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The LEGO Group: Envisioning Risks in Asia (B) (Spanish Version)
Mikes, Anette; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-114S20Accounting and ControlEste breve complementos de seguimiento del caso sobre el grupo LEGO: Intensificación en Asia (9-113-054), y discute las consecuencias de la sesión de planificación de escenarios, en los que los gestores de LEGO contemplan los riesgos de su nueva estrategia asiática. El ejercicio de la planificación de escenarios jugó un papel en la realización de los directivos que el Grupo podría no simplemente 'copiar y pegar' su modelo operativo existente a tr...Starting at €5.74
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Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-413120-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2013, Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, considered the firm's strategic plan. In 2000, Byriel and Mette Bendix, Kvadrat's Product Director, had taken over management of the company from their fathers, who had founded Kvadrat in the 1960s. Byriel and Bendix had joined Kvadrat in 1992, and since that time, Kvadrat had grown from 19 million in annual sales to over 86 million. It had expanded its focus ...Starting at €8.20
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Suominen Wipes the Slate Clean
Groysberg, Boris; Heikkinen, Kalle; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-416047-EStrategyIn 2016, after successfully turning around Finnish nonwovens manufacturer Suominen, CEO Nina Kopola faces a decision on the company's strategy moving forward.Starting at €8.20
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Estonia: Transition, EU Membership, and the Euro
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.; Solvell, OrjanCase HBS-713479-EStrategyThe case discusses the economic development of Estonia, covering specifically the period from regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 until 2015. It tracks the process from the initial transition towards a market economy to becoming an EU member country, including the 2007 crisis and the government's response to it. The overall performance of the economy, the profile of its key clusters, and the quality of its business environment in...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability of Competitive Advantage
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-714489-EStrategyThis note introduces a framework for analyzing the sustainability of competitive advantage. (While it applies more broadly, it was developed as a component of the PVA framework.)Starting at €8.20
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Radiometer, 2003
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-715409-EStrategyIn 2003, Radiometer was the world's leading supplier of blood gas analysis equipment and accessories for critical care patients. Based in Denmark, Radiometer sold through a combination of sales subsidiaries and distributors around the world, and generated sales of over DKr 1,791 million ($272 million). Blood gas analysis formed part of the $27.7 billion in-vitro diagnostic market. Although sales were strong, Radiometer remained focused on its fu...Starting at €8.20
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DONG Energy: Clean and Reliable Energy
Bower, Joseph L.; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-312108-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The head of Denmark's largest energy group pondered how to use their limited resources to advance the delivery of clean and reliable energy. The Danish State owned DONG Energy had started life as an importer and trader of gas and oil. Under the leadership of the current CEO, Anders Eldrup, the company had become an energy group, present in all steps of the gas and oil value ...Starting at €8.20
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Iceland: Small fish in a global pond
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.Case HBS-708472-EEconomicsDescribes the economic development of Iceland since 1945, focusing in particular on the years since 2000, when Iceland experienced strong growth and Icelandic companies aggressively internationalized.Starting at €8.20
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Denmark: Globalization and the Welfare State
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Kramarz, BenjaminCase HBS-709015-EEconomicsThis case describes how Denmark has balanced the impacts of globalization, including outsourcing and movement of labor with its social welfare offerings. Reforms implemented during the past two decades drove down unemployment, promoted new company formation, and put the country at or near the top of international polls on the ease of doing business. The case describes how Danes forged a consensus that embraced international trade and outsourcing ...Starting at €8.20
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Emerging Nokia?
Alcacer, Juan; Khanna, Tarun; Furey, Mary; Mabud, RakeenCase HBS-710429-EStrategyBy late 2009, Nokia was grappling with the decision of whether to recover its leading position in the high-profit developed markets, where they were losing market share to the likes of Apple and Samsung, or defend its market leadership in the low-margin, high-volume emerging markets. This case poses the following questions: Should Nokia stay the course, operating in both the developed and emerging markets, or should they forego one for the other?...Starting at €8.20