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Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Barlow, Benjamin H.Case HBS-414S07StrategyWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) industry, with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously Clayton's successful country manager for t...Starting at €8.20
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Asea Brown Boveri (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-102S43StrategyIn 1987, two European rivals--Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Switzerland--merged to form Asea Brown Boveri. The new company employed 150,000 employees in 850 legal entities operating in 140 countries. The case describes the challenges facing Percy Barnevik--the organization's leader--and how he resolved those challenges through staffing, communicating priorities, new structural alignments, and information and reporting systems.Starting at €8.20
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Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally, Module Note (Spanish version)
Alcacer, JuanCase HBS-718S10Strategycan she manage Chen at all, and if so, how?Starting at €8.20
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To Acquire or Not to Acquire? An Update (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Collis, David J.; Furey, MaryCase HBS-712S07StrategyTo Acquire or Not to Acquire?" details the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Pixar, including deal terms, executive appointments, and operating guidelines for the two studios.Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Unconnected (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Clayton, JohnCase HBS-716S12StrategyThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location-a small city-state strategically located to reach of the world population in a flight of less th...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-716S16Service and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20
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The Competitive Battle Continues (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-914S12StrategyDescribes the development of the global strategies and organizations of two major competitors in the consumer electronics industry. Over four decades, both companies adapt their strategic intent and organizational capability to match and counter the competitive advantage of the other. The case shows how each is faced to restructure as its competitive advantage erodes.Starting at €8.20
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Storming into the U.S. Market (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Gordon, Rachel; Lafkas, JohnCase HBS-918S10StrategyThe RoboTech case describes the challenges facing the CEO of a small, Singapore-based industrial robotics company that decides to diversify away from its core industrial robot business by leveraging its expertise into the medical-devices industry. It launches an innovative product (a specialized surgical robot) in an unfamiliar market segment (spinal surgery) and decides to enter the unfamiliar, distant U.S. healthcare market, which is characteri...Starting at €8.20
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Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd. (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Rangan, U. SrinivasaCase HBS-318S12StrategyDescribes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful. In doing so, Weston ignores or circumvents policies and control from KFC's headquarters and becomes very upset when more sophisticated planning, coordination, and control systems be...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft: Competir por el talento (B)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Glinska, MegCase HBS-302S06Knowledge and CommunicationComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74