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Stewarding the Soil: An Ontario Farmer’s Quest for Regenerative Agricultural Practices
Wren Montgomery; Pratima Bansal; Melanie Issett; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B20M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBlake Vince is a fifth-generation farmer who adheres to seemingly unconventional farming techniques. Most farmers in southwestern Ontario use conventional industrial farming methods such as tilling their fields, relying on pesticides and fertilizers, and monocropping (i.e., planting the same crops on the same plot of land year after year). Vince, however, embraces more regenerative agricultural practices (such as no-till farming, wherein the top ...Starting at €8.20
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Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (C)
Pratima Bansal; Pamela Laughland; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B09M082-EStrategyThis is a supplement to Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A) and (B), products 9B09M080 and 9B09M081 and, taken together, this case series illustrates why industrial farming has supplanted the farm-based agricultural system.Starting at €5.74
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Transition at DataCo (Spanish Version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-818S06EntrepreneurshipEl fundador de una compañía de análisis de datos, Stefan Brecht, tiene varios problemas con su desarrollador de negocios clave y el jefe de marketing y ventas, Tamara Smithson. Smithson, un alquiler principios que habían sido fundamentales en la construcción de la empresa funciona como un miembro, no se atreve a delegar tareas y clientes, y, como Brecht lo ve "a menudo pone los asuntos del cliente por delante de las necesidades y procedimientos d...Starting at €8.20
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PV Technologies, Inc.: Were They Asleep at the Switch (Spanish Version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Badame, DianeCase HBS-913S02MarketingPV Technologies, Inc. es un fabricante líder en la industria de los inversores fotovoltaicos utilizados para convertir la salida de corriente continua de los paneles solares en corriente alterna de la red eléctrica comercial. En conjunción con una solicitud de propuesta, más grandes realiza los clientes de la compañía una evaluación de rutina y ocupa el tercer PV Tecnologías detrás de dos principales competidores. El director de ventas y marketin...Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Ryan at VC Brakes (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-915S01Leadership and People ManagementAn aftermarket brake component manufacturer, VC Brakes, is bought out by a global automotive parts corporation after the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike its previous parent company, the new owner attempts to change VC Brakes' autocratic management style and finger-pointing culture with a Total Quality Management (TQM) program. Andrew Ryan is a senior manager at VC Brakes. With the guidance of a strong mentor and a reputation as a successful change ...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Product Management Code (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-917S20MarketingPemberton Products is a U.S. market leader in the cookie and bakery snacks segment of the sweet snack market. Looking to expand into the salty snack market, the company acquires Krispy Inc., a maker of salty snack crackers located in the southeastern U.S. To compete with premium cracker brands, Pemberton plans to reformulate and re-launch the Krispy brand as "Krispy Natural," which offers natural ingredients, improved taste, and revised packaging...Starting at €8.20
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La planta de Union Carbide en Bhopal (B)
Kou, Julia; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-704S19EconomicsDescribe las secuelas de la explosión en Bhopal.Starting at €5.74
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Nike and International Labor Practices (Spanish version)
Spar, Debora L.; Burns, JenniferCase HBS-712S17EconomicsNike and International Labor Practices' is set in the mid-1990s, when Nike, one of the world's most successful footwear companies, is hit by a spate of alarmingly bad publicity. After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on low-cost, exploited labor in its overseas plants. Nike officials vigorously deny the charges, claiming that Nike has no control ove...Starting at €8.20
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The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Nicholas; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-712S18EconomicsIn the final years of the 20th century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought under control through a combination of education, prevention, and cutting-edge medicines. But in the developing world, where health care expenditures were often paltry, AIDS continued to rampage. By the y...Starting at €8.20
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SafeBlend Fracturing (Spanish version)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Cespedes, Frank V.; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-915S14MarketingThe CEO of SafeBlend Technologies must set a price for the company's environmentally friendly fracturing fluid additive. The firm is negotiating a new contract with its biggest client, Bristol Natural Gas. For the past two years, SafeBlend has been the sole provider of additives to Bristol due to aggressive negotiation and limited competition. New competitors are entering the market, and the CEO believes one competitor is prepared to offer Bristo...Starting at €8.20