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&Samhoud Service Management (Spanish Version)
DeLong, Thomas J.; Nanda, Ashish; Mullick, MonicaCase HBS-804S12Service and Operations ManagementY Samhoud, una pequeña empresa de consultoría de gestión de servicios en los Países Bajos, se enfrenta con el dilema de despedir a su mayor cliente, mientras que la introducción de la teoría de la cadena de beneficios servicio de Heskett.Starting at €8.20
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The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Bucheli, MarceloCase HBS-807S06EconomicsExamines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half century, United Fruit had built a large vertically integrated tropical fruit business that owned large banana plantations in the "banana republics" of Central America, including Guatemala. Examines the impact and role of United Fruit in the Guatemalan economy, one of the poorest in the world, and t...Starting at €8.20
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Global Branding and Advertising (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.Case HBS-503S51MarketingHeineken managers are evaluating the results of the research projects designed to identify the values of the Heineken brand and to translate these into effective advertising messages.Starting at €8.20
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Leadership That Gets Results (Spanish version)
Goleman, DanielArticle HBS-R00204Leadership and People ManagementA leader's singular job is to get results. But even with all the leadership training programs and "expert" advice available, effective leadership still eludes many people and organizations. One reason, says Daniel Goleman, is that such experts offer advice based on inference, experience, and instinct, not on quantitative data. Now, drawing on research of more than 3,000 executives, Goleman explores which precise leadership behaviors yield positiv...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Budgeting Is Broken--Let's Fix It (Spanish version)
Jensen, Michael C.Article HBS-R0110FLeadership and People ManagementCorporate budgeting is a joke, and everyone knows it. It consumes a huge amount of executives' time, forcing them into endless rounds of dull meetings and tense negotiations. It encourages line managers to lie and cheat, lowballing targets and inflating results. And it turns business decisions into elaborate exercises in gaming. The sad thing is, budget shenanigans have become so embedded in corporate life that they're accepted as business as usu...Starting at €8.20
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The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (A)
Paine, Lynn S.; Dari-Mattiacci, GiuseppeCase HBS-320047-EEconomicsThe Dutch East India Company's board of directors must decide what to do about an impending legal requirement to liquidate the company's assets and return to shareholders their capital and any profits earned during a ten-year lock up period. The charter granted to the company in 1602 by the Dutch Estates General (legislature) required the liquidation and accounting to shareholders after the initial ten-year period and again at the end of a second...Starting at €8.20
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Floward
Palepu, Krishna G.; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-124010-EStrategyIn 2022, Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani, CEO and co-founder of Floward, an online flower and gifting company established in Kuwait in 2017, contemplated the firm's growth trajectory. Floward, an e-commerce enterprise that offered fresh-cut flowers sourced directly from global growers and had control over the entire delivery chain, had expanded its footprint to 32 cities across nine MENA countries and had ventured into the UK. Witnessing a remarkable CA...Starting at €8.20
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Ghassan Nuqul and the Nuqul Group: Preserving a Father's Legacy
Wing, Christina R.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Thapar, AlpanaCase HBS-624030-EService and Operations ManagementThe Nuqul Group was established in 1952 by Elia Nuqul, a Palestinian refugee who fled his hometown in 1948 with his family to Jordan. He overcame many hardships in his initial years there, but subsequently started a trading business that grew to become one of Jordan's largest family businesses. Its flagship company, Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH), was a leader in hygienic paper products across the Middle East and North Africa. In March 2023, Ghassan...Starting at €8.20
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Marquis, Christopher; Yang, ZoeCase HBS-414065-EStrategyA company with a strong commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing coffee communities-seasonal starvation. Company leaders are driven to re-assess their social impact and address this widespread problem while aligning their efforts with their broader, rapidly expanding business of selling...Starting at €8.20
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Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-807165-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price, which would net Twaalfhoven and his family $70 million, he is reluctant to sell the company because his original vision was to create a family-owned conglomerate which would last for generations. Of his eight childr...Starting at €8.20