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Connection: How the Need to Relate to Oneself and Others Affects Consumer Thinking
Zaltman, Gerald; Zaltman, LindsayBook Chapter HBS-4458BC-EMarketingHumans have a basic need for affiliation. The need to relate to others and to oneself has established connection as a major and pervasive lens through which consumers view the world. This chapter is excerpted from "Marketing Metaphoria: What Deep Metaphors Reveal About the Minds of Consumers."Starting at €8.20
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Resource: How Acquisitions and Their Consequences Affect Consumer Thinking
Zaltman, Gerald; Zaltman, LindsayBook Chapter HBS-4459BC-EMarketingThe deep metaphor of resource relates to capacities or abilities that we use to restore or achieve certain states. This chapter explores how consumers view the world through the lens of resource. This chapter is excerpted from "Marketing Metaphoria: What Deep Metaphors Reveal About the Minds of Consumers."Starting at €8.20
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La aplicación de las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera en China
Ramanna, Karthik; Donovan, G.A.; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-110S29EconomicsEn 2005, China ha anunciado planes para "converger con," pero no adopta por completo, IFRS. China también comenzó a ejercer presión para cambios a las disposiciones IFRS específicos, como por revelar sobre partes relacionadas de las empresas de propiedad estatal, para traerlos más en consonancia con los intereses chinos. sistema de contabilidad de China ya había sido objeto de reformas importantes durante las dos décadas en que su economía había ...Starting at €8.20
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The Sure Thing That Flopped (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Zaltman, Gerald; Zaltman, LindsayArticle HBS-R0807A-EMarketingTibal Fisher made a fortune selling trendy, inexpensive home furnishings to baby boomers. With that generation beginning to enter its sixties, he sees a huge opportunity in products for aging consumers. Focus groups and surveys confirm strong market demand for such items, and the media love the idea. So why is TF's NextStage, his new line of stores for older consumers, a disaster? Four experts comment on this fictional case study in R0807A and R0...Starting at €8.20
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Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestl Crunch Bar (B): Data Analysis
Avery, Jill; Zaltman, GeraldCase HBS-519062-EMarketingIn early 2018, Nestl announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of twenty of its confectionery brands, including the Nestl Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Under the terms of the Nestl acquisition, each of the purchased confectionery brands was permitted to use the Nestl parent brand name for one year after the close of the sale. After that time, the Nestl Crunch Bar would be rebranded with ...Starting at €5.74
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SANY: Going Global
Lal, Rajiv; Lippert, Stefan; Dai, Nancy Hua; Deng, DiCase HBS-513058-EMarketingApril 17, 2012, was a special day for SANY Group and for its founder Liang Wen'gen. Headquartered in Changsha, SANY Group had transformed itself in two decades from a small welding material factory in 1989 to a leading global construction equipment manufacturer with 5 industrial parks in China; 5 R&D and manufacturing bases in America, Germany, India, Brazil, and Indonesia; and 21 sales companies worldwide. SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (SANY), S...Starting at €8.20
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China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good
Marquis, Christopher; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-410142-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In early 2010, cleantech investment pioneer Tsing Capital was planning for the China Environment Fund IV and considering how to maintain its commitment to social and environmental practices. Tsing Capital embraced its philosophy of "Doing Well by Doing Good" and developed a proprietary system to manage social & environmental functions throughout the investment process. Some ...Starting at €8.20
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CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company
Bower, Joseph L.; Dai, Nancy Hua; Shih-ta Chen, MichaelCase HBS-311074-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead China National Offshore Oil Company - an SOE founded in 1982 to exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits grown 2600 times. He believes that the way CNOOC has been managed, a blend of market orientation and concern ...Starting at €8.20
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Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas
Marquis, Christopher; Dai, Nancy Hua; Yin, JuelinCase HBS-412095-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Group, had developed a series of innovative products aimed at solving China's environmental problems. Broad Group's products, services, and management were guided by values that prioritized morals, responsibility, environmental protection, and energy conservation over company growth and profit. Zhang's current focus was Broad Sustaina...Starting at €8.20
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Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia
Howitt, Arnold M.; Lundberg, KirstenCase HBS-KS1242-EIn summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly uncommon in West Africa, prompted a major (albeit delayed) public health response on the part of the international community, including an unprecedented commitment made by the United States, which sent almost 3,000 active military soldiers to Liberia. "Mission i...Starting at €8.20