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Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)
Shih, Willy; Pierson, MargaretCase HBS-612071-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March, 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab so its shutdown forced the "Big Three" of Detroit and Japan to shutdown production as well. Data from two automotive custo...Starting at €8.20
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Austal, Ltd. A
Shih, Willy; Pierson, Margaret; Lau, DawnCase HBS-613025-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Austal, Ltd. was an Australian builder of high-speed passenger ferries. It had translated that expertise into a foothold in the defense market on the US Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed the construction of its first LCS, but the global economic crisis put the company in a difficult position. Its ...Starting at €8.20
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Austal, Ltd. B
Shih, Willy; Pierson, Margaret; Lau, DawnCase HBS-613026-EStrategySupplement for case 613025Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating Microsavings Programs: Green Bank of the Philippines (A)
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean; Yin, Wesley; Shotland, MarcCase HBS-909062-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Green Bank of the Philippines was known for its product innovation and its ability to bring new products to market. In 2002, Green Bank designed an untested commitment savings product that both gave individuals access to formal savings and helped them commit to reaching their savings goals. Omar Andaya, the Green Bank president, must decide how to evaluate the success of thi...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating Microsavings Programs: Green Bank of the Philippines (A), (B) and (C), Teaching Note
Ashraf, Nava; Johnson, KristinTeaching Note HBS-914022-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Teaching note for 909062, 914002, and 914003.Starting at €0.00
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Incentives at the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
Ashraf, Nava; Johnson, KristinCase HBS-914036-EStarting at €8.20
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Oral Rehydration Therapy, Teaching Note
Ashraf, Nava; Kindred, NatalieTeaching Note HBS-914038-EMarketingThis Teaching Note accompanies the case "Oral Rehydration Therapy" (911-035). The case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy (ORT). ORT treated extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading cause of death among young children in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia. Heralded in t...Starting at €0.00
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Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A) (Spanish Version)
Shih, Willy; Pierson, MargaretCase HBS-614S11Service and Operations ManagementPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. El terremoto de magnitud 9,0 que afectó a Japón en marzo de 2011 causó grandes daños a la planta de fabricación de obleas Renesas Electronics, un eslabón crítico en la cadena global de suministro automotriz. Muchos fabricantes de equipos originales suela de origen microprocesadores personalizados del fab así su cierre forzado los "Tres Grandes" de Detroit y Japón para la pr...Starting at €8.20
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Business-driven Research at IBM Research India
Shih, Willy; Pierson, Margaret; Agarwal, Pankaj; Medicina, Diego; Prajogo, JuanCase HBS-612076-EWhat is the right mix between business-driven and pure research? This case considers the question in the setting of IBM Research India, where a management push for balance between exploratory research and the fulfillment of business needs meets some resistance from employees who were accustomed to so-called pure basic research. The case looks at the Spoken Web project, a good example of use-inspired research for which management has yet to develo...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft IT India
Shih, Willy; Pierson, Margaret; Down, Alexander; Jurist, William; Medicina, Diego; Wang, HelenCase HBS-612078-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Raj Biyani faced tough challenges managing Microsoft IT India: leading a remote development organization in which key decisions were made in Redmond, and managing an organization that was perceived as less strategic than its sister Microsoft India Development Center with which it shared the Hyderabad, India site. The case follows Biyani's thought process in diagnosing the or...Starting at €8.20