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Living Agreements for a Risky World (Spanish version)
Orr, Ryan J.Article HBS-F0604CIn emerging markets, contracts must be both flexible and rigid. "Shock absorber" and "safety net" clauses offer firms a living, breathing solution.Starting at €8.20
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It May Be Cheaper to Manufacture at Home
de Treville, Suzanne; Trigeorgis, LenosArticle HBS-R1010F-EService and Operations ManagementConventional financial tools can lead to supply chain mistakes. Most managers use the discounted cash flow (DCF) model to help them make decisions such as where to locate a new manufacturing plant or whether to use a foreign or domestic supplier. But DCF typically undervalues flexibility-and as a result, companies may end up with supply chains that are low cost as long as everything proceeds according to plan but extremely expensive if problems a...Starting at €8.20
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BP: Beyond Petroleum
Yemen, Gerry; Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-S-0182-EStrategySuitable for MBA, EMBA, and executive education programs, this case uses the complexities of the oil industry to set the stage to unfold a stakeholder analysis on BP’s growth and opportunity in the renewable energy sector. This public sourced case offers a discussion about the firm’s overall strategy, post Gulf Oil spill, moving forward. The case describes how within a single decade, BP had emerged as one of the largest energy companies in the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Leskinen, OliviaCase HBS-313009-EBob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and seemed to address a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from his years in venture capital. His nonprofit was called 13th Avenue Funding and it provided equity as an alternative to debt for students to finance college. Since he first set out on his journey, he faced a lot of resistance and difficulty in ...Starting at €8.20
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Process analysis: Terms, basic concepts and tools
Gómez del Sol, R.Technical Note IIST-PIN-25-E-EService and Operations ManagementFirst, the document lists the way companies compete and the operational capabilities they need for competing. The example of a custom framing business is used to explain useful concepts and tools in the analysis of processes. A process flowchart is used to define the concepts of operations and resources. Operation times, resource occupation times, as well as process and cycle times, are defined using a table that includes operations, resources, a...Starting at €8.20
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Dismantling the Sales Machine
Adamson, Brent; Dixon, Matthew; Toman, NicholasArticle HBS-R1311H-ESales leaders have long fixated on process discipline, monitoring reps' conformance to "optimal" behaviors and their performance of specified activities. Recently, however, this sales machine has stalled. The approaches that once led to predictable progress in a sale do not work with today's customers, who are empowered with more information than ever before. The new environment favors creative and adaptable sellers who challenge customers with d...Starting at €8.20
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Silicon Valley Bank: The On-Call Associated Program
Soule, S; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-OB88-EInnovation and ChangeMelissa Stepanis, deal team leader for Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) New York tech lending group, had been on maternity leave. When she met with her manager to discuss her anticipated return to work, she was not ready to come back. Not wanting to make commitments that she might not be able to keep, she quit. For Chris Edmonds-Waters, SVB’s head of human resources, Stepanis’s somewhat unexpected departure was concerning. She was the latest exampl...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Inc.: Managing a Global Supply Chain
P. Fraser Johnson; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14D005-EService and Operations Management, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CATEGORY - THE CASE CENTRE AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS 2016. An analyst for a money management firm is studying Apple Inc. as one of the firm’s key investments. In 2013, Apple had a market capitalization of nearly US$500 billion and sales of US$171 billion. According to the research firm, Gartner Group, it had the world’s best supply chain, ranking ahead of companies such as Walmart, Amazon an...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Ruth Reichl
Reichl, Ruth; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1406M-EThe cook, critic, and fiction writer discusses her years as the last editor of "Gourmet": how she handled being a manager, modernized the magazine, and dealt with its closing.Starting at €8.20
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Stick to the Strategy or Make the Sale (HBR Case Study)
Weiss, Mitchell B.Article HBS-R1607X-EStrategyLumiscape, a manufacturer of high-tech streetlights, has recently decided to switch from a direct sale business model to a subscription service, in which customers would get installation, maintenance, and monitoring software bundled with the product. Part of the reasoning is that customers haven't been extracting all the potential value in their streetlights. Now a customer wants to hugely increase its order--but through a direct sale. With comme...Starting at €8.20