HBSP (USA)
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Kodak and the Digital Revolution (A) (Spanish version)
Gavetti, Giovanni; Henderson, Rebecca M.; Giorgi, SimonaCase HBS-706S40StrategyThe introduction of digital imaging in the late 1980s had a disruptive effect on Kodak's traditional business model. Examines Kodak's strategic efforts and challenges as the photography industry evolves. After discussing Kodak's history and its past strategic moves in the new landscape, the case 'Kodak and the Digital Revolution' questions how CEO Daniel Carp can use digital imaging to revitalize Kodak. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Tapping the Power of Analogy (Spanish version)
Gavetti, Giovanni; Rivkin, Jan W.Article HBS-R0504CStrategyRecognize the analogy and identify its purpose; thoroughly understand its source; determine whether the resemblance is more than superficial; and decide whether the original strategy, properly translated, will work in the target industry.Starting at €8.20
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Revitalizing a French Conglomerate (A) (Spanish version)
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Turner, John M.Case HBS-705S20StrategyExamines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed a financial restructuring and articulated a new corporate strategy. His actions were in part determined by the French business environment, which does not easily permit staff reduct...Starting at €8.20
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Vivendi (B): La revitalización de un conglomerado de empresas francesas
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, RhondaCase HBS-706S13StrategyComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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The Future of BioPasteur
Gavetti, Giovanni; Gino, FrancescaCase HBS-711508-EStrategyThe purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias. Although the exercise can be performed individually, it is a better vehicle to explore how some team-level dynamics and structural choices can either increase or reduce the probability o...Starting at €8.20
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France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721422-ELeadership and People ManagementA landmark legal case holds corporate leaders responsible for Institutional harassment of employees during restructuring In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom itself were charged for institutional harassment by French authorities, a first for a CAC 40 company. In December 2019 they were found guilty in a landmark ruling. Each was ...Starting at €5.74
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Kodak (A) (Spanish version)
Gavetti, Giovanni; Henderson, Rebecca M.; Giorgi, SimonaCase HBS-716S20StrategyThe introduction of digital imaging in the late 1980s had a disruptive effect on Kodak's traditional business model. Examines Kodak's strategic efforts and challenges as the photography industry evolves. After discussing Kodak's history and its past strategic moves in the new landscape, the case questions how CEO Daniel Carp can use digital imaging to revitalize Kodak.Starting at €8.20
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Masco Corp. (A) (Spanish version)
Porter, Michael E.; Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Moorman, Charles W.Case HBS-315S11StrategyDescribes the history and corporate position of a large and successful producer of faucets and related household products. Masco is considering entry into the $14 billion furniture industry. Designed to be used with Household Furniture Industry in 1986 in a strategy course on corporate strategy for diversified firms.Starting at €8.20
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Competing on Resources (Spanish version)
Collis, David J.; Montgomery, Cynthia A.Article HBS-R0807NStrategyHow do you create and sustain a profitable strategy? Many approaches have focused managers' attention inward, urging them to build a unique set of corporate resources and capabilities. In practice, however, identifying and developing core competence too often becomes a feel-good exercise that no one fails. Collis and Montgomery, of Harvard Business School, explain how a company's resources drive its performance in a dynamic competitive environmen...Starting at €8.20
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Newell Rubbermaid: Estrategia en transición
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Kaufman, Rhonda; Winkler, Carole A.Case HBS-713S18StrategyDescribe la transformación de la estrategia a nivel corporativo de la empresa. Comienza por trazar la estrategia que llevó al éxito impresionante Newell Co. durante casi tres décadas. La estrategia consistente internamente altamente integrado se adapta para la fabricación y venta de un género particular de los productos a un determinado tipo de cliente. A mediados de la década de 1990, Newell se encontró con algunos cambios en su entorno competit...Starting at €8.20