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Tejidos Especiales Edentel 4.0 (B)
Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1170-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the trials that the head of the Production Department at Tejidos Especiales Edentel is planning in order to meet delivery dates in the best way possible. This case is based on the case "Tejidos Especiales Edentel," P-988, by Professor Josep Riverola.Starting at €5.74
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Chemical Fusion (B)
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Sabrià, FredericCase AD-363-EDecision AnalysisThe multinational IQI has sold Química del Vallès, three years after acquiring it, so the previous plan for producing pyriclamate becomes optimal for it. However, the plan of recent years was more satisfactory for it overall. The problem that must be solved is how to encourage Química del Vallès to maintain the latest plan instead of replacing it with the old one. This case is based on the case "Química del Vallès (B)" by the same authors (AD-230...Starting at €5.74
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Chemical Fusion (A)
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Sabrià, FredericCase AD-362-EDecision AnalysisDay after day, Química del Vallès is faced with the decision of how many liters of pyriclamate to produce for daily sale to the Spanish subsidiary of IQI, an English multinational. The drums of pyriclamate that are not required by the multinational should be discarded since it is a highly unstable chemical compound. Later, Química del Vallès is acquired by IQI, which makes it reasonable to assume that the production policy must be changed to obta...Starting at €8.20
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Bally AG: The DOT project (A)
Sabrià, Frederic; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1053-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the situation of one of the leading companies in the luxury goods market. The company's executive vice-president is planning some changes in the supply chain to enhance the speed of response.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
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Bioco
Calvo, Eduard; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1119-EService and Operations ManagementSitting in his office in Saint Gabriel's Hospital, Dr. Monteagudo, the head of the hospital's pharmacy, was mulling over his possibilities for reducing spending: "It's the first week of February and the hospital's general manager has already given me an ultimatum. I have no clue how we are to free up resources and achieve the savings we'll need to adjust to the budget cuts that the Ministry of Health has made for 2011." Having to comply with dra...Starting at €8.20