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The Robin Hood Foundation (Spanish version)
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-315S07Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityCreated by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its funds are being spent on the most effective poverty-fighting programs. The organization's senior vice president, Michael Weinstein, has developed a benefit-cost (BC) approach to analyze the performanc...Starting at €8.20
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The Bridgespan Group: Chapter 2
Grossman, Allen S.; Greckol-Herlich, Naomi; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-309020-EThe Bridgespan Group was launched in 2000 by management consulting group Bain & Company as a nonprofit focused on strategy consulting for nonprofits and philanthropists. Over the next eight years, Bridgespan expanded its services to include executive search, knowledge sharing, and a web-based job matching service. While its growth was welcome, Bridgespan's leaders and board wanted to strengthen Bridgespan's positive impact on the nonprofit sector...Starting at €8.20
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Target: Responding to the Recession
Gulati, Ranjay; Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-510016-EMarketingWithin 10 months of Gregg Steinhafel's taking over as CEO at Target, the U.S. was mired in the most significant economic downturn in 50 years. Top competitor Wal-Mart had positioned itself well for the crisis, while Target's same store sales began to slide. While Steinhafel believed that Target's long-term strategy and positioning were right, he pondered a set of strategic and operational challenges. Did Target have the right mix of offensive and...Starting at €8.20
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Target: Responding to the Recession (Spanish Version)
Gulati, Ranjay; Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-515S02MarketingDentro de los 10 meses de Gregg Steinhafel de tomar el cargo de CEO en Target, los EE.UU. estaba sumida en la recesión económica más importante en 50 años. Principal competidor de Wal-Mart había posicionado bien para la crisis, mientras que las ventas mismas tiendas de Target comenzó a deslizarse. Mientras Steinhafel cree que la estrategia y posicionamiento a largo plazo de Target tenían razón, reflexionó un conjunto de retos estratégicos y opera...Starting at €8.20
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Purolator Courier Ltd.
Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-508054-EMarketingOn a fall day in September 2003, Robert Swanborough made his way down a thickly carpeted hallway in Purolator's headquarters in Toronto, Canada, toward a meeting with his two deputies. Several months earlier, Swanborough, then vice-president of Marketing, had been named vice-president for Sales Effectiveness atop a transformed sales division. The previous week, the team had presented to top management the results of the customer segmentation rese...Starting at €8.20
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Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Women Initiative
Marquis, Christopher; Rangan, V. Kasturi; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-509042-EGoldman Sachs' five-year, $100 million philanthropic initiative to provide practical business and management education to 10,000 women around the globe recently celebrated its first anniversary and over 1,200 women were either enrolled in, or graduated from sponsored certificate programs. The case describes the conception, development and implementation of the initiative and outlines some key strategic decisions facing the firm as they roll-out t...Starting at €8.20
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The Robin Hood Foundation
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-310031-ECreated by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its fundsStarting at €8.20
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The Smart Grid
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Maurer, Noel; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-310072-EStrategyThe development of the smart grid--the integration of traditional elements of energy transmission and delivery with information technology--heralds a new era in the power industry. Many new business opportunities will be created as the smart grid gets developed. What strategies should Cisco employ to become a leader in this industry? What obstacles and challenges must Cisco overcome to compete successfully in this new industry?Starting at €8.20
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Roll Back Malaria and BCG: the Change Initiative
Ashraf, Nava; Gordon, Rachel; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-910023-ERoll Back Malaria, a global partnership dedicated to fighting malaria has not met its founders' expectations of effectively combatting malaria. In 2005, after several internal evaluations, RBM leadership has decided to engage the Boston Consulting Group to work on a Change Initiative that when completed will enable RBM to address the eradication of malaria both more effectively and through larger scale efforts. However, the Initiative has become ...Starting at €8.20
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HP: The Computer is Personal Again
Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-509010-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In September 2008, Todd Bradley, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company's Personal Systems Group (PSG) gathered his thoughts before a meeting with his top executives and managers for product design and marketing. On the agenda was a discussion of strategic next steps for the group. Hewlett-Packard (HP), a technology company providing a wide range of products and...Starting at €8.20