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Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Barlow, Benjamin H.Case HBS-414S07StrategyWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) industry, with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously Clayton's successful country manager for t...Starting at €8.20
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The Competitive Battle Continues (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-914S12StrategyDescribes the development of the global strategies and organizations of two major competitors in the consumer electronics industry. Over four decades, both companies adapt their strategic intent and organizational capability to match and counter the competitive advantage of the other. The case shows how each is faced to restructure as its competitive advantage erodes.Starting at €8.20
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Storming into the U.S. Market (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Gordon, Rachel; Lafkas, JohnCase HBS-918S10StrategyThe RoboTech case describes the challenges facing the CEO of a small, Singapore-based industrial robotics company that decides to diversify away from its core industrial robot business by leveraging its expertise into the medical-devices industry. It launches an innovative product (a specialized surgical robot) in an unfamiliar market segment (spinal surgery) and decides to enter the unfamiliar, distant U.S. healthcare market, which is characteri...Starting at €8.20
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Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd. (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Rangan, U. SrinivasaCase HBS-318S12StrategyDescribes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful. In doing so, Weston ignores or circumvents policies and control from KFC's headquarters and becomes very upset when more sophisticated planning, coordination, and control systems be...Starting at €8.20
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Asea Brown Boveri (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-102S43StrategyIn 1987, two European rivals--Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Switzerland--merged to form Asea Brown Boveri. The new company employed 150,000 employees in 850 legal entities operating in 140 countries. The case describes the challenges facing Percy Barnevik--the organization's leader--and how he resolved those challenges through staffing, communicating priorities, new structural alignments, and information and reporting systems.Starting at €8.20
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Cuentas a Cobrar de Tarjetas de Pago American Express TRS
Perold, Andre F.; Singh, KuljotCase HBS-203S06FinanceAmerican Express (TRS) Co. está considerando una propuesta para titularizar una parte de su cartera de consumo de carga de tarjetas de cobro. En el pasado, se han basado exclusivamente en una subsidiaria financiera cautiva, Credco, para realizar esta función. La estructura de titulación propuesta ha sido presentada por Lehman Brothers y se basa en gran medida de la estructura existente de las bursatilizaciones de tarjetas de crédito por cobrar. L...Starting at €8.20
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Lehman Brothers y la securitización de las cuentas a cobrar de las tarjetas de crédito American Express
Perold, Andre F.; Singh, KuljotCase HBS-203S07FinanceA principios de 1992, Lehman hermanos habían recibido un mandato de su filial, American Express Travel Related Services (TRS) Co., titularizar una parte de su cartera de consumo de carga de tarjetas de cobro. Ahora es 22 de julio y Lehman y TRS acabamos de regresar de un "road show" que se llevó a cabo para convencer a los inversores de los méritos de estos nuevos valores. Lehman tiene ahora el precio de los valores. Debido a que esta es la prime...Starting at €8.20
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Harvard Management Company (2010) (Spanish version)
Perold, Andre F.; Stafford, ErikCase HBS-218S12FinanceIn February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues including the adequacy of short-term liquidity, the effectiveness of portfolio risk management, and the balance of internal and external managers.Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft: Competir por el talento (B)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Glinska, MegCase HBS-302S06Knowledge and CommunicationComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Developing People and Products (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Wozny, MegCase HBS-302S17StrategyWith a focus on Matt MacLellan and his careful development as a project manager under his boss and mentor, Jim Kaplan, the case describes the evolution of Microsoft's human-resource philosophies and policies and illustrates how they work in practice to provide the company with a major source of competitive advantage. It looks at employee development, motivation, and retention efforts in one of Microsoft's product groups. Dissatisfied with his pro...Starting at €8.20