HBSP (USA)
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Developing a New Compensation Plan (Spanish version)
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Shelton, RachelCase HBS-412S26A restaurant chain based in California offers made-to-order sandwich wraps using fresh, healthy ingredients. The founders of the company take a very active role in day-to-day business and tightly control every aspect of the restaurant operation from hiring store managers to planning the menu. Management is concerned that employee turnover is high, customer satisfaction is decreasing, and revenue growth is flat. The newly hired human resources lea...Starting at €8.20
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Cross-Functional Challenges in the Mobile Division (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Shelton, RachelCase HBS-415S03Leadership and People ManagementRoger Cahill has spent less than a year as head of the Mobile Division of BoldFlash, a flash memory component maker. On the corporate level, BoldFlash has adapted to an evolving and difficult marketplace, but the Mobile Division is struggling. The four groups within the unit refuse to work together, and the unit recently failed to capitalize on an important new product opportunity. To address the problems, Cahill has made a number of organization...Starting at €8.20
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Or Why the Spirit of King George III Is Alive and Well (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-310S02Information TechnologiesIntroduces issues of new service standards in an information-intensive world.Starting at €8.20
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-114031-EFinanceThis case is a sequel to Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A), (B) and (C) cases. It focuses on the causes of recent fund-raising success and the complex resource allocation problems the School faces as it tries to deliver on its mission. In conjunction with the (A), (B) & (C) cases, it is a rich story of how mission and finance can play out over a very long period.Starting at €5.74
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy Yuen; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-308058-EWith an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of distressed c...Starting at €8.20
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-116006-EDana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's enrollment is falling and deficits are becoming the norm. At the same time, the modern vision for girls' education requires an even greater investment in science and sports--at a time when Dana Hall's resources are lower than ever before. Can the school stay true to its mission? How will it find...Starting at €5.74
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Concordia Casting Company
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-109S15Information TechnologiesDescribe cinco años de desarrollo de una actividad de procesamiento de datos centralizada que sirve una sociedad altamente descentralizada. gerente de procesamiento de datos descubre que una importante conversión del sistema de software es un año de retraso, y posteriormente hace varios cambios de gestión y organización. Plantea cuestiones de estilo de liderazgo, gestión de recursos humanos, el conflicto y el cambio organizativo.Starting at €8.20
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Challenges of Launching a Start-Up in China: Dorm99.com
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307075-EEntrepreneurshipAfter graduating from Harvard Business School in June 2006, Ken Pao and Bill Li were ready to fully commit to the Internet start-up they had been working on since they first stepped foot on the business school campus. They moved to Beijing, rounded out their management team, received venture capital investment, developed joint-venture partnerships, and set key milestones to create a full-impact product launch for their social networking Web site ...Starting at €8.20
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Wangxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy, Teaching Note
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Wong, Keith Chi-hoTeaching Note HBS-310089-ETeaching Note for [308058].Starting at €0.00
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Information Technology and the Board of Directors (Spanish version)
Nolan, Richard L.; McFarlan, F. WarrenArticle HBS-R0510FInformation TechnologiesEver since the Y2K scare, boards have grown increasingly nervous about corporate dependence on information technology. Since then, computer crashes, denial of service attacks, competitive pressures, and the need to automate compliance with government regulations have heightened board sensitivity to IT risk. Unfortunately, most boards remain largely in the dark when it comes to IT spending and strategy, despite the fact that corporate information ...Starting at €8.20