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Tektronix, Inc.: Global ERP Implementation (Spanish Version)
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; Westerman, George; Cotteleer, MarkCase HBS-608S10Service and Operations ManagementExámenes de la aplicación de una solución de planificación de recursos empresariales (ERP) en los tres de sus divisiones de negocio globales de Tektronix. Este caso cuenta la historia de tres implementaciones, cada uno con su propio carácter y requisitos. gestores de Tektronix necesarios para sincronizar los requerimientos de cada división con la necesidad general de la compañía para estandarizar las prácticas comerciales y su deseo de adherirse ...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
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Vipp A/S, Teaching Note
Austin, Robert D.Teaching Note HBS-609099-EMarketingTeaching Note for [607052].Starting at €0.00
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Wikipedia: Project Esperanza
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan; Gorbatai, Andreea; Zuzul, TionaCase HBS-712493-EStrategyIn October 2006, Wikipedia was the largest volunteer-run on-line encyclopedia which could be freely read and edited by anyone with internet access. Within almost six years of its founding in 2001, the project had attracted hundreds of thousands of editors who had written over 1.2 million articles in English alone. Almost 10 percent of world-wide internet users accessed Wikipedia at least once a month. Just as Wales was stepping down, the editor c...Starting at €8.20
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Yammer (A)
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan; Herman, Kerry; Smith, AaronCase HBS-713407-EStrategyIn spring 2012, Yammer was on track to become a highly successful standalone company. Yammer was a leading Enterprise Social Network (ESN), providing companies a private social network in which employees could collaborate securely and efficiently. However, later that year, Microsoft executives unexpectedly reached out with an offer to acquire Yammer for $1.2 billion and integrate Yammer into the Microsoft Office division. An integration with Micr...Starting at €8.20
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Yammer (B)
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan; Smith, AaronCase HBS-713483-EStrategySupplement to Yammer (A), case 712-494.Starting at €5.74
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Going Social: Durex in China
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan; Smith, AaronCase HBS-714430-EStrategyWhen Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a leading consumer goods company, first entered China, it encountered significant challenges. RB's strategy relied on selling high margin products supported by cost-effective advertising and distribution, but the highly competitive Chinese market made it hard to sustain high margins, inflated television advertising rates made marketing expensive, and an inefficient distribution system increased costs further. In 2010,...Starting at €8.20
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F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market, Teaching Note
Austin, Robert D.; Applegate, Lynda M.; Lyytinen, Kalle; Penttinen, Esko; Saarinen, TimoTeaching Note HBS-809151-EMarketingTeaching Note for [809099].Starting at €0.00
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Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan; Fernandez-Mateo, Isabel; Chen, DavidCase HBS-709469-EStrategyZopa, a U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending company, connected individual lenders and borrowers via an online interface. The company charged a small fee for completed loan transactions but has not turned a profit. Zopa offered two platforms, Markets and Listings. Markets was an automated system that assembled loans by combining lowest loan offers from different Zopa lenders. Zopa Listings allowed prospective borrowers to post eBay-like listings expla...Starting at €8.20
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CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development
Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-607084-EInformation TechnologiesA CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model" (CMM) within her IT department. The decision is proving surprisingly controversial; some of her best developers prefer adopting an "agile" methodological approach instead. Compares and contrasts the CMM and agile methodologies, such as Kent Beck's eXtreme Programming.Starting at €8.20