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Vivace Logística S.A. (II): Preparando pedidos a la carta
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-95Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementDos emprendedores fundan una empresa de logística con servicios innovadores que les permiten aportar valor añadido a los clientes. El crecimiento de la empresa es grande y les obliga a afrontar más rápido de lo esperado nuevas inversiones que permitan para absorberlo. A pesar de que no disponen de fondos los emprendedores van siendo capaces de conseguirlo.Starting at €8.20
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Käthe Kruse: Una marca para el niño
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-60EntrepreneurshipEn 1989 dos empresarios compraron Käthe Kruse GmbH, una compañía conocida por sus muñecas de colección. Su objetivo era incrementar al máximo el valor de la compañía. Desde entonces la hicieron crecer potenciando las muñecas de juego e introduciendo, a lo largo de los años, nuevas líneas de producto. En 2003, Käthe Kruse comercializaba casi 2.000 referencias. Todos los productos se ajustaban a la filosofía original de Käthe Kruse, que se utilizab...Starting at €8.20
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Vivace Logística S.A. (II): Preparing Orders a la Carte
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-95-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementTwo businessmen found a logistics company with innovative services that allow them to offer their clients added value. The company grows fast, obliging them to take on new investments more quickly than they had foreseen, in order to absorb the growing demand. Despite not having funds available, the businessmen are able to pull it off.Starting at €8.20
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Mormedi S.A.
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-74-EEntrepreneurshipIn June 2004, Mormedi, a Spanish company modeled on the northern European design studios, was back in profit thanks to its aggressive pricing policy in Spain, although it had also directed its commercial plan towards the international market, which paid up to 50% more for design services. The company's priorities were to get more business, and develop a higher profile. It was earning more than they had the year before, but its margins were too lo...Starting at €8.20
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Käthe Kruse: An all-inclusive brand for kids
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-60-EEntrepreneurshipIn 1989 two entrepreneurs acquired Käthe Kruse GmbH, a company best known for its collectible dolls. Their concern was how to create the maximum possible value for the company. Since then they had grown the company by focusing more on play dolls and gradually introducing new product lines. As of 2003 Käthe Kruse sold almost 2000 references. All the products conformed to the original Käthe Kruse philosophy, which was used to differentiate the comp...Starting at €8.20
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ArcelorMittal: Consolidating the Globally Fragmented Steel Industry--A Profile of One of India's Pioneering Multinationals
Kumar, Nirmalya; Mohapatra, Pradipta K.; Chandrasekhar, Suj , PhD.Book Chapter HBS-6735BC-EArcelorMittal is a Fortune 500 company with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as well as several European exchanges--but not on the Mumbai stock exchange. The company established its position as the largest steel company in the world by leveraging low-cost production operations in emerging markets throughout the globe, and thrived for decades without establishing operations of any kind in Ind...Starting at €8.20
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Bharat Forge: Bringing Technology and Speed to the World Forging Market--A Profile of One of India's Pioneering Multinationals
Kumar, Nirmalya; Mohapatra, Pradipta K.; Chandrasekhar, Suj , PhD.Book Chapter HBS-6737BC-EIn the past decade, manufacturers in Eastern Europe, China, and Southeast Asia have established reputations for quality, reliability, and cost efficiency. But manufacturing-led, export-driven growth bypassed India...until now. Whereas Indian manufacturing has generally been associated with belching machines, clanking equipment, flooded mud roads, and unreliable power supplies, a few companies are emerging as contenders for domination of global ma...Starting at €8.20
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Hindalco: Globalizing Through a Transformational Merger--A Profile of One of India's Pioneering Multinationals
Kumar, Nirmalya; Mohapatra, Pradipta K.; Chandrasekhar, Suj , PhD.Book Chapter HBS-6739BC-EThe story behind Hindalco's $6 billion acquisition of Novelis is of particular interest because of the firm's boldness. When Hindalco made the bid in 2007, Novelis represented the largest Indian investment in North America and the second-largest overseas investment by an Indian company, behind Tata's purchase of Corus just two weeks earlier. Would this bold move prove an effective way for Hindalco to go global and ensure long-term profitability b...Starting at €8.20
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Mahindra & Mahindra: Leveraging India's Size for Global Scale in Tractors--A Profile of One of India's Pioneering Multinationals
Kumar, Nirmalya; Mohapatra, Pradipta K.; Chandrasekhar, Suj , PhD.Book Chapter HBS-6740BC-EMahindra & Mahindra started in 1945 at the dawn of Indian independence and has since transformed from a steel trader, to an assembler of Jeeps from kits imported from the U.S., to a multifaceted business with a global presence in eight key sectors and global revenue in 2008 of $6.7 billion. This chapter focuses on M&M's two largest businesses--automotive and farm equipment, tracing the company's sometimes rocky journey to becoming a global powerh...Starting at €8.20
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Challenges for Indian Multinationals--The Global Future
Kumar, Nirmalya; Mohapatra, Pradipta K.; Chandrasekhar, Suj , PhD.Book Chapter HBS-6745BC-EIndian companies have transformed very quickly from small, tentative domestic players to competitive global powerhouses. Despite the bullish sentiment in India and the high level of confidence among Indian executives in their ability to manage multinational corporations, we must not forget that the "Indian multinational" is still in an embryonic stage. There is no reason to expect that the process of building the Indian global powerhouses, capabl...Starting at €8.20