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Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G (Spanish version)
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Yao, Dennis; Azevedo Jorge, FilipaCase HBS-707S33StrategyIn 2000, Procter & Gamble Co. introduced Crest Whitestrips, a new, revolutionary product that allowed consumers to whiten their teeth at home. With Whitestrips, P&G created an entire new category in oral care, worth $460 million in 2002. Whitestrips sent P&G's main competitor in oral care, Colgate Palmolive Co., scrambling because several patents protected the strips, making it difficult for Colgate to copy the invention. But in September 2002, t...Starting at €8.20
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El contexto de negocios de WalMart
Oberholzer-Gee, FelixCase HBS-712S19StrategyEn 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. propuso la construcción de un nuevo Supercenter en Inglewood, una comunidad de bajos ingresos, cerca de Los Ángeles. La propuesta era una parte de la estrategia de Wal-Mart para llevar su formato Supercenter a California. Introducido a finales de 1980, supercentros añaden una línea llena de comestibles y departamentos especializados para surtido tradicional de Wal-Mart de mercancía general. entrada prevista de Wal-M...Starting at €8.20
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UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Raabe, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-707511-ELeadership and People ManagementMarco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a report that environmental specialists and senior executives at UBS had compiled. It suggested the company adopt a more progressive policy on climate change. Suter thought about the...Starting at €8.20
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Brighter Smiles for the Masses--Colgate vs. P&G, Teaching Note
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Yao, DennisTeaching Note HBS-707545-EStrategyTeaching note to 706435.Starting at €0.00
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Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company
Oberholzer-Gee, FelixCase HBS-713423-EStrategyOverview of the strategic re-orientation and diversification of Ringier a Swiss based media company as they confront the challenges of staying competitive and profitable in the new and increasingly digital media landscape.Starting at €8.20
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Lobbying for Love Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment, Teaching Note
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Yao, DennisTeaching Note HBS-707536-EStrategyTeaching note to 707470.Starting at €0.00
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Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading, Teaching Note
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Yao, DennisTeaching Note HBS-707537-EEconomicsTeaching note to 707494.Starting at €0.00
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Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Winkler, Carole A.Case HBS-707523-EStrategyDiscusses the rise of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (CC) as the most important radio broadcasting company in the United States. While CC can look back on a glorious past, it faces a multitude of business issues: radio listenership is in decline, media deregulation has come to a halt, and the company's public image is less than favorable.Starting at €8.20
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Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Yao, Dennis; Cantrill, Libby; Wu, PatriciaCase HBS-707470-EStrategyThe fall of 2004 brought exciting news to Love Field, the Texas headquarters of Southwest Airlines. Delta Airlines, one of Southwest's main competitors, had announced that it would dramatically decrease service from the nearby Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) airport, cutting the number of daily flights from 250 to a mere 21. Gary Kelly, Southwest's newly minted CEO, thought about what appeared to be a golden opportunity. How could Southwest...Starting at €8.20
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Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Yao, Dennis; Wu, Patricia; Cantrill, LibbyCase HBS-707472-EWhile wine tourism in the United States was booming, the majority of consumers who tasted a Cabernet Sauvignon in one of Napa Valley's tasting rooms were not permitted to ship the wine directly to their home. In 2002, direct-to-consumer shipping was either banned or overly cumbersome in 37 states. W. Reed Foster, president of the Coalition for Free Trade, was determined to remove these obstacles. Would he be able to free the grapes?Starting at €8.20