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Florida Ice and Farm: sustainability champion from an emerging economy (B)
Ickis, John Cather; Prado Barboza, Andrea; García-Rada, XimenaCase INCAE-30794B_E-EService and Operations ManagementCase B describes the implementation of the strategy to use in FIFCO triple between 2009-2011, showing positive results as well as savings in several areas. Additionally, the case focuses on three of the twelve triple objectives of utility: responsible consumption, the volunteer program and neutral water. At the close of the case, Ramón Mendiola facing the following challenge: should consolidate triple useful strategy in the organization or expand...Starting at €5.74
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Fundación Castillo Córdova: Proyecto de Desarrollo Comunitario Integral, TZUNUNA
Figueroa Morón, Luis; Central American Healthcare Initiative (CAHI); Prado Barboza, AndreaCase INCAE-31230_SEl caso ilustra los retos de las acciones de RSE de empresas latinoamericanas ante entornos sociales con enormes deficiencias básicas. El mismo presenta los antecedentes, acciones y resultados de un proyecto de desarrollo comunitario integral implementado en una zona rural pobre de Guatemala. El caso permite que el estudiante internalice problemas sociales como la desnutrición crónica como una amenaza para la competitividad. Asi como también la i...Starting at €8.20
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The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Bucheli, MarceloCase HBS-807S06EconomicsExamines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half century, United Fruit had built a large vertically integrated tropical fruit business that owned large banana plantations in the "banana republics" of Central America, including Guatemala. Examines the impact and role of United Fruit in the Guatemalan economy, one of the poorest in the world, and t...Starting at €8.20
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Global Beauty Made in Brazil (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-807S26EntrepreneurshipExplores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and became characterized by high ethical and environmental standards. Natura began to seek international markets in 1982, but experienced many setbacks until surviving the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. The company opene...Starting at €8.20
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Brazil at the Wheel (Spanish Version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.Case HBS-811S19EconomicsSe imparte en el segundo curso de MBA electiva sobre la evolución del Negocio global. Examina los costos y los beneficios de las políticas del gobierno brasileño para fomentar las multinacionales extranjeras para desarrollar una industria del automóvil durante la década de 1950. Una combinación de incentivos y el cierre de mercado se utiliza para atraer la inversión extranjera directa. Volkswagen respondió más positivamente que las empresas estad...Starting at €8.20
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Historian Geoffrey Jones on why knowledge stays put
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0807H-EStrategyA business historian reminds us that since the nineteenth century, predictions about globalization have been reliably wrong. Despite technology for the fast diffusion of knowledge, information-like wealth-seems to be concentrating even further.Starting at €8.20
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Rise of Corporate Nationality (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.Article HBS-F0610AEconomicsThe nationality of global companies has become less ambiguous and more strategically important in recent decades.Starting at €8.20
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Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Lluch, AndreaCase HBS-807155-EEconomicsExamines the career of Ernesto Tornquist, a cosmopolitan financier considered to be the most significant entrepreneur in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Tornquist created a diversified business group, linked to the political elite, which integrated Argentina into the trading and financial networks of the first global economy. Provides an opportunity to understand why Argentina was such a successful economy at this time, and to debate wh...Starting at €8.20
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Ken Durham and Unilever as a 'Multi-Local Multinational'
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Decker, StephanieCase HBS-808025-EStrategyExplores the opportunities and threats to Unilever's global business in 1978 based on the commercial and political challenges faced by three of its subsidiaries, Lever Brothers in the United States, Hindustan Lever in India, and United Africa Company in West Africa. Management faced several problems: criticism of multinational companies, anti-trust legislation, expropriations, and rising competition from international and local rivals. Focuses on...Starting at €8.20
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Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa, Teaching Plan
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Giacomin, ValeriaTeaching Note HBS-318081-ETeaching plan for case 313148.Starting at €0.00