Mary; Winig, LauraCase HBS-510023-EThis case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce available to large consumer markets.Starting at €8.20
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South African Airways (A)
Margolis, Joshua D.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Winig, LauraCase HBS-407014-ELeadership and People ManagementAmid efforts to engineer a turnaround at South African Airways (SAA), the CEO confronts an impending strike at the struggling company. How should the company address questions of distributive and procedural justice in post-Apartheid South Africa, and how should the CEO recover from a crucial misstep at the start of the strike? Chronicles the challenges and missteps of previous CEOs and the turnaround plan put in place by Ngqula to help curtail wa...Starting at €8.20
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Jones Lang LaSalle: Reorganizing around the Customer (2005), Teaching Note
Gulati, Ranjay; Cullen, Patrick; Marshall, LuciaTeaching Note HBS-410069-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for [410007].Starting at €0.00