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Passion for Learning (Spanish Version)
Keller, Greg; McGahan, Anita M.; Coxe, Dale O.; Ganot, IsraelCase HBS-717S12StrategyDescribe los desafíos que enfrenta un recién graduado de HBS que ha comenzado una compañía de juguetes de correo directo. El empresario debe evaluar las condiciones de la industria, tanto en los juguetes y el correo directo, y determinar si ha desarrollado un concepto de negocio viable. Presenta detallan las proyecciones financieras asociadas con cada uno de los tres principales opciones de reposicionamiento.Starting at €8.20
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Pharmaceutical Industry in the 1990s (Spanish Version)
McGahan, Anita M.; Keller, Greg; McGuire, John F.Case HBS-718S18StrategyDescribe la industria farmacéutica en la década de 1990, con particular énfasis en las fusiones entre fabricantes americanos y prescripción-beneficios gerentes (PBM). PBM son los distribuidores con un acceso sin precedentes a la información sobre las características del paciente y el médico. Los estudiantes tienen la oportunidad de analizar las fusiones utilizando técnicas de transacciones costo.Starting at €8.20
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Saturn: una compañía de automóviles distinta
McGahan, Anita M.; Keller, GregCase HBS-703S05StrategySaturno era (GM) como respuesta a las empresas japonesas General Motors dominio del mercado de los coches pequeños a mediados de la década de 1980. En los años de tres y medio desde su primera sedán salió de la línea de montaje, el Saturn Corp. había acumulado una impresionante lista de logros. En abril de 1994 equipo de alta dirección de Saturno se reunió con el liderazgo de GM para discutir el plan de negocio de la filial. Como presidente de Sa...Starting at €8.20
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Art Feeds: Scaling a Non-profit Organization
Colleen Sharen; Tess WiddifieldCase IVEY-9B14M159-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early June 2013, the executive director of Art Feeds, which provided therapeutic art and creative education to school children to help them achieve mental and emotional well-being, needed to make a recommendation to her board about whether to expand the current operations in Joplin, Missouri, to Moore, Oklahoma, after a devastating tornado in Moore. She needed to determine whether the organization had the resources required to expand successfu...Starting at €8.20
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Women's Community House and Mine101: Is Social Enterprise Worth It
Colleen SharenCase IVEY-9B14M095-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2013, the director of transitional and community programs at Women’s Community House (WCH) must decide whether to renew the retail lease on WCH’s used-clothing boutique, Mine101. This social enterprise was launched to generate income for WCH’s children’s programming, but lost money in its first two years of operations. The decision to renew the lease begs a larger question: Should Women’s Community House continue to operate Mine101? The di...Starting at €8.20
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St. John the Compassionate Mission: Organizational Culture and Leadership
Colleen SharenCase IVEY-9B14C001-ELeadership and People ManagementIn May 2013, the founder and executive director of the St. John the Compassionate Mission, a faith-based, non-profit social service organization located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, needs to plan for his retirement. He has been the driving force behind the organization for the past 27 years, and it reflects his vision that meaningful work helps people get off welfare, attaining dignity and a sense of personal value in the process. To that end, th...Starting at €8.20
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Health Nut
Colleen Sharen; Vanessa M. StrikeCase IVEY-9B08M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLate in the afternoon on January 20, 2006, one of the owners of The Health Nut hung up the phone. Her account manager had just called to tell her that the bank was not going to extend any further credit to her small retail natural health products (NHP) store located in Grand Bend, Ontario. She and her life and business partner had owned The Health Nut since May 2003. While they had successfully grown sales, the business was not generating enough ...Starting at €8.20
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Saturn Corp.'s Module II Decision (Spanish version)
McGahan, Anita M.; Keller, GregCase HBS-719S18StrategyIn the Spring of 1994, Saturn Corp. was setting sales records by attracting more than 25,000 buyers per month. Saturn officials believed there was a long-term opportunity to sell 400,000 to 500,000 cars per year in the United States and selected international markets. Saturn managers had been reviewing options for a second assembly plant (known as "Module II") with General Motors (GM) since the beginning of the year. One possibility was to expand...Starting at €8.20
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The Piercer
Colleen Sharen; Nicole NolanCase IVEY-9B08M057-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJessica Pierce and Ashley Mound have developed an innovative product for an entrepreneurship class assignment to be presented to potential investors. They now need to determine 1) which target markets have the most potential, 2) which distribution channels to use and 3) a sales volume estimate. The purpose of the case is to teach students how to use secondary research resources from a typical library to research the nature of the market for a new...Starting at €8.20
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Spreading Happiness: Warm Fuzz Cards
Colleen SharenCase IVEY-9B09M039-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2008, Erica Mills and her husband, Craig, were making plans. They had recently decided to start a family within the next 12 months and were now making decisions about how to manage their careers as they were about to take this momentous step. Erica had started Warm Fuzz Cards, a Toronto-based greeting card company, just over two years ago in 2006. The business was growing slowly but profitably. Craig was employed as a human resources ...Starting at €8.20