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Reaching Your Potential (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert StevenArticle HBS-R0807CLeadership and People Managementseeking frank feedback about your strengths and weaknesses from colleagues above and below you, and figuring out what you truly enjoy doing. That understanding-not other people's definition of success-should guide your career choices and goals. Next, it's critical to identify the three or four tasks central to your business and make sure you excel at them; otherwise, success is likely to elude you. Once you've chosen the right enterprise, you mu...Starting at €8.20
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Crown Cork & Seal in 1989 (Spanish version)
Bradley, Stephen P.; Cavanaugh, SheilaCase HBS-702S11StrategyDescribes the structure and recent trends of the metal container industry, Crown's successful strategy for competing in the industry, and John Connelly's leadership over more than 20 years. In 1989, William Avery succeeded Connelly as CEO and is forced to consider new strategic options in the face of industry change.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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Book Publishing in 2010
Bradley, Stephen P.; Bartlett, NancyCase HBS-711419-EStrategyLegacy book publishers wrangled with ebook retailers over royalty rates, release strategy, and distribution rights as customer demand for cheaper ebooks eroded publishers' profitable print formats. E-readers like Kindle, as well as Apple's iPad that invigorated the digital book market is discussed. Also includes a general overview of book publishing including the K-12 and College market.Starting at €8.20
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Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana
Kaplan, Robert Steven; Winer, Wendy K.Case HBS-414049-ELeadership and People ManagementMitch Daniels, Governor of the State of Indiana, knew he had to make a difficult choice as he sat in his office in December 2010. Should he aggressively push the state legislature to pass comprehensive education reform-a major priority of his administration-or, instead, push for a new "right-to-work" law that he believed might be critical to improving his state's competitiveness? He was concerned that he wouldn't be able to do both during his sec...Starting at €8.20
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What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
Kaplan, Robert StevenArticle HBS-R0701H-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Every leader gets off track from time to time. As leaders rise through the ranks, they have fewer and fewer opportunities for honest and direct feedback. Their bosses are no longer monitoring their actions, and by the time management missteps have a negative impac...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Stores in 2003 (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Bradley, Stephen P.; Mark, KenCase HBS-704S12StrategyTo introduce students to creating a competitive advantage.Starting at €8.20
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Live Nation Faces the Music
Bradley, Stephen P.; Cespedes, Frank V.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-709441-EStrategyIn 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation, faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music industry and the increasing power of the major artists. As the music business once again recreates itself in response to new technologies and consumer needs, this major player is considering focusing on its principal business of concert booking and related revenue, or moving forward with its efforts to take advan...Starting at €8.20
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News in the Digital World: Who Pays
Bradley, Stephen P.; Bartlett, NancyCase HBS-710456-EStrategyModels to monetizing news in the digital landscape which is real-time, searchable, sharable, multi-sourced, anytime, any screen were emerging in 2010. Could content creators get people to pay for what they watched, read, listened to, and shared online? Were news aggregators riding on the backs of the new content generators? Or were they providing a new stream of audience directly to new sites which needed to create innovative models to monetize t...Starting at €8.20
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Television Competes for a Digital Audience
Bradley, Stephen P.; Bartlett, NancyCase HBS-710476-EStrategyIn the face of major disruption in the industry television networks have sought new revenue sources, implemented cost-cutting measures and strategized on ways to monetize online access to content. Programming changes, new advertising strategies, and deals via online distribution platforms are presented as means to capture the value of online video consumption.Starting at €8.20