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NEC: A New R&D Site in Princeton (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Kobayashi, KiichiroCase HBS-803S03Service and Operations ManagementEn 1992, Daizburo Shinoda, un alto director de I + D en el NEC, tiene que lidiar con un tema de la sucesión con respecto a la dirección del sitio de I + D de NEC en Princeton, Nueva Jersey en decidir a quién nombrar como el próximo líder del NEC D sitio extranjero más importante de investigación y, Shinoda tiene a considerar una serie de factores: la estrategia global de la empresa de NEC, la historia del sitio de Princeton, y las limitaciones de...Starting at €8.20
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Leader Healthcare: Deciding on a Growth Strategy
Sonal Singh; Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B17M006-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLeader Healthcare India (LHC) was a medical devices importer firm that dealt primarily in respiratory and anesthetic devices. The company imported medical devices from U.S. manufacturers and, for the most part, performed its own marketing, sales, and service activities. In 2016, the director of LHC was concerned about LHC’s multiple failed efforts at market expansion. The company wanted to grow, but its attempts had been unsuccessful. Lack of hig...Starting at €8.20
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ibibo: Grow Independently or Sell
Meeta Dasgupta; S. Veena IyerCase IVEY-9B17M113-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, the chief executive officer of the ibibo Group, one of the largest players in India’s online travel sector, faced a major decision. MakeMyTrip, India’s market leader in online travel, had expressed interest in acquiring the ibibo Group. Should the ibibo Group’s chief executive officer accept the offer and give up partial or total control of the company, in return for growing with the market leader? Or should he continue with the business...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon and Future Group: Rethinking the Alliance Strategy
Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B16M108-EStrategyIn 2014, the chief executives officers of Amazon and Future Group led their companies into an alliance that, while initially successful, encountered some difficulties in regards to discounts on their retail products. With the global retail industry standing at US$25.4 trillion in 2016, and the percentage of which e-commerce made up 7.4 per cent, the partners would have to decide if they should resolve their conflict and remain allies, or if they ...Starting at €8.20
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Oxigen: Nurturing the Mobile Payment Ecosystem in India
Sandip Mukhopadhyay; Meeta Dasgupta; M.P. JaiswalCase IVEY-9B15M124-EStrategyIn 2013, Oxigen Services India Pvt. Ltd. launched a money transfer service integrated with the infrastructure of the National Payment Corporation of India. The Oxigen Wallet, India’s first non-bank wallet, allowed instant money transfers to and from any bank account over an extensive ecosystem, with a large retail presence across India using point-of-sale terminals. Oxigen was a major provider of bill payment and merchant payment services, with c...Starting at €8.20
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Nukkad, the Chaitastic Teafé: Consider Efficacy in Growth Options
Bandinee Pradhan; Ritu Srivastava; Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B18A003-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn December 2016, the founder of Nukkad, The Chaitastic Teafé Pvt. Ltd. (Nukkad), an organized tea café retail chain, was pleased to see that Nukkad had garnered positive reviews and ratings on numerous social media pages. He was proud of his social enterprise, which encompassed two cafés based in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Since its inception in 2013, Nukkad had created quite a buzz for its distinctive initiative: it specifically employed yout...Starting at €8.20
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Europe: An Ever Closer Union
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, Jonathan; Choi, DianeCase HBS-713085-EEconomicsIn 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive?Starting at €8.20
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Can Mexico Make Democracy Work
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714049-EEconomicsEnrique Pe a Nieto, the presidential candidate of the old Mexican ruling party elected in 2012, passed the most fundamental reforms in at least two decades. They included allowing private competition in the energy sector, including with the state-owned oil company, Pemex; strengthening competition in the telecoms industry; promoting private-bank and public development-bank lending. Also, political reforms allowed re-election (formerly prohibited...Starting at €8.20
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The German Export Engine
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-715045-EEconomicsThis case traces the economic history of modern Germany, from its beginnings in the 19th century to its strong performance during the financial crisis and its emergence as a de facto economic and political leader of Europe.Starting at €8.20
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Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State
Maurer, Noel; Spar, Debora L.; Trumbull, GunnarCase HBS-707033-EEconomicsIn 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has been rebuilt since the U.S. invasion of 2001, and what it means to create a modern state. Can state institutions be imposed from the outside? And what are the prospects for democracy ...Starting at €8.20