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Regional Strategies for Global Leadership (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R0512FStrategyhome base, portfolio, hub, platform, and mandate. Some companies adopt the strategies in sequence, but the most nimble switch from one to another and combine approaches as their markets and businesses evolve. At Toyota, for example, exports from the home base continue to be substantial even as the company builds up an international manufacturing presence. And as Toyota achieves economies of scale and scope with a strong network of hubs, the comp...Starting at €8.20
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Breaking the Trade-Off Between Efficiency and Service (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.Article HBS-R0611EService and Operations Managementdiagnosing the behavioral problem, designing an operating role for customers that creates new value for both parties, and testing and refining approaches for influencing behavior.Starting at €8.20
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Field Service for Corporate Clients (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Hajim, CoreyCase HBS-606S38Used as part of the first module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses managing the operating role of customers (606-032). Explores the highly successful PC and low-end server manufacturer's entry into the large-scale server market in the United States. A key difference of this new market is the intense service element required to support the larger hardware. Specifically, the industry standard is to have a technician onsite...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Employee Retention (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Campbell, DennisCase HBS-607S04Service and Operations ManagementUsed as part of the third module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses how managers can inform their decisions with customer data (606-097). Provides a retailing context in which employee retention strategies are explored through analyzing detailed store-level data.Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance (Spanish Version)
Frei, Frances X.; Rodriguez-Farrar, HannaCase HBS-608S05Service and Operations ManagementAnaliza si progresivo, estrictamente una compañía de seguros de automóviles, debe entrar en el mercado de seguros del dueño de la casa. La decisión fundamental es si las competencias que hicieron progresiva a tener éxito en la industria de seguros de automóviles se puede traducir en la industria de seguros del dueño de la casa.Starting at €5.74
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Spanish version)
Bradley, Stephen P.; Ghemawat, Pankaj; Foley, SharonCase HBS-706S15StrategyThe case 'Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.' focuses on the evolution of Wal-Mart's remarkably successful discount operations and describes the company's more recent attempts to diversify into other businesses. The company has entered the warehouse club industry with its Sam's Clubs and the grocery business with its Supercenters, a combination supermarket and discount store. Wal-Mart experienced a drop in the value of its stock price in early 1993, which it ...Starting at €8.20
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Moneyball (A): What Are You Paying for? (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Campbell, Dennis; Sherman, EliotCase HBS-621S08EconomicsExplores the contextual elements of Major League Baseball and presents data to allow for an analytic examination of alleged market inefficiencies within the sport. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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The Cosmopolitan Corporation (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R1105FStrategyNever mind what you've heard about the world being flat. Today's global landscape is marked by unbalanced growth, protectionism, and ethnic, religious, and linguistic divides. Differences still do matter. The ideal of a truly global, stateless corporation has become popular, but it simply isn't possible to achieve, says the author. Look at Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. A major player from Australia to the United Kingdom to the United Sates, ...Starting at €8.20
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Pay-As-You-Go Insurance (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Rodriguez-Farrar, HannaCase HBS-607S01Used as part of the second module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses the design of sustainable service models (606-031). Consumer auto insurance is a price-sensitive industry in which customers rarely pay a premium to a provider even for additional service features. Progressive spends more on additional service features than its competitors do; consumers don't pay extra for these features, yet the company makes money on a...Starting at €8.20
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Gateway: Moving Beyond the Box (Spanish Version)
Frei, Frances X.; Moon, Youngme; Rodriguez-Farrar, HannaCase HBS-607S19Service and Operations ManagementSe usa como parte del primer módulo de un curso de Operaciones de Servicio de gestión, que las direcciones de la gestión de la función operativa de los clientes (606 a 032). Gateway ha abierto tiendas al por menor para diferenciarse de sus competidores (por ejemplo, Dell). Describe cómo la empresa ha creado una excelente experiencia de servicio, pero ha tenido problemas financieros como resultado.Starting at €8.20