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Contempo Technologies, Inc. and Betty Sievers: A Clash of Interests in an Uncertain Time
Datar, Srikant M.; Jaff, Michael R.; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-114009-EAccounting and ControlIn an era of rapidly evolving systems of health care delivery, the impact on patients, physicians, hospitals, medical device manufacturers and small business owners are often conflicting. This case highlights these conflicts and stressors from all perspectives, providing unique insights and offering potential options.Starting at €8.20
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Philips' Connected Baby Bottle
Lal, Rajiv; Datar, Srikant M.; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-519020-EMarketingStarting at €8.20
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SANY: Going Global
Lal, Rajiv; Lippert, Stefan; Dai, Nancy Hua; Deng, DiCase HBS-513058-EMarketingApril 17, 2012, was a special day for SANY Group and for its founder Liang Wen'gen. Headquartered in Changsha, SANY Group had transformed itself in two decades from a small welding material factory in 1989 to a leading global construction equipment manufacturer with 5 industrial parks in China; 5 R&D and manufacturing bases in America, Germany, India, Brazil, and Indonesia; and 21 sales companies worldwide. SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (SANY), S...Starting at €8.20
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China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good
Marquis, Christopher; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-410142-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In early 2010, cleantech investment pioneer Tsing Capital was planning for the China Environment Fund IV and considering how to maintain its commitment to social and environmental practices. Tsing Capital embraced its philosophy of "Doing Well by Doing Good" and developed a proprietary system to manage social & environmental functions throughout the investment process. Some ...Starting at €8.20
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CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company
Bower, Joseph L.; Dai, Nancy Hua; Shih-ta Chen, MichaelCase HBS-311074-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead China National Offshore Oil Company - an SOE founded in 1982 to exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits grown 2600 times. He believes that the way CNOOC has been managed, a blend of market orientation and concern ...Starting at €8.20
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The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget
Datar, Srikant M.; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-118010-EStarting at €8.20
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Tamarin App: Natural Language Processing
Datar, Srikant M.; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-118015-EAccounting and ControlThis case was written for the EC course "Managing with Data Science." The course provides MBA students with no programming experience an introduction to the field of data science and its applications in business. Students learn to (1) carefully articulate the business ask, (2) reason carefully from the ask; through metrics and models, and outputs; and (3) evaluate outputs from models to (4) develop a plan for action. In this case students explore...Starting at €8.20
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Visualizing Data & Effective Communication
Datar, Srikant M.; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-118114-EAccounting and ControlStarting at €8.20
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Chateau Winery (B): Supervised Learning
Datar, Srikant M.; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-119024-EAccounting and ControlThis case builds directly on Chateau Winery (A). In this case Bill Booth, marketing manager of a regional wine distributor, shifts to supervised learning techniques to try to predict which deals he should offer to customers based on the purchasing behavior of those customers closest to them. Topics include: Supervised learning; collaborative filtering; K-nearest neighbor as a modeling technique; collaborative filtering with cosine similarity of ...Starting at €5.74
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Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas
Marquis, Christopher; Dai, Nancy Hua; Yin, JuelinCase HBS-412095-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Group, had developed a series of innovative products aimed at solving China's environmental problems. Broad Group's products, services, and management were guided by values that prioritized morals, responsibility, environmental protection, and energy conservation over company growth and profit. Zhang's current focus was Broad Sustaina...Starting at €8.20