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Flores Colombianas
Novoa, FabioTechnical Note INALDE-P-I-133StrategyEl caso muestra los últimos acontecimientos del sector floricultor colombiano, una industria que destina el 95% de su producción a la exportación a los Estados Unidos y a muchos otros diversos países. Nos muestra como los empresarios se preocupan por tres hechos recientes que pueden cambiar substancialmente la industria. Estos son: 1. La entrada de grandes empresas multinacionales, que compraron cultivos y distribuidoras en USA con el objeto de c...Starting at €8.20
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Negociación en las alturas: Escalador de Malanga
Novoa, FabioCase INALDE-P-I-152StrategyEl caso relata la negociación entre dos grupos de escaladores que pretendían atacar la cumbre del Everest. Durante el ascenso a la cumbre dos escaladores de Macondo no encuentran tres botellas de oxígeno que son indespensables a esa altura. Al equipo de Malanga increíblemente le sobraban las tres botellas que los de Macondo necesitaban. Los Malangueños prestan las tres botellas con la esperanza de ser bien retribuidos abajo. Los Malangueños “abaj...Starting at €8.20
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Quest Industrial
Novoa, FabioTechnical Note INALDE-P-I-171StrategyHernán Cruz, presidente y accionista mayoritario del grupo Quest estaba complacido con los resultados de su gestión como empresario después de más de 20 años de trabajo. Realmente tenía de qué sentirse orgulloso, pues partiendo de la nada y con poca formación académica, hoy su grupo de empresas mostraba ventas superiores a $50.000 millones y aún tenía mucho por crecer. Pero Quest tenía un problema: China era el principal abastecedor de cables de ...Starting at €8.20
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Cross-Functional Challenges in the Mobile Division (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Shelton, RachelCase HBS-415S03Leadership and People ManagementRoger Cahill has spent less than a year as head of the Mobile Division of BoldFlash, a flash memory component maker. On the corporate level, BoldFlash has adapted to an evolving and difficult marketplace, but the Mobile Division is struggling. The four groups within the unit refuse to work together, and the unit recently failed to capitalize on an important new product opportunity. To address the problems, Cahill has made a number of organization...Starting at €8.20
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The Electronic Products Division (A) (Spanish version)
Beer, MichaelCase HBS-411S19Leadership and People ManagementDescribes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient data to determine that the cause of these problems is a change in business environment that had been followed by change in organization and management. Can be used for analysis of org...Starting at €8.20
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Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A)
Sadun, Raffaella; Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-717419-EStrategyIn late 2015, CEO Vince Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson's transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent years, cost pressures were causing its major customers to consolidate, and also to rethink their purchasing practices-moving from looking for products to looking for cost-effective solutions...Starting at €8.20
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-808134-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809117-EEntrepreneurshipFrom 1995 to 1999, the U.S. experienced a period of tremendous growth in its information technology (IT) sector. The IT industry, although it accounted for less than 10% of the U.S. economy's total output, contributed disproportionately to economic growth. One market that was particularly contentious was online pet supply retailing. Pet supply retailing had an estimated worth of $31 billion in 1997, and in the late 1990s, several startups and bri...Starting at €8.20
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Al Capone
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809144-EEntrepreneurshipIn 1929, Chicago, IL mob boss Al Capone was at the height of his power. As head of the extensive crime organization known as "The Outfit" during most of U.S.'s Prohibition Era (1920-1933), Capone oversaw hundreds of brothels, speakeasies, and roadhouses which served as venues for gang-administered gambling, prostitution, and illegal alcohol sales. At their peak, yearly revenues from all of his enterprises combined totaled over $100 million. Capon...Starting at €8.20
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Crosley
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809160-EEntrepreneurshipIn October 1941, a top secret envoy from the U.S. military was sent to Crosley Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio to request their assistance to construct a weapon that would drastically strengthen the defenses of U.S. troops: the proximity fuze. Such a fuze would allow enemy aircraft to be shot down with a rate of accuracy well above that of previous weaponry. The task would be a challenging one, as conventional wisdom held that it took at least fo...Starting at €8.20