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Ransom on the High Seas: The Case of Piracy in Somalia
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra; Michael Train; Jeanne McNettCase IVEY-9B11M104-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn recent years, incidents of piracy have increased dramatically off the coast of the failed state of Somalia. In this case, a group of 14 pirates have hijacked a cargo ship full of machinery, but have yet to make any demands. They hold hostage a multinational crew of 20 (whose captain and two officers are American), the ship, and the cargo. The chief operating officer of an international shipping company must choose among alternative strategies ...Starting at €8.20
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Burgess, Richard , Jr.; Carpio, Robert , III; Wheeler, WilliamCase HBS-311085-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis.Starting at €8.20
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Scotty Smiley
Snook, Scott A.; Crandall, DougCase HBS-412058-ELeadership and People ManagementU.S. Army Lieutenant Scotty Smiley faces the biggest challenge of his young life. What will he do after learning that the wounds he received from a car bomb in Iraq have left him permanently blinded? On April 6, 2005, Lieutenant Scotty Smiley was grievously wounded by a suicide bomber while leading his infantry platoon during a combat patrol in Iraq. This is a biographical case that outlines who Scotty was prior to this incident and asks readers ...Starting at €8.20
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Burgess, Richard , Jr.; Carpio, Robert , III; Wheeler, WilliamCase HBS-311086-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis. The (B) case describes the decision made and the rational behind it.Starting at €5.74
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Paul Bremer at the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
Kaplan, Robert Steven; Taranto, NicholasCase HBS-411010-ELeadership and People ManagementSince becoming the President's envoy responsible for post-war Iraq, Paul Bremer endured many sleepless nights, struggling with the decision of how to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Despite daily assassination attempts, tribal warfare, growing violence, and political pressure--at home in Washington, D.C. and abroad--the CPA undertook the difficult task of handing over power to an Iraqi civil society which was simultaneously being rebui...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Bramble Bush (A)
Levav, Jonathan; Melvin, Sheila; Assenheim, OmriCase SGSB-OM39A-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered his army to invade the neighboring, oil-rich state of Kuwait; within two days, Iraq had largely overcome organized military resistance and occupied its neighbor. A near-total financial and trade embargo imposed on Iraq failed to persuade it to leave Kuwait and in January 1991, U.S.-led coalition forces launched “Operation Desert Storm” with an air offensive against Iraq...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Bramble Bush (B)
Levav, Jonathan; Melvin, Sheila; Assenheim, OmriCase SGSB-OM39B-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered his army to invade the neighboring, oil-rich state of Kuwait; within two days, Iraq had largely overcome organized military resistance and occupied its neighbor. A near-total financial and trade embargo imposed on Iraq failed to persuade it to leave Kuwait and in January 1991, U.S.-led coalition forces launched “Operation Desert Storm” with an air offensive against Iraq...Starting at €5.74
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Ransom on the High Seas: The Case of Piracy in Somalia (Spanish version)
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra; Michael Train; Jeanne McNettCase IVEY-9B11MS104Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn recent years, incidents of piracy have increased dramatically off the coast of the failed state of Somalia. In this case, a group of 14 pirates have hijacked a cargo ship full of machinery, but have yet to make any demands. They hold hostage a multinational crew of 20 (whose captain and two officers are American), the ship, and the cargo. The chief operating officer of an international shipping company must choose among alternative strategies ...Starting at €8.20