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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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Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?, Teaching Plan
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Klopfenstein, AmyTeaching Note HBS-821055-EEntrepreneurshipDisplaying the Right Path?" HBS 820-098. The case explores the tension between two different financing and expansion plans for a startup, and explores issues related to business model pivots and industry transitions. An added layer of tension exists between the CEO, a first-time female founder, and an experienced male media executive, providing a dilemma of whether the CEO should follow her own instincts or defer to the expertise of others and p...Starting at €0.00
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Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan (Spanish version)
Coffman, Katherine; Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; McGinn, Kathleen L.; Kelley, Julia; Chen, KatherineCase HBS-921S10StrategyIn 2018, Lindsay Kaplan is preparing to meet with Carolyn Childers about the possibility of co-founding Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives. Kaplan is currently the vice president of communications and brand engagement at a successful mattress company, and she is happy in her current role. However, she is excited by Childers's vision for a community of women executives and believes she could bring valuable expertise as Chief...Starting at €8.20
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Chief: Role for Carolyn Childers
Coffman, Katherine; Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; McGinn, Kathleen L.; Chen, Katherine; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-920019-EStarting at €8.20
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Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan
Coffman, Katherine; Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; McGinn, Kathleen L.; Kelley, Julia; Chen, KatherineCase HBS-920020-EIn 2018, Lindsay Kaplan is preparing to meet with Carolyn Childers about the possibility of co-founding Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives. Kaplan is currently the vice president of communications and brand engagement at a successful mattress company, and she is happy in her current role. However, she is excited by Childers's vision for a community of women executives and believes she could bring valuable expertise as Chief...Starting at €8.20
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Scaling at Chief
Coffman, Katherine; Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; McGinn, Kathleen L.; Kelley, Julia; Chen, KatherineCase HBS-920021-EChief is a New York-based peer network that provides mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and a sense of community to women executives. Co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan launched the company in January 2019, and just two months later, Chief has 400 members and a growing waiting list. Now, Childers and Kaplan must determine how aggressively to scale Chief's model to other cities. How much money should they raise in Chief's ...Starting at €8.20
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The Product Manager
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Go, RobCase HBS-812105-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes the role of product manager (PM) in technology companies, detailing: 1) PMs' responsibilities; 2) different ways to organize the product management function; 3) how PMs interact with other functions within technology companies (e.g., engineering, product marketing); 4) how the nature of the PM role varies depending on context (e.g., early vs. late-stage startups, business- vs. engineering driven cultures); and 5) the attributes of effec...Starting at €8.20
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Delivering the Goods at Shippo
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Rayport, Jeffrey; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-817065-EEntrepreneurshipLaura Behrens Wu, CEO of software start-up Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo's e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates between shipping providers and print package labels, has been steady in the nine months since it went live. But traction with the firm's developer-friendly product, an API that allows la...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