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YU Ranch: Growing a Sustainable Business
Rod E. White; Hadi Chapardar; Ryan WhiteCase IVEY-9B15M038-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and owner of YU Ranch is selling all of the Texas Longhorn beef the ranch can produce. YU Ranch's grass-fed, sustainable beef is substantially leaner and healthier than conventionally produced beef. This highly differentiated product is sold at a premium to selected restaurants, food service companies and at the farm-gate. The local consumer segment has been tapped, while local businesses and distant customers need to be supplied. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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The Canadian Television Industry Confronts Subscription Video on Demand
Adam Fremeth; Rod E. White; Kartik RaoCase IVEY-9B16M072-EStrategyIn late 2015, developments in the Canadian television industry led the incumbent players to reconsider their traditional distribution strategies. The conflux of changes to technology, regulatory reforms, and consumption patterns was complicated by the entry of new players, forcing established firms to consider revising their business models. The regulated oligopolistic industry structure that once protected the players and ensured superior perfor...Starting at €8.20
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Closing the Gap - Facing the Future (B)
Rod E. White; Rida EliasCase IVEY-9B10M052-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplement to Closing the Gap - The Changing Home Care Environment (A) case, product #9B10M051. The regulations in the home care industry are changing. The industry is moving toward consolidation and favouring large companies. Closing the Gap reaches a crossroad. In this (B) case, students will be asked to evaluate an acquisition possibility and advise the chief executive officer whether the acquisition will be a successful one or not.Starting at €5.74
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision - Teaching Note
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M020-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M020.Starting at €0.00
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Alsea: A New CEO Comes on Board - Teaching Note
Jose Antonio Davila; Ernesto Bolio; Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M112-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M112.Starting at €0.00
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ING Insurance Asia/Pacific
Rod E. White; Paul W. Beamish; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B06M083-EStrategyThe new chief executive officer (CEO) of ING Insurance Asia/Pacific wants to improve the regional operation of the company. ING Group was a global financial services company of Dutch origin with more than 150 years of experience. As part of ING International, ING Insurance Asia/Pacific was responsible for life insurance and asset/wealth management activities throughout the region. The company was doing well, but the new CEO believed that there we...Starting at €8.20
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Empoderados
Bernoff, Josh; Schadler, TedArticle HBS-R1007HLeadership and People ManagementDespués de su guitarra se rompió en un vuelo de United Air Lines y la aerolínea rechazó su reclamación por daños, músico Dave Carroll hizo el vídeo de YouTube "United Breaks Guitars", que más de 8 millones de personas han visto. Carroll está lejos de ser el único que tiene los medios de comunicación social empleado para fustigar una empresa de mal servicio al cliente. Por ejemplo, un popular blogger le aconsejó millones o más seguidores en Twitte...Starting at €8.20
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Helping HEROes Innovate: How Your Company Can Surface Ideas and Encourage Employee-Driven Innovation
Bernoff, Josh; Schadler, TedBook Chapter HBS-7037BC-EInnovation in a business powered by employee HEROes-Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives-is about speed, collaboration, and systems for capturing the best ideas. In this chapter, authors Josh Bernoff-coauthor of "Groundswell"-and Ted Schadler explain how these three elements enable employee HEROes to find the others who can help them get things started quickly. Speed, collaboration, and idea-capturing systems contribute to both minor, "sus...Starting at €8.20
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Becoming HERO-Powered: Are You Ready to Allow Your Employees to Turn Social Technologies into Customer-Focused Innovation Machines
Bernoff, Josh; Schadler, TedBook Chapter HBS-7050BC-EThe concept of employee-driven innovation doesn't come up every day, and it doesn't affect every employee. But when it does come up, it can make a dramatic difference in how it feels to work at your company, because innovation-and the excitement that surrounds it-is in the air. So how can you tell if your company is on its way from being ordinary to becoming HERO-powered? In this chapter, authors Josh Bernoff-coauthor of "Groundswell"-and Ted Sch...Starting at €8.20
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Why the Groundswell-and Why Now: Social Technologies-A Call to Action for Your Business
Li, Charlene; Bernoff, JoshBook Chapter HBS-8338BC-EYour company's customers are talking about your brand right now, on Facebook and Twitter, probably in ways you haven't approved and wouldn't like. Your support representatives' conversations with customers will show up on YouTube, and so will your TV commercials, intercut with sarcastic commentary. This movement-the "groundswell"-comes from a thousand different sources and washes over traditional businesses like a flood. And while you can't stop ...Starting at €8.20