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The Jaguar Project (Spanish version)
Gino, Francesca; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-610S17Service and Operations ManagementTeradyne, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, embarked on a multiyear effort to improve its product development capabilities and to implement more formalized project management approaches. Examines the development of a new-generation tester that involved significant hardware and software design. For this, the company decided to implement new approaches to project management and project teams. Invites discussion of the effectiv...Starting at €8.20
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The Future of BioPasteur (Spanish version)
Gavetti, Giovanni; Gino, FrancescaCase HBS-719S20StrategyThe purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias. Although the exercise can be performed individually, it is a better vehicle to explore how some team-level dynamics and structural choices can either increase or reduce the probability o...Starting at €8.20
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La última guerra por el formato DVD
Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-713S20StrategyProporciona una visión general breve de la batalla entre los estándares HD-DVD y Blu-ray, centrándose en los acontecimientos que precipitaron la victoria de Blu-ray a principios de 2008.Starting at €8.20
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Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Gino, Francesca; Staats, Bradley R.Case HBS-415015-ELeadership and People ManagementValve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee handbook) includes 100% self-allocated time, no managers (and therefore no managerial oversight), a structure so fluid that all desks have wheels to allow free movement between "cabals" ...Starting at €8.20
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Staging Two-sided Platforms
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-808004-EStrategyFirms that aspire to develop two-sided platforms face a formidable challenge. Prospective users on each side will not invest in the platform until they are confident there will be enough users on the other side. Traditional strategies for dealing with this dilemma--subsidizing users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided...Starting at €8.20
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The Future of BioPasteur
Gavetti, Giovanni; Gino, FrancescaCase HBS-711508-EStrategyThe purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias. Although the exercise can be performed individually, it is a better vehicle to explore how some team-level dynamics and structural choices can either increase or reduce the probability o...Starting at €8.20
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Game Time Decision for AppDirect
Hagiu, Andrei; Arjona, Laura; Zhang, EmilyCase HBS-712410-EStrategyAppDirect is a start-up that offers small businesses software-as-a-service solutions through a business app marketplace and portal. Daniel Saks, cofounder and co-CEO, is faced with the key question of deciding distribution strategy: should AppDirect find channel partners or create a self-branded platform? The case describes the evolving business app market by analyzing the strategies and business models of competitors for both the marketplace and...Starting at €8.20
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Wii Encore
Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-712416-EStrategyNintendo faced huge difficulties in July 2011. Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox had caught up with the innovative motion-sensing controllers of the original Wii. And the new Nintendo 3DS handheld console had experienced a very disappointing start. Moreover, videogame consoles (particularly handheld ones) were facing increasing substitution from online and mobile games played on social networks and/or mobile phones (e.g. Zynga's Farmville)....Starting at €8.20
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