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Recupera, S.A.
Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-343Service and Operations ManagementDardo López-Dolz, propietario del negocio y persona emprendedora, afronta varias decisiones para conseguir que su empresa siga creciendo. Sin embargo, la naturaleza del servicio parte de una anomalía de las transacciones de compraventa: un deudor que no cumple sus obligaciones según lo convenido. La demanda tiene un comportamiento irregular, con expedientes de cobranza que varían según cada caso, y con exigencias operativas distintas por cad...Starting at €8.20
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Sizing Up the Active-Wear Market (Spanish version)
Tedlow, Richard S.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-317S01MarketingWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. In the wake of slumping sales and sagging profit margins, a leading manufacturer and retailer of high-end women's apparel, Harrington Collection, must evaluate an opportunity to expand into the high-growth active-wear market. Sara Huey, Vice President of Strategic Planning, calls on two of her colleagues to ...Starting at €8.20
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Leaders in Denial
Tedlow, Richard S.Article HBS-F0807A-ELeadership and People ManagementHenry Ford's stubborn refusal to admit the changeability of consumer demand allowed Chrysler and GM to horn in on his market. Half a century later the whole U.S. auto industry made the same mistake: Enter the Japanese. But denial comes in many forms, as Sears, Digital Equipment, and Bear Stearns can attest.Starting at €8.20
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Leaders in Denial (Spanish version)
Tedlow, Richard S.Article HBS-F0807ALeadership and People ManagementHenry Ford's stubborn refusal to admit the changeability of consumer demand allowed Chrysler and GM to horn in on his market. Half a century later the whole U.S. auto industry made the same mistake: Enter the Japanese. But denial comes in many forms, as Sears, Digital Equipment, and Bear Stearns can attest.Starting at €8.20
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A Career in American Business (B) (Spanish version)
Tedlow, Richard S.; Smith, Wendy K.Case HBS-305S14EconomicsCovers the history of Tylenol from the autumn of 1982 through the second tampering incident in February 1986. Also deals with other developments in the history of Johnson & Johnson, especially the acquisition and divestiture of Technicare.Starting at €5.74
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A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy (Sequel)
Born, Dana; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1232-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1231. This case traces the sexual assault scandal that rocked the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over a period of several months, dozens of current and former female students came forward to the media and government representatives about being sexually assaulted by their male peers on campus. Several victims also implicated the Academy's leadership for not doing enough to address the problem. When the scandal broke...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Monolith: California's Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (A)
Datla, Anjani; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1235-EEconomicsIn October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the state's long dysfunctional technology procurement process on its head. After years of planning, California was about to request bids for a new child welfare management system to replace a twenty-year-old technology...Starting at €8.20
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Seeking Skills, Finding Barriers: Vocational Training in Punjab (Sequel)
Khwaja, Asim; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1262-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1261. In March 2012, a flagship vocational program in Punjab, Pakistan-the Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF)-hit a roadblock. After months of planning, a pilot phase of training courses was launched in four of Punjab's poorest districts. The classes filled up, but the researchers in charge of evaluating PSDF's programs were worried. Earlier research indicated that a large portion of the target population-including a large...Starting at €8.20
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Paying to Improve Girls' Education: India's First Development Impact Bond
Datla, Anjani; Levy, DanCase HBS-KS1282-EEconomicsIn 2013, Educate Girls (an Indian nonprofit working to increase the number of girls enrolled and learning in school), partnered with Instiglio, a startup specializing in financial instruments for social programs in developing countries to create the first Development Impact Bond-a financial instrument similar to a Social Impact Bond. UBS Optimus, a Swiss foundation, agreed to act as the investor and the London-based Children's Investment Fund Fou...Starting at €8.20
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Integrating Renewable Energy in Argentina, Teaching Plan
Datla, Anjani; Lee, HenryTeaching Note HBS-KS1289-EEconomicsTeaching plan to case KS1288Starting at €0.00