HBSP (USA)
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General Electric's Revolutionary (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.; Dial, JayCase HBS-308S36StrategyDescribes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out." To a considerable extent, the case tells the story in Welch's own words drawing on earlier cases on Welch prepared by Richard Hammermesh and Frank Aguilar, as well as a 1991 interv...Starting at €8.20
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Los Ottawa Voyageurs
DeLong, Thomas J.; Ager, David L.; Baldwin, Scott; Strong, Chris; Feng, Andrew; Mody, ElizaCase HBS-405S01Leadership and People ManagementManuel Tertuliano, entrenador de un club de fútbol profesional, debe tomar algunas decisiones difíciles sobre la compensación de seis de sus jugadores. En concreto, debe decidir cómo asignar $ 850,000 entre estos seis jugadores de una manera que beneficie a su equipo, que tiene la segunda acaba de terminar al último en la liga y se enfrenta a ser eliminado de la liga si el rendimiento del equipo y la asistencia de juego no mejoran. Tertuliano se ...Starting at €8.20
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Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
Bower, Joseph L.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-313024-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour, Indiana; Daventry, England; and Pune, India. The Community Education Coalition (CEC) in Columbus has had success in improving the city's schools to make the area more competitive in attra...Starting at €8.20
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The Affordable Care Act (C): Legislative Strategy in the Senate
Bower, Joseph L.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-315034-EIn 2009, the Senate begins drafting its health care bills. Jurisdiction in the Senate is shared between two committees, but the more important is the Senate Finance Committee.Starting at €5.74
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The Affordable Care Act (I): The Supreme Court
Bower, Joseph L.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-315040-EIn the spring of 2012, the Supreme Court hears arguments and releases its decision on the constitutionality of the ACA.Starting at €8.20
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What Are You Doing About It? (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Article HBS-R1109HStrategyMarket capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with business lead...Starting at €8.20
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Teaming at Disney Animation
Edmondson, Amy C.; Ager, David L.; Harburg, Emily; Bartlett, NatalieCase HBS-615023-ELeadership and People ManagementJonathan Geibel, Director of Systems at Walt Disney Animation Studios (hereafter referred to as Disney Animation), walked through the workspace occupied by the group he had been tasked to lead. Geibel knew he was part of a creative and magical environment. The Disney studio had created more than 53 feature animated films in over three-quarters of a century-beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1937 through to Frozen, released in Nove...Starting at €8.20
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Trader Joe's
Ager, David L.; Roberto, Michael A.Case HBS-714419-EStrategyThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Based on a variety of metrics, Trader Joe's ranked as one of the most successful grocers in the United States in 2013. Experts estimated that the company had the highest sales per square foot of any major grocery chain, even significantly higher than top performer Whole Foods. In 2013, Trader Joe's fac...Starting at €8.20
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The Atchison Corporation (A) (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.Case HBS-309S24StrategyA new general manager uses a profit-center-based system to shake up an old line company. He then faces the task of placating a board member upset by the human consequences. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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La Noticia se Hizo Pública: KANA y la Reducción de Plantilla que Se Les Fue de las Manos (A)
Perlow, Leslie A.; Ager, David L.Case HBS-408S21Leadership and People ManagementVicki Amon-Higa, vicepresidente de Kana, un cotizan en bolsa, la compañía de desarrollo de tamaño mediano, estaba trabajando con Bryan Caldera, director financiero de Kana, para planificar un despido en el que KANA reduciría el tamaño de su fuerza laboral en casi un 40%. A pesar de las mejores intenciones, las noticias del despido filtró antes del anuncio planificada. La situación se deterioró rápidamente como una serie de gestores furiosos llama...Starting at €8.20