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Managing Drugs on the Forefront of Personalized Medicine: The Erbitux and Vectibix Story
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kucherlapati, Raju; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-810066-EEntrepreneurshipIn May 2007, Amgen Inc. (Amgen) received disappointing news from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) that its drug Vectibix, developed to fight metastatic colorectal cancer, had been rejected. This was especially surprising news given that a similar rival drug had received approval several years prior. Moreover, Vectibix had also received Food and Drug Administration approval in 2006. During additional trials, Amgen has learned that the Vectibix...Starting at €8.20
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The Indego Africa Project (Spanish Version)
McGinn, Kathleen L.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-914S10Dos abogados jóvenes que se encuentran y comienzan a construir el Proyecto África Indego, una asociación de ONG con cooperativas de mujeres en Ruanda. Indego conecta las cooperativas en el mercado minorista internacional de productos artesanales hechos a mano, ayuda a las cooperativas construyen su capacidad de negocio, y desarrolla y ofrece formación en el aula en la vida y habilidades de negocio para los miembros de la cooperativa. En el moment...Starting at €8.20
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Storming into the U.S. Market (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Gordon, Rachel; Lafkas, JohnCase HBS-918S10StrategyThe RoboTech case describes the challenges facing the CEO of a small, Singapore-based industrial robotics company that decides to diversify away from its core industrial robot business by leveraging its expertise into the medical-devices industry. It launches an innovative product (a specialized surgical robot) in an unfamiliar market segment (spinal surgery) and decides to enter the unfamiliar, distant U.S. healthcare market, which is characteri...Starting at €8.20
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Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc. (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-918S11EntrepreneurshipThis case follows Jenica Fletcher as she rebuilds her company's guitar strings division from the ground up. Convinced that she could turn the division around if given complete independence from corporate headquarters, Fletcher relocated the group, rebranded it as Malenti Strings, repositioned the guitar strings as high-performance products, and transformed Malenti into a fast-growing, profitable business. The case traces Fletcher's key steps in...Starting at €8.20
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Capital One Financial Corp. (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.; Rukstad, Michael G.; Paige, Christopher H.Case HBS-702S01StrategyDesigned to explore the structure, implementation, and sustainability of an information-based strategy (IBS) undertaken by Capital One during the 1990s. Particular issues of interest are the impact of mass customization on industry structure, the ability to transfer IBS skills to new sectors, and the impact of the Internet on industry structure and competitor strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Market Failures (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.; Khanna, Tarun; Rivkin, Jan W.Case HBS-704S07StrategyExamines the role of transaction costs in impeding the functioning of markets and shows how the concept of transaction costs sheds light on a broad range of issues in strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Tata Nano - The People's Car (Spanish version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Anand, Bharat N.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-711S33StrategyThe case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (Chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, Managing Director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price - quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionar...Starting at €8.20
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Differences at Work: Alex (A) (Spanish version)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-408S50Leadership and People ManagementIn Differences at Work: Alex (A), HBS Case No. 9-408-011 Alex has been asked an inappropriate question by the interviewer at an interview for his dream job. How will Alex handle the situation? Should he accept the position is offered?Starting at €8.20
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When Does Leadership Matter: A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership
Wasserman, Noam; Anand, Bharat N.; Nohria, NitinBook Chapter HBS-6122BC-ELeadership and People ManagementTo what extent does leadership influence organizational performance? In this chapter, Noam Wasserman, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria try to provide a balanced answer to this question. Replicating the variance partitioning method used by Stanley Lieberson and James O'Connor in their 1972 study on leadership and organizational performance, they analyze the performance of more than 500 publicly held U.S. companies (across 42 industries) over a 20-ye...Starting at €8.20
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The Value of a Broader Product Portfolio
Anand, Bharat N.Article HBS-F0801E-EStrategyThe mantra "Every product must stand on its own bottom line" may no longer be the one to chant. Nowadays, broadening your portfolio can increase both your chances of a big win and the benefit your other products can get from a hit's popularity.Starting at €8.20