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Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Nanda, AshishCase HBS-303S05EntrepreneurshipTraces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest furniture dealership. Describes the innovative strategic and organizational changes Kamprad made to achieve success. In particular, focuses on his unique vision and values and the w...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Computer (C1): Reorganizing the Human Resource Function (Spanish version)
Gibbs, Michael J.Case HBS-408S43Leadership and People ManagementProvides a follow-up to the (C) case. A new organization chosen for the human resource (HR) function is described. Students must compare the design chosen by Apple's HR managers with the one they chose.Starting at €8.20
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Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization (Spanish version)
Gibbs, Michael J.Case HBS-408S40Leadership and People ManagementExplores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Written at a time when the company faces a very compelling threat to their business, and when morale within the company is very low. The purpose is to identify the key organizational issues which the company must address, and to begin to ...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function (Spanish version)
Gibbs, Michael J.Case HBS-408S42Leadership and People ManagementExplores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Describes in detail the HR function. The function is considering a reorganization at the end of the case, in response to criticism from non-HR employees and cost-cutting imperatives at Apple.Starting at €5.74
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Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture (Spanish version)
Gibbs, Michael J.Case HBS-408S41Leadership and People ManagementExplores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Analyzes the culture and morale at Apple. Apple has a very unique culture. Moreover, morale within the company is at a low. The culture is powerful in aiding the company in certain ways, and also a substantial hindrance to progress. Designed to study how Apple tries to keep what is good and change what is bad about the culture.Starting at €5.74
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Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s (Spanish version)
Nohria, Nitin; Berkley, James D.Case HBS-420S04Leadership and People ManagementAllen-Bradley's Industrial Computer and Communication Group (ICCG) underwent a period of rapid transformation in the 1980s, instituting a wide array of innovations from product development to information systems. In 1990 the Ohio-based group announced a major reorganization of its business and began carrying out a sweeping program of cultural change. The case requires students to develop an overall perspective on the process of organizational cha...Starting at €8.20
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Appex Corp. (Spanish version)
Nohria, Nitin; Gladstone, JulieCase HBS-408S29Leadership and People Management1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through several structural changes. At first, there was essentially no structure and no control systems. The atmosphere at Appex eventually became chaotic. As the new CEO, Shikhar Ghosh realiz...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Computer (D): Epilogue (Spanish version)
Gibbs, Michael J.; Beer, MichaelCase HBS-408S44Leadership and People ManagementBrings students up to date on events at Apple Computer as of August 1991. Outlines resolutions of, or attempts to deal with, problems outlined. Illustrates what Apple had done to address problems, shows progress to date, and alludes to further issues to be addressed. Can also be used mid-class to develop discussion of what to do next in the evolution of Apple's implementation of its new strategy.Starting at €5.74
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Keeping the Mission(s) Alive (Spanish version)
Theroux, JohnCase HBS-308S08StrategyBen & Jerry's is an anti-establishment, values-driven company that has become a successful venture. The dominant founder, Ben Cohen, is not an effective manager, but he brings creative marketing and product skills that have been important to the company's success. He also is controlling shareholder and the force behind the company's socially-minded culture. One of the many policies that have reflected Ben's values but which has created difficulty...Starting at €8.20
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Body Shop International (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Elderkin, Kenton W.; McQuade, KristaCase HBS-307S07StrategyDescribes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she took to building her highly successful business (no advertising, simple packaging, non-traditional R&D). After elaborating on the strong values she has imposed on the business, conc...Starting at €8.20