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Merck Sharp & Dohme Argentina, Inc. (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Hogan, Harold F., Jr.Case HBS-398033-EKnowledge and CommunicationDescribes the efforts of the new managing director of Merck's subsidiary for Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay to transform the organization and its culture. Focuses on a critical decision: whether to offer the son of a high-ranking official in the governmStarting at €8.20
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IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A) (Spanish version)
Christopher A. Bartlett; Vincent Dessain; Anders SjomanCase HBS-909S02StrategyTraces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the development of IKEA's strong culture and values that include a commitment "to create a better everyday life for many people." Describes how, in response to regulatory and public pres...Starting at €8.20
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MontGras. Estrategia de exportación para una bodega chilena
Arnold, David J.; Stevenson, Howard H.Case HBS-510S14MarketingPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. MontGras, una bodega chilena de tamaño medio, tiene que formular una estrategia de exportación. Tiene que decidir si hacer hincapié en los mercados de Estados Unidos o del Reino Unido, que también ofrecen diferentes propuestas de posicionamiento y fijación de precios. Se ha fallado dos veces para penetrar en el mercado de EE.UU. porque las relaciones de distribuidor se cayó...Starting at €8.20
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Chocolates El Rey (Spanish Version)
Deshpande, Rohit; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Cuellar, Regina GarciaCase HBS-512S09MarketingA finales de noviembre de 2006, Jorge Redmond, presidente de Chocolates El Rey, convocó a una reunión con la alta dirección para discutir la estrategia de crecimiento de la compañía. Una parte relativamente pequeña firma con ventas de alrededor de $ 14 millones, El Rey produce el chocolate de alta calidad hecha con granos de cacao venezolano de origen único. La firma vendió sus chocolates en cuatro segmentos diferentes - servicios de alimentación...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sinha, JayantArticle HBS-R0506CEconomicsThey lack specialized intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract-enforcing methods. These gaps have made it difficult for multinationals to succeed in developing nations; thus, many companies have resisted investing there. That may be a mistake. If Western companies don't come up with good strategies for engaging with emerging markets, they are unlikely to remain competitive. Many firms choose their markets and strategies for the wrong rea...Starting at €8.20
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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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Rediscovering Market Segmentation (Spanish version)
Yankelovich, Daniel; Meer, DavidArticle HBS-R0602GMarketingIn 1964, Daniel Yankelovich introduced in the pages of Harvard Business Review the concept of nondemographic segmentation, by which he meant the classification of consumers according to criteria other than age, residence, income, and such. The predictive power of marketing studies based on demographics was no longer strong enough to serve as a basis for marketing strategy, he argued. Buying patterns had become far better guides to consumers' futu...Starting at €8.20
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The Art of Managing Complementors (Spanish version)
Yoffie, David B.; Kwak, MaryArticle HBS-R0609EStrategyhard power (inducements or coercion to get what you want) and soft power (persuasion through indirect means to get others to want what you want). The authors explain how to build both hard power and soft, illustrate the strengths and limits of each, and offer guidelines for choosing one over the other. Conflict among complementors is inevitable, but together, hard and soft power can help companies manage the dark side of complementor relationshi...Starting at €8.20
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The Classic Traps (Spanish version)
Kanter, Rosabeth MossArticle HBS-R0611CStrategyThis 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. Never a fad, but always in or out of fashion, innovation gets rediscovered as a growth enabler every half dozen years. Too often, grand declarations about innovation are followed by mediocre execution that produces anemic results, and innovation groups are quietly ...Starting at €8.20
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China + India: el poder combinado
Khanna, TarunArticle HBS-R0712DEconomicsChina e India están enterrando el hacha de guerra después de poco más de cuatro décadas de hostilidad. Algunas compañías de ambos países se han apresurado a obtener ventajas competitivas mediante la visualización de los dos como simbiótica. Si las corporaciones occidentales no pueden hacer lo mismo, van a perder su ventaja competitiva - y no sólo en China e India, sino a nivel mundial. El problema es que la mayoría de las empresas y consultores s...Starting at €8.20