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Or Why the Spirit of King George III Is Alive and Well (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-310S02Information TechnologiesIntroduces issues of new service standards in an information-intensive world.Starting at €8.20
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-114031-EFinanceThis case is a sequel to Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A), (B) and (C) cases. It focuses on the causes of recent fund-raising success and the complex resource allocation problems the School faces as it tries to deliver on its mission. In conjunction with the (A), (B) & (C) cases, it is a rich story of how mission and finance can play out over a very long period.Starting at €5.74
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy Yuen; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-308058-EWith an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of distressed c...Starting at €8.20
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-116006-EDana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's enrollment is falling and deficits are becoming the norm. At the same time, the modern vision for girls' education requires an even greater investment in science and sports--at a time when Dana Hall's resources are lower than ever before. Can the school stay true to its mission? How will it find...Starting at €5.74
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Founders Factory
Rayport, Jeffrey; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-821009-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2020, Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, co-founders of Founders Factory, a venture capital fund with an accelerator and incubator program funded by investment from corporate partners, consider international expansion strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Delivering the Goods at Shippo
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Rayport, Jeffrey; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-817065-EEntrepreneurshipLaura Behrens Wu, CEO of software start-up Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo's e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates between shipping providers and print package labels, has been steady in the nine months since it went live. But traction with the firm's developer-friendly product, an API that allows la...Starting at €8.20
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Swagbucks
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-817068-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege's founder and president, must decide whether to acquire MyPoints, a competitor to Swagbucks, after a significant cultural transformation that the company has just gone through. Over the preceding two years, Davis and Gorowitz had grown Swagbucks from a relatively small venture staffed by people from G...Starting at €8.20
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Chewy.com (A)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818079-EService and Operations ManagementIn late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of the fast growing online pet food and pet products retailer Chewy.com, has to make a "bet the company decision"-whether to keep working with Chewy's third-party logistics (3PL) provider to fulfill customer orders, or whether to take this critical function in-house. Cohen worries that the company's 3PL will not be able to serve Chewy's customers as it continues to grow, and reaching scale is essential ...Starting at €8.20
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Concordia Casting Company
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-109S15Information TechnologiesDescribe cinco años de desarrollo de una actividad de procesamiento de datos centralizada que sirve una sociedad altamente descentralizada. gerente de procesamiento de datos descubre que una importante conversión del sistema de software es un año de retraso, y posteriormente hace varios cambios de gestión y organización. Plantea cuestiones de estilo de liderazgo, gestión de recursos humanos, el conflicto y el cambio organizativo.Starting at €8.20