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Asea Brown Boveri (Abreviado)
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-116S06Accounting and ControlLa fusión de Asea AB y BBC Brown Boveri requiere una reestructuración de las operaciones y un cambio en las culturas organizacionales. El éxito competitivo también requirió los beneficios de escala sin dejar de ser "local" por razones políticas y el cliente de respuesta. El caso describe estas presiones competitivas, lo que resultó en la decisión de adoptar una organización matriz. Para ser utilizado con Asea Brown Boveri: El Sistema ábaco....Starting 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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Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Nanda, AshishCase HBS-303S05EntrepreneurshipTraces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest furniture dealership. Describes the innovative strategic and organizational changes Kamprad made to achieve success. In particular, focuses on his unique vision and values and the w...Starting at €8.20
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Cocreating Business's New Social Compact
Brugmann, Jeb; Prahalad, C.K.Article HBS-R0702D-EEconomicsThis 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. Moving beyond decades of mutual distrust and animosity, corporations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are learning to cooperate with each other. Realizing that their interests are converging, the two sides are working together to create innovative business ...Starting at €8.20
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Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Pirson, Michael; Mangas, PatriciaCase HBS-309065-EbracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested in a first round of funding to connect major cities. Should he invest again, this time in a rural roll-out, which may have lower financial returns but greater social returns?Starting at €8.20
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Pioneers in Colombia
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Strope, LisaCase HBS-212050-EFinanceIn 2011, Equity International made a $75 million equity investment in Bogota-based real estate company, Terranum Development and became the first institutional real estate investor in Colombia.Starting at €8.20
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Netflix (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Kaufman, Stephen P.; Spinola, DavidCase HBS-608S26Strategyvideo-on-demand. How should Netflix respond?Starting at €8.20
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El Estado de Bienestar y Su Impacto en la Competitividad Empresaria: Suecia S.A. en Venta
Pill, Huw; Vogel, Ingrid; Johnsson, Petter; Nordquist, OlaCase HBS-708S30EconomicsEl modelo sueco - a veces se presenta como una tercera vía entre el capitalismo salvaje y el socialismo realista - fue muy elogiado en la década de 1960. Que fue visto como una estrategia que aborda las preocupaciones sociales, mientras que el apoyo al crecimiento económico. Sin embargo, la crisis financiera y la moneda de la década de 1990 lanzó el modelo en duda y provocó mucho examen de conciencia y la reforma entre el establecimiento de Sueci...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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Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Teaching Note HBS-418088-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413120.Starting at €0.00