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Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A) (Spanish Version)
Marshall, Paul W.; Thedinga, ToddCase HBS-810S21EntrepreneurshipEl 27 de marzo de 2000, Jamie Dimon fue contratado como CEO de dar la vuelta banco uno. Se describen los problemas que enfrenta, mientras se prepara para presentar un plan de acción a la junta.Starting at €8.20
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Just Us! Coffee Roasters
Julia Sagebien; Scott Skinner; Monica WeshlerCase IVEY-9B06A027-EMarketing, StrategyThe founders of Just Us! Coffee Cooperative (Just Us!) are involved in a strategic planning process. The growing demand and acceptance of fair trade products is good news for the industry and opens many opportunities for Just Us!, but there are also risks. Just Us! will likely face increased market competition from major U.S. retail coffee brands and Canadian supermarket brands, pressure on margins as more brands crowd the shelves, and more compe...Starting at €8.20
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Windhorse Farm's Eco-Woodshop Guitar Top Decision
Julia Sagebien; Annika TamlynCase IVEY-9B08M066-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Windhorse Farm (WHF), a sustainably run woodlot and woodshop in Nova Scotia that produces building products as well as tonewood (wood used for guitar, mandolin, violin tops), is reaching retirement age. Since there is no heir apparent to run the businesses, he needs to determine whether he should stay in or exit the building products business and/or the tonewood business. The decision must conform to the criteria set out by the four ...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Puerto Rico: Promoting Development Through a Public-Private Partnership
Myrna Comas; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B10M024-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySowing the Development of the Country (SDC) was a public-private partnership between Wal-Mart Puerto Rico (Wal-Mart PR), the island's Department of Agriculture as well as its Economic Development Bank (EDB), two NGOs Caborroje's Pro Salud y Ambiente (Caborroje's Pro Health and Environment) and ConectaRSE (a corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotion non-governmental organization(NGO)), and a group of local farmers. The objective of the proje...Starting at €8.20
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Just Us. Community-based Tourism
Ian McKillop; Julia Sagebien; Alba BruguerasCase IVEY-9B10M108-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe development coordinator for Just Us! Development Education Society (JUDES) was reviewing the preliminary agenda for the JUDES Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting would take place some time between May 1 and May 14, 2010, during Canada’s National Fair Trade Weeks. The coordinator was preparing her to-do list for the event. Just Us!, a Nova Scotia-based cooperative that offered fair trade products, had a very loyal regional following, and...Starting at €8.20
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Pan Boricua: Developing a Market Strategy for the Hispanic Market in the United States (Spanish version)
Julia Sagebien; Jennifer Catinchi; Eva Perez; Marisol Perez-Savelli; Victor QuiñonesCase IVEY-9B09AS20Entrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyDos inexpertos, pero fuertemente confiado, empresarios hacen frente a los molestias de una nueva empresa: exportando la masa hecho en Puerto Rico a las ciudades en los Estados Unidos donde se encuentran una gran cantidad de inmigrantes puertorriqueños que están deseando nostálgicamente para su querido pan sobao (pan hecho con manteca vegetal). Con millares de puertorriqueños que viven en y/o que se mueven a los Estados Unidos y después de varios ...Starting at €8.20
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Relax (Boston): Innovating and Growing an Entrepreneurial Business, Teaching Note
Marshall, Paul W.; Carlson, CaroleTeaching Note HBS-918524-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 918523.Starting at €0.00
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MacTara Limited and the Wood Products Industry in Nova Scotia
Julia Sagebien; Rick ShaverCase IVEY-9B07M070-EStrategyThe case centers around the strategic planning retreat of MacTara Limited (MacTara), the largest wood products company in Nova Scotia. While there are some very good opportunities for the company in some sectors, like wood pellets for fuel (high demand for inexpensively priced renewable energy sources), the Canadian lumber industry as a whole is not attractive at this time (distortionary effects of the Canadian-U.S. softwood lumber dispute, low p...Starting at €8.20
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Three Jay's Corporation, Teaching Note
Marshall, Paul W.; Davis, MarkTeaching Note HBS-915532-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for Product #915531.Starting at €0.00
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Three Jays Corporation (Spanish version)
Marshall, Paul W.; Davis, MarkCase HBS-915S15Service and Operations ManagementBrodie Arens is an MBA student and summer intern at Three Jays Corporation, a jam and jelly manufacturer in Michigan. Brodie's first assignment as an intern is to update the inventory and production planning system. Initially, he begins by updating the Economic Order Quantities (EOQ) and Reorder Points (ROP) for each product. However, he soon learns that the formal production planning system was being ignored by the workers on the factory floor. ...Starting at €8.20