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Putzmeister Ibérica
García, Pilar; Gay, Francisco; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-95Leadership and People ManagementLa implantación de políticas de flexibilidad y conciliación pueden suponer una importante y profunda transformación, no sólo de la organización y los procedimientos de una empresa, sino también de las personas que la integran. Putzmeister Ibérica puso en marcha un innovador programa de flexibilidad, respondiendo a un nuevo estilo de liderazgo y, para conseguirlo, los máximos responsables del área de recursos humanos tuvieron que llevar a cabo un ...Starting at €8.20
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Wilfredo Cáceres, una trayectoria integrada
Chinchilla, Nuria; Gay, FranciscoCase DPO-114Leadership and People Management"...soy una persona que necesita hacer cosas, aunque siempre compatibilizándolas con mis responsabilidades en otros ámbitos, especialmente en el familiar. Una persona que necesita afrontar proyectos y sacarlos adelante, que ha recibido mucho, aunque haya dado mucho, y que entiende que tiene la responsabilidad de dar más. Especialmente a mi país, una vez que mi familia ya tiene más de lo que necesita. Y la mejor forma en la que sé hacerlo es hacie...Starting at €8.20
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W. L. Gore & Asociados, S. L.
Gay, Francisco; Rodríguez Porras, José MaríaCase FH-483Leadership and People ManagementDescribe la trayectoria, las reflexiones y el estilo de dirección de Jean Claude Laulan, country coordinator de Gore & Associates en España, complementado con los comentarios de sus colaboradores. (Also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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Luis Arrese (A): The Locomotive (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Gay, Francisco; Ribera, Alberto; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-801-PBLeadership and People ManagementLuis Arrese is about to get the role he has dreamed of since childhood: general manager (CEO) of the European subsidiary of a multinational company. Luis has come from a humble family background and, thanks to his remarkable intellectual abilities, effort, self-motivation and sacrifice, has made rapid career progression in the company, from the very bottom to just one step from CEO. To get this far, he worked his way up several subsidiaries and t...Starting at €8.20
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Luis Arrese (C): Holidays
Gay, Francisco; Ribera, Alberto; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-803-ELeadership and People ManagementSome stories are recounted about the impact of Luis' professional career on his family. This case replaces the DPO-65-E Fernando Ruiz (C): Family Issues from the same authors.Starting at €5.74
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-809004-EFinanceBy 2008, a number of the firm's early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on later-stage investments?...Starting at €8.20
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The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Corcoran, James; Gazor, Max; Hogarty, Dylan; Somers, Alexander H., Jr.Case HBS-810129-EEntrepreneurshipThe market for electricity on the Fox Islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity via an underwater cable and maintaining the distribution network on the islands. George Baker, a professor at Harvard Business School, decided to lower the energy costs of the island's reside...Starting at €8.20
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Richardson, Evan; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812133-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20
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Foro Energy (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-812136-EEntrepreneurshipForo Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending fiber-laser technologies that could disrupt existing processes and services for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. These breakthrough laser technologies were protected by a strong intellectual property (IP) portfolio, which provided Foro with the flexibility to pursue a number of different business models. The market potential for oilfield applications was large, as global s...Starting at €8.20
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TerraPower
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; Lassiter, Joseph B.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-813108-EEntrepreneurshipJohn Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. ...Starting at €8.20