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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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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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Arcor: Estrategia Global y Turbulencia Local (Resumido)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Rukstad, Michael G.; Illes, Jennifer L.Case HBS-710S17Strategyfabricante de confitería Argentina, Grupo Arcor, busca implementar una estrategia internacional, pero en 2003, mientras se recuperaba de la crisis financiera argentina, se frustran planes de globalización. América Latina ya está el principal productor de dulces y un exportador a más de 100 países, Arcor analiza la forma en que puede llegar a ser verdaderamente global con instalaciones de producción y redes de distribución en varias regiones, como...Starting at €8.20
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Power Across Latin America: Endesa de Chile, Teaching Note
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Altman, Steven A.Teaching Note HBS-711475-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 799015.Starting at €0.00
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Arcor: Global Strategy and Local Turbulence, Teaching Note
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Altman, Steven A.Teaching Note HBS-711480-EStrategyTeaching Note for #704-427.Starting at €0.00
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Harley-Davidson Inc.
George Athanassakos; Reyer Barel; Saj KarsanCase IVEY-9B08N021-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founders of BarKar, an investment company, are considering whether to invest in Harley-Davidson Inc. BarKar is a value-oriented investment company in Vancouver, B.C., Canada that specializes in identifying and investing in companies trading at more than a one-third discount to their intrinsic value. In order to reach a decision, the founders have to look at the financials and carry out a strategic analysis to determine the intrinsic value of ...Starting at €8.20
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La-Z-Boy
George Athanassakos; Muhammad Fuad FarooqiCase IVEY-9B08N022-EFinanceIn September, 2005 an investment analyst had recommended to the investment committee of Optimal Funds (the Fund) to invest $10 million in La-Z-Boy, in addition to the $20 million that the Fund had already invested. The analyst believed La-Z-Boy represented strong value yet, having only been on the job less than one year, he knew that he needed to provide sound judgment and analysis to convince the investment committee and to maintain his credibil...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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Globalization of CEMEX (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Matthews, Jamie L.Case HBS-703S14StrategyCEMEX is a Mexican company that has become a major international competitor in cement while maintaining a higher level of profitability than other, longer-established majors. CEMEX's superior profitability supplies a basis for discussing the sources of superior performance in a global context. In addition, the wide array of benefits that CEMEX derives from its operations in different countries broadens conventional notions of why firms globalize.Starting at €8.20
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La decisión de USA Today. Difusión de titulares por todo el país (A)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Garell, Scott B.Case HBS-708S15StrategyEsta serie de casos de dos partes describe cómo se define la opción de lanzar EE.UU. Hoy en día y evaluada por el Gannett Corp. Este caso es compatible con una amplia discusión de si el concepto de una manera general el interés ataques diarios nacionales con el entorno externo y los recursos internos de Gannett y capacidades; sino que también permite un análisis específico de la economía de la empresa propuesta.Starting at €8.20