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Grupo Bimbo (Spanish version)
Siegel, JordanCase HBS-708S20StrategyIn 2007 Grupo Bimbo, a leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China, while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global strategy. Places particular attention on how a multinational firm should best adapt to differences in the basic institutions of capitalism and consumer preferences across countries as well as wit...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Global Strategy, Module Note (Spanish version)
Siegel, JordanCase HBS-715S06StrategyExamines when it is profitable for a company to position part or all of its activity set across national borders and how a cross-border business is successfully designed and managed. A rewritten version of an earlier note.Starting at €8.20
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Red Tomato: Keeping it Local
Alvarez, Jose B.; Shelman, Mary; Winig, LauraCase HBS-510023-EThis case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce available to large consumer markets.Starting at €8.20
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athenahealth: Innovating in Response to a Crisis in Healthcare
Chakravorti, Bhaskar; Winig, Laura; Arastu, NaeemCase HBS-810079-EEntrepreneurshipWhen Jonathan Bush and his partner, Todd Park, realized that their revolutionary approach to delivering clinical care was being stymied by the inefficiencies in the healthcare system and insurance red tape, they turned their proprietary technology, athenaNet, to a new business, athenaHealth, that would help physicians manage their practice, billing and revenue cycles and maintain electronic patient records more efficiently and cost effectively us...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Bimbo, Teaching Note
Siegel, JordanTeaching Note HBS-707551-EStrategyTeaching note to 707521.Starting at €0.00
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Divided We Stand: Gay Marriage Rulings and Official Disobedience
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1199-EOn June, 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection of equal liberty, effectively overturning the law. Pennsylvania, however, banned same-sex marriage. Despite the state law, D. Bruce Hanes, a register of wills in Pennsylvania, agreed to honor a request from two women seeking a same-sex marriage license-an act of official disobedience that immedi...Starting at €8.20
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Hacking Bureaucracy: Reimagining California's Food Stamp Program in the Digital Age, Teaching Plan
Eaves, David; Winig, LauraTeaching Note HBS-KS1216-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for case KS1215.Starting at €0.00
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Alexandre Mars and Epic
Winig, Laura; Battilana, Julie; Marquis, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1291-EThe case examines the strategy, impact, and sustainability of a boutique philanthropy with a big goal: change the way people donate to charities. Epic Foundation was founded to support a portfolio of children's charities. Now, its leadership was considering taking on a broader role: to reshape the very nature of charitable giving-in the U.S., France, the United Kingdom and globally. Its wealthy, charismatic leader, Alexandre Mars, thought that Ep...Starting at €8.20
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Shelley Metzenbaum and Improving Federal Government Performance Teaching Note
Glynn, Thomas; Winig, LauraTeaching Note HBS-HKS781-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS737Starting at €0.00
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Hero or Traitor Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-HKS798-EEconomicsOn June 5, 2013, a London newspaper reported that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the U.S. The story was the first of many top secret revelations about the NSA's spying programs, leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. The case examines Snowden's actions and motivations and asks students to consider the repercussions of whistleblowing/leaking on t...Starting at €8.20