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FC Barcelona: más que un club, más que datos
Zamora, Javier; Sastre Boquet, Isaac; Ana María ViletCase SI-206Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyA finales de la década de 2010, el Fútbol Club Barcelona se había convertido en uno de los clubs deportivos más importantes del mundo, cuyo éxito deportivo se acompañaba de unos ingresos que habían crecido a mucho en poco tiempo, rozando la cifra de los 1000 millones de euros. La organización del club había ido creciendo y adaptándose, a veces con dificultades, a la nueva realidad del fútbol, un gigantesco negocio global que ya no podía gestionar...Starting at €8.20
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Casa de América virtual: "Disfruta, descubre, piensa, ven"
Zamora, Javier; Díez, SusanaCase SI-183Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationImma Turbau, directora general de Casa de América, se encontraba en su despacho, en la primera planta del Palacio de Linares, en la plaza de Cibeles de Madrid, revisando los últimos datos de seguimiento de audiencias de Casa de América Virtual. El festival VivAmérica acababa de concluir de forma exitosa; éste había sido el tercer festival desde que Turbau había asumido la dirección general y había impulsado el proyecto Casa de América Virtual. La...Starting at €8.20
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Virtual Casa de América: "Enjoy, Discover, Think, Visit"
Zamora, Javier; Díez, SusanaCase SI-183-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationImma Turbau, general manager of Casa de América, was sitting in her office on the first floor of Madrid's Linares Palace on Cibeles Square going over the latest follow-up data on visits to Virtual Casa de América. The VivAmérica Festival had just ended successfully; it was the third festival since Turbau had taken on the role of GM and launched the Virtual Casa de América project. The project's second phase was about to begin and it was a good ti...Starting at €8.20
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Ratings Pioneer Turns 20 (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-518S31MarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it, "particularly on high cost of failure s...Starting at €8.20
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The Jaguar Project (Spanish version)
Gino, Francesca; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-610S17Service and Operations ManagementTeradyne, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, embarked on a multiyear effort to improve its product development capabilities and to implement more formalized project management approaches. Examines the development of a new-generation tester that involved significant hardware and software design. For this, the company decided to implement new approaches to project management and project teams. Invites discussion of the effectiv...Starting at €8.20
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American Connector Co. (A) (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-604S12Service and Operations ManagementAmerican Connector Co. is forced to reexamine operations at its Sunnyvale plant when a Japanese competitor announces plans to build an "ultimate" plant in the United States. Case examines issues related to benchmarking a competitor's manufacturing capabilities and productivity. Allows students to compare two companies' manufacturing strategies and their implications for productivity and flexibility.Starting at €8.20
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Tramsa Mobility on the Ropes: Dealing with a Cyberattack (B)
Valor Sabatier, Josep; Zamora, Javier; Jesus Pérez Balaguer; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-209-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementIn summer 2020, Tramsa Mobility, a Spanish transportation carrier that operated several concession contracts from the administration, was victim of a ransomware attack that seriously threatened the ability of the company to operate the thousands of buses that gave service to some of the largest cities in the country. The case, broken up in three different parts, describes how the company dealt with the crisis, with new challenges and difficultie...Starting at €5.74
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Fiat-Chrysler Alliance: Launching the Cinquecento in North America
Pisano, Gary P.; Andrews, Phillip; Di Fiore, AlessandroCase HBS-611037-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Fiat ended its 27-year absence in the North American automobile market when the first Cinquecento (500)-a very small, iconic Italian car that had strong sales in Europe-was delivered on March 10, 2011. The Italian automaker re-entered the market through an alliance with Chrysler, the American automaker Fiat acquired in April 2009. For Laura Soave, Chrysler Group's head of Fi...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.
Pisano, Gary P.; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dittrich, RuthCase HBS-611065-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven organisation had grown into one of Europe's largest biotech firms by revenues. Their success was mainly founded on their orphan indication drug Tracleer, which Actelion sold and market...Starting at €8.20
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise: The Dandelion Program
Pisano, Gary P.; Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-617016-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes Hewlett Packard Enteprise's "Dandelion Program," which has developed a new service offering for the company's clients by drawing on the special talents of people with autism. The company has deployed "pods" organized around 8 or 9 employees with autism, to function as high performance mini-ecosystems, which have turned out to be 30% more effective than average service teams (in some areas). The case centers around questions of...Starting at €8.20