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Meta4
Ballarín Fredes, Eduardo; Boudeguer, R. M.Case DG-1291StrategyMeta4 es un empresa española fabricante de software para la gestión de recursos humanos y gestión del conocimiento. Fundada en Madrid en 1991, con el objetivo de convertirse en una empresa global líder en innovación en el ámbito de las tecnologías de la información, la gestión del capital humano, y el conocimiento. Con una familia de productos de última generación que utilizan arquitecturas web y que tienen un contenido altamente sofisticado de g...Starting at €8.20
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JetBlue Airways: Valentine's Day 2007
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-608001-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes an operational crisis for JetBlue Airways during an ice storm in the eastern United States in February 2007 and chronicles the airline's immediate response. Provides detail concerning the history of the airline from its founding in 1999 through the February 2007 crisis, which forced the airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights over the course of six days. In addition, discusses the initial response to the crisis by CEO David Neeleman a...Starting at €8.20
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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
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Comercial Nacional (A)
Ballarín Fredes, Eduardo; Izquierdo, A.Case ASE-120-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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BSCH: La primera gran fusión de la Unión Monetaria
Ballarín Fredes, Eduardo; Boudeguer, R. M.Case DG-1266StrategyPasados sólo 15 días del inicio de la Unión Monetaria Europea, se produjo el anuncio de fusión del Banco Santander y el Banco Central Hispano - primer y tercer banco por activos de España . Tres meses después, la sociedad conjunta BSCH comenzaba a cotizar en bolsa. Todo parecía indicar que esta operación sólo brindaría éxitos y beneficios a sus responsables y a sus accionistas. La implantación del proceso de fusión - reorganización, integración d...Starting at €8.20
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Bankinter ante el tercer milenio
Ballarín Fredes, Eduardo; Boudeguer, R. M.Case DG-1257StrategyBankinter es un grupo bancario español dedicado al negocio de banca universal. Según los expertos, ante la puesta en marcha de la Unión Monetaria, la desregulación y la globalizacióndel sector bancario, los bancos europeos deben elegir entre crecer o especializarse. Bankinter se considera un líder en tecnología y en gestión del capital intelectual , pilares sobre los que basa su estrategia de desarrollo con fórmulas de negocio que ""rompen las fr...Starting at €8.20