HBSP (USA)
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NTT DoCoMo: El futuro de Internet sin cables
Bradley, Stephen P.; Sandoval, MatthewCase HBS-702S09StrategyNTT DoCoMo se estableció en 1992 y se convirtió celebró públicamente en 1998. Este caso pistas de cómo DoCoMo se convirtió en la primera compañía de telefonía móvil en Japón y cómo su servicio i.mode revolucionó el mercado de la telefonía celular.Starting at €8.20
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Crown Cork & Seal in 1989 (Spanish version)
Bradley, Stephen P.; Cavanaugh, SheilaCase HBS-702S11StrategyDescribes the structure and recent trends of the metal container industry, Crown's successful strategy for competing in the industry, and John Connelly's leadership over more than 20 years. In 1989, William Avery succeeded Connelly as CEO and is forced to consider new strategic options in the face of industry change.Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Spanish version)
Bradley, Stephen P.; Ghemawat, Pankaj; Foley, SharonCase HBS-706S15StrategyThe case 'Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.' focuses on the evolution of Wal-Mart's remarkably successful discount operations and describes the company's more recent attempts to diversify into other businesses. The company has entered the warehouse club industry with its Sam's Clubs and the grocery business with its Supercenters, a combination supermarket and discount store. Wal-Mart experienced a drop in the value of its stock price in early 1993, which it ...Starting at €8.20
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Marie Trellu-Kane en Unis-Cité
Anteby, Michel; Battilana, Julie; Pache, Anne-ClaireCase HBS-418S05Leadership and People ManagementEste caso se acompaña de un breve vídeo que se puede mostrar en clase o incluido en un Coursepack digital. Los instructores deben considerar el momento de hacer el video disponibles para los estudiantes, ya que puede revelar detalles clave de caso. Marie-Trellu Kane está tratando de decidir cómo Unis-Cite debe responder al anuncio del presidente francés Jacques Chirac en 2005 de un nuevo programa nacional de servicio civil voluntario. Desde 1994,...Starting at €8.20
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The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.
Bohmer, Richard; Bradley, Stephen P.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-610014-EService and Operations ManagementThrough its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation has decreased claims-and premiums-for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions and affiliated physicians. Over the last two decades, through a combination of active legal defense and medical error prevention, The RMF has successfully controlled the medico-legal cost...Starting at €8.20
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Everyone and Everything is Online
Bradley, Stephen P.; Bartlett, NancyCase HBS-711494-EStrategyThe twenty-first century digital world enabled mobile, empowered, content-hungry individuals to capture the value of enabling technologies and applications to manage, create, share, and influence content across the creation and delivery spectrum. Users were online in record numbers, spending a greater percentage of their time, and conducting more and more activities including communications, learning, entertainment, and social interaction. Digita...Starting at €8.20
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Leslie Brinkman at Versutia Capital
Battilana, Julie; Kaplan, Robert StevenCase HBS-407089-ELeadership and People ManagementLeslie Brinkman is the founder and CEO of a hedge fund, Versutia Capital. Leslie spent late 2002 and early 2003 assembling her team and launched the fund in early 2003. While the firm performed well during 2003 and 2004 (both in terms of returns and new assets), in 2005 the results began to suffer. Describes the process of designing the firm, the resulting team dynamics, the strains on the staff and the impact of Leslie's management style on the ...Starting at €8.20
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Echoing Green
Battilana, Julie; DeLong, Thomas J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-410013-EService and Operations ManagementThis case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to attack some of the world's most difficult problems. After turning Echoing Green around and re-building an organization almost from scratch over the last 7 years, Dorsey feels that Echoi...Starting at €8.20
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Retail Shopping in 2007: The Net versus the Mall
Bradley, Stephen P.Case HBS-707566-EStrategyProvides an overview of the retail sector within the United States as online shopping captures an increased percentage of consumer spending. The role of enabling technologies and applications, including comparison shopping sites and recommendation systems, are covered. Additionally, the strategies, specifically the evolution of multi-channeling retail, are discussed.Starting at €8.20
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Social Networks: The Portals of Web 2.0
Bradley, Stephen P.; Bartlett, NancyCase HBS-708488-EInformation TechnologiesSocial networks have evolved into influential, compelling and persuasive systems, the portals of Web 2.0 and one of the most powerful media phenomena in 2008. This note provides a brief background and description of various social network sites including MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube. We also discuss recent trends and strategies stemming from the social network phenomena including widgets and online advertising.Starting at €8.20