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Bitstream (Spanish version)
Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-307S14EntrepreneurshipFocuses on the new CEO of a growing software firm, the culture he's tried to create, and the need to hire a manager to spearhead a new product division. Includes details on how the search was conducted and presents resumes of four candidates who are being considered for the position. Designed to allow students to think through the recruitment, selection, and interview process.Starting at €8.20
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Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A) (Spanish version)
Salter, Malcolm S.; Hall, Susan E.A.Case HBS-321S07Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityConoco's attempted to win an oil development contract in Ecuador's tropical rain forest. The case discusses government perspectives, environmental perspectives, and indigenous people's perspectives. Allows role playing in a "negotiating forum" set up by Conoco to get their developing plan in the various interest groups. This oil development contract is key to Conoco's Latin American E&D strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Sears Auto Centers (A) (Spanish version)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Santoro, Michael A.Case HBS-317S11StrategyThe CEO of Sears must decide how to respond to allegations that the company's auto repair division has been misleading consumers and charging them for unnecessary repairs.Starting at €8.20
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Southwest Airlines--1993 (A) (Spanish version)
Heskett, James L.; Hallowell, RogerCase HBS-602S02Southwest Airlines, the only major U.S. airline to be profitable in 1992, makes a decision as to which of two new cities to open, or to add a new long-haul route. Provides windows into Southwest's strategy, operations, marketing, and culture.Starting at €8.20
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Analyst's Dilemma (A) (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S37Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityA young investment banker returns home one night to find that her roommate and best friend has been laid off from Universal Bank because Universal is shutting down its capital finance group. Her roommate makes her promise to keep this information confidential because the news is not to be disclosed to the market for several days. The protaganist knows, however, that Universal's capital finance group is collaborating with her own investment bank o...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric's Revolutionary (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.; Dial, JayCase HBS-308S36StrategyDescribes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out." To a considerable extent, the case tells the story in Welch's own words drawing on earlier cases on Welch prepared by Richard Hammermesh and Frank Aguilar, as well as a 1991 interv...Starting at €8.20
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Sunrise Medical, Inc.'s Wheelchair Products (Spanish version)
McGahan, Anita M.Case HBS-703S39StrategySunrise's CEO must decide whether to intervene in a decision by a division, Guardian Products, to introduce a new lightweight standard wheelchair. Guardian wants to introduce the wheelchair to complement its line of commodity crutches, walkers, and other patient aids. If introduced, the new wheelchair will compete with an existing product offered by the largest and most profitable Sunrise division, Quickie Designs. The CEO hesitates to take actio...Starting at €8.20
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Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (A) (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Weber, Katherine S.Case HBS-406S16Leadership and People Management1) the complexities of managing and growing a large global business; 2) the tensions between centralized corporate control and decentralized local management in a global organization; 3) the impact of leadership style on corporate culture and performance; 4) the challenges of leading a senior mangement team; and 5) the final decision by CEO Rudi Gassner and the subsequent actions taken by the members of the executive committee.Starting at €8.20
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Wetherill Associates, Inc. (Spanish version)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Katz, Jane PalleyCase HBS-306S34StrategyTop managers of Wetherill Associates, Inc., a small, privately held distributor of electrical parts to the automotive aftermarket, are considering whether to modify the company's compensation system for its salesforce. The management wants a compensation system that reinforces the company's right-action policy and its team approach to customer service. The case describes the right-action ethic and its application throughout the business.Starting at €8.20
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Power Dynamics in Organizations (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.Case HBS-403S12Leadership and People ManagementDesigned to introduce the concepts of power and power dynamics to students in the MBA second-year elective course Power and Influence. Defines "power" and "influence," and explores the role of power dynamics in managerial work and in the life of organizations. Combats popular notions that "power is evil" and that "power corrupts" by illustrating how power is necessary to bring about productive and creative resolutions to organizational conflict. ...Starting at €8.20