HBSP (USA)
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Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808073-EGokhan Hotamisligil is a star researcher at Harvard School of Public Health who has made groundbreaking discoveries linking fat cells, inflammation, and diabetes. He now wants to form a company to commercialize these discoveries. At the same time, Isaac Kohlberg, the head of Harvard's Office of Technology Development (OTD) is eager to improve Harvard's record in commercializing science. Describes the negotiations between Hotamisligil, OTD, the ne...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-109S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books," the boundary between earnings smoothing or management and fraudulent reporting, the role for internal control sy...Starting at €8.20
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Making the Numbers (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-118S02Strategy1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.Starting at €8.20
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ATH Technologies (A): cumpliendo los objetivos
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-118S03StrategyUn ejercicio que lleva a los estudiantes a través de cinco etapas de crecimiento empresarial en una puesta en marcha en la industria de dispositivos médicos: 1) fundación, 2) el crecimiento, 3) empuje a la rentabilidad, el proceso de reorientación 4) y 5) toma de control por la nueva administración. En cada etapa, los estudiantes deben hacer frente a las tensiones en el equilibrio de beneficios, el crecimiento y el control. Las dificultades encon...Starting at €8.20
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Dubai Duty Free
Lal, Rajiv; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-511034-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In mid-February 2009, Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin received the January sales report. He left the report lying on his desk unopened and went to walk around the shops as he did every morning. When he returned, he sat down at his desk, looked at the cover of the report, then called his wife, Breeda, to confirm that they were hosting a dinner party that wee...Starting at €8.20
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A)
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-408023-ELeadership and People ManagementJosef Felder, CEO of Zurich Airport, faces several crises as he tries to transform the Airport from a slow-moving, conflict-ridden, government-owned entity into a privatized, world-class airport.Starting at €8.20
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Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon, Teaching Note
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, David; Page, RuthTeaching Note HBS-410123-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 410705.Starting at €0.00
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidTeaching Note HBS-411015-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 408023 and 408058.Starting at €0.00
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ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-117012-EStrategyAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, studenStarting at €8.20
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ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-117013-EStrategyAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, studenStarting at €8.20