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Un nuevo deseo de ganar
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1009LLeadership and People ManagementEn 2004, Rick Hendrick, dueño de la Operación de las carreras de NASCAR Hendrick Motorsports, perdió gran parte de su equipo de gestión en un accidente aéreo. Entre los muertos estaba su hermano y su único hijo, Ricky, quien Hendrick había estado preparando para hacerse cargo del negocio. Sin embargo, este accidente devastador inspirara a todos en la compañía a luchar con más fuerza, y transformaría Hendrick en un líder sabio.Starting at €8.20
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Walmart Update, 2019 (Spanish version)
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-720S07StrategyIn 2019 Walmart was still the world's largest company, with over $500 billion in annual revenue and operations around the world. Although it had mostly vanquished its rival discount retailers in the U.S., it was struggling to find the right growth strategy. Facing a mature U.S. market, it had looked to ecommerce and international sales as an engine of growth. Walmart leadership also faced intense competition from dominant online retailer Amazon. ...Starting at €8.20
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The a2 Milk Company, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Fisher, DanielTeaching Note HBS-719428-EStrategyTeaching note for case 719424.Starting at €0.00
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Gillette: Cutting Prices to Regain Share
Esty, Benjamin C.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-720378-EStrategyAfter losing market share to low-priced competitors such as Harry's and Dollar Shave Club for several years, Gillette decided to fight back by launching new products and increasing advertising. When these efforts failed to stem the losses, Gillette decided to cut the prices on its razors and blades in April 2017. Bonnie Herzog, an equity analyst at Wells Fargo, must assess how the recently announced price cuts are likely to affect Gillette's earn...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-720400-EStrategyMark Zuckerberg founded Facebook based on the idea that connecting people was a fundamentally good thing-and a way to turn a handsome profit. But from the beginning, Facebook received criticism both for how it handled user privacy and how it curated user-generated content. These two issues coalesced in the aftermath of the 2016 United States presidential election, after Facebook's role in the spread of political misinformation and the leak of Fac...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance, Teaching Note
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielTeaching Note HBS-720417-EStrategyTeaching note for case 720400.Starting at €0.00
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Intellectual Ventures Update 2020
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-720438-EStrategyAfter raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture was confronted with a changing legal environment. A number of important legal decision, including the Supreme Court's so-called "Alice" decision, IV had to shift strategy. IV sold off a substantial portion of its IP portfolio, and refocused its efforts on trying to innovate, using its acquired technologies.Starting at €8.20
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Changing Gender on the Job
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1011M-ELeadership and People ManagementMichael Wallent, twice married and the father of three, had been working at Microsoft for more than 11 years when he decided-with the full support of his wife-to transition to living as a woman. Rejecting the standard approach at big companies, whereby the HR department announces a transgendering (often at a meeting from which the affected employee is absent), Wallent chose to inform his superiors and his direct reports himself. He also urged the...Starting at €8.20
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Battling Back from Betrayal
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1012M-ELeadership and People ManagementStephen Greer's Hong Kong-based scrap-metal-recycling company, Hartwell Pacific, was enjoying a period of fantastic growth in the late 1990s: Within 18 months, the firm grew from two employees to 200 and opened locations in seven countries. But Greer's experience offers a vivid illustration of what can go wrong when an entrepreneur ambitiously expands without understanding that emerging markets operate by very different rules. Greer didn't realiz...Starting at €8.20
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Developing Your Global Know-How
Russwurm, Siegfried; Hernandez, Luis; Chambers, Susan; Chung, Keumyong; McGinn, Daniel; Kuhn, Lothar; Geissler, CorneliaArticle HBS-R1103D-ELeadership and People ManagementFor up-and-coming executives, an overseas posting has long been a rite of passage, providing opportunities not available in their native countries and experience that can be invaluable to their companies both during the assignment and after their return home. How has the Great Recession affected this formula? HBR spoke with the top human resources executives at four multinationals about how their companies are adapting global assignments to meet ...Starting at €8.20