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Benihana of Tokyo
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Klug, John R.Case HBS-673057-EService and Operations ManagementDiscusses the development of a chain of "theme" restaurants. The student is asked to evaluate the current operating strategy and suggest a long-term expansion strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Ethics Away from Home (Spanish version)
Donaldson, ThomasArticle HBS-96502Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhat should managers working abroad do when they encounter business practices that seem unethical? Should they, in the spirit of cultural relativism, tell themselves to do in Rome as the Romans do? Or should they take an absolutist approach, using the ethical standards they use at home no matter where they are? Many business practices are neither black nor white but exist in a gray zone, a moral free space through which managers must navigate. Le...Starting at €8.20
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Globalization of CEMEX (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Matthews, Jamie L.Case HBS-703S14StrategyCEMEX is a Mexican company that has become a major international competitor in cement while maintaining a higher level of profitability than other, longer-established majors. CEMEX's superior profitability supplies a basis for discussing the sources of superior performance in a global context. In addition, the wide array of benefits that CEMEX derives from its operations in different countries broadens conventional notions of why firms globalize.Starting at €8.20
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Benihana of Tokyo (Spanish version)
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Klug, John R.Case HBS-602S18Discusses the development of a chain of "theme" restaurants. The student is asked to evaluate the current operating strategy and suggest a long-term expansion strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A) (Spanish version)
Yoshino, Michael Y.; Bartlett, Christopher A.; Fagan, Perry L.Case HBS-304S24StrategyTeach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. A young Italian MBA working for a Swiss multinational is sent to India to establish a subsidiary and implement the strategy he prepared at headquarters as a strategic planner. This case focuses on three core strategic decisions he must make as his plan is challenged by his local Indian management team and Schindler's European plants supplying him. A rewritten version of an ...Starting at €8.20
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Cultural Intelligence (Spanish version)
Earley, P. Christopher; Mosakowski, ElaineArticle HBS-R0410JLeadership and People ManagementIn an increasingly diverse business environment, managers must be able to navigate the thicket of habits, gestures, and assumptions that define their coworkers' differences. Foreign cultures are everywhere--in other countries, certainly, but also in corporations, vocations, and regions. Interacting with individuals within them demands perceptiveness and adaptability. And the people who have those traits in abundance aren't necessarily the ones wh...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Multicultural Teams (Spanish version)
Brett, Jeanne; Behfar, Kristin; Kern, Mary C.Article HBS-R0611DLeadership and People Managementadaptation (acknowledging cultural gaps openly and working around them), structural intervention (changing the shape or makeup of the team), managerial intervention (setting norms early or bringing in a higher-level manager), and exit (removing a team member when other options have failed). Which strategy is best depends on the particular circumstances--and each has potential complications. In general, though, managers who intervene early and se...Starting at €8.20
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Privatization of the Tiger Leaping Guest House in Nanjing, PRC
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B10C029-EEntrepreneurshipThe Liang family, experienced family hoteliers in China, had to leave the mainland under the pressure of the forces of Chairman Mao and the Communist Party of China in 1949. They resettled in Taiwan, resumed their hospitality business and now, two generations later, have returned to Nanjing to find that their family’s old guest house has been allowed to run down and deteriorate as a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SoE). They repurchase the old gu...Starting at €8.20
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The China Challenge (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Han, ArarCase HBS-412S28Strategycan she manage Chen at all, and if so, how?Starting at €8.20
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Vietnam Handicraft Initiative: Moving Toward Sustainable Operations
Sarah Easter; Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B12M089-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA recent MBA graduate has just received a one-year business assignment as a business development and marketing advisor to work with the Vietnam Handicraft Initiative (VHI), a vocational training and employment center for people with disabilities, located in Central Vietnam. Her job is to assist the VHI to increase its productivity, become sustainable and strengthen the capacity of the organization through improved business and marketing plans. Wi...Starting at €8.20