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Mittal Steel: The Making of the World's Largest Steel Company (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Velamuri, RamaCase E-82-EEntrepreneurshipLakshmi Mittal, an Indian born entrepreneur, built the largest steel producing group in the world, with nearly 70 million tonnes of production capacity and US$ 31.5 billion in revenues, over a 28 year period from 1976 to 2004. He has shown an uncanny knack for acquiring underperforming steel mills in Trinidad, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Ireland, Germany, the US, and China, and turning them around.Starting at €8.20
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Mittal Steel: The Making of the World's Largest Steel Company (B)
Mitchell, Jordan; Velamuri, RamaCase E-83-EEntrepreneurshipCase (B) provides data on two other Indian steel companies: 150 year old Tata Steel and the government-owned Steel Authority of India Limited. Allows the instructor to contrast the entrepreneurial strategy of Mittal with a more administratively focused strategy in these two companies.Starting at €5.74
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All the Wrong Moves (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Garvin, David A.; McCormick, Christopher J.; Moje, Hauke; Biggadike, Ralph; Domorski, PaulArticle HBS-R0601A-ELeadership and People ManagementNutrorim's products have been gaining national attention. In particular, sales of the company's organic, performance-enhancing sports supplement powder, ChargeUp, have gone through the roof. Now the new and improved version, called ChargeUp with Lipitrene, has recently hit the market, and expectations are high. CEO Don Rifkin has tried hard to build an inclusive, democratic culture at this successful company. But the organization's open decision-...Starting at €8.20
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Mittal Steel: The Making of the World's Largest Steel Company (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Velamuri, RamaTeaching Note ET-6-EEntrepreneurshipThis teaching note was made as an aid in class for cases E-82-E and E-83-E.Starting at €0.00
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Indispensable (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Beeson, John; Rowe, John W.; Reilly, Edward; Ready, Douglas A.; Jordan, Michael; Conger, JayArticle HBS-R0609A-ELeadership and People ManagementEdward Bennett has done wonders at Astar Enterprises. In the 15 years he's been CEO, the company has more than tripled in size through product line extension and disciplined acquisitions and is now distributing its cleaning, personal hygiene, and skin care products nationwide. But Astar's chief executive is 64 years old, and while all his attention is taken up with a new strategy to expand into international markets, board members are becoming in...Starting at €8.20
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CVO Group: the European Expansion
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-102-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementNorrie Sinclair, CEO of CVO Group - a recruiting company based in Budapest, Hungary, with operations throughout Eastern Europe - is considering two types of expansion: geographic enlargement to London, UK and expanding into personnel leasing through acquisition. In his search for an acquisition target, he has come across Center Group, a company participating in both personnel leasing and payroll outsourcing in Poland. This case allows students t...Starting at €8.20
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Balancing Family and Business Needs at Merck KGaA
Neumann, Frederic A.; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1505-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe case sets out to describe the main turning points in Merck's more than 300-year history with an emphasis on the events since World War II (internationalization, growth through acquisitions, policy of in-licensing, R&D focus). However, the main focus is on the company's corporate and family governance structures, procedures and systems, as these represent a unique combination of legal, structural and organisational constructs that cement the i...Starting at €8.20
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Bertelsmann: The Ownership Question
Neumann, Frederic A.; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1506-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyLeaders of Bertelsmann AG (BAG), the fifth largest media conglomerate worldwide and first in Europe, had a decision to make in early 2006. Under an agreement it had reached in 2001, GBL, its only shareholder not controlled by the Mohn family, had the right to sell its 25% stake on the company in the stock market, provided it did not reach an agreement with the Mohn family beforehand for a buyback of this share package for a price to be negotiated...Starting at €8.20
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Bertelsmann: The Ownership Question - Teaching Note
Neumann, Frederic A.; Tàpies, JosepTeaching Note DGT-53-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe leaders of Bertelsmann AG (BAG), the fifth largest media conglomerate worldwide and number one in Europe, had a decision to make in early 2006. Under an agreement it had reached in 2001, GBL, the company's only shareholder not controlled by the Mohn family, had the right to sell its 25% stake in the company on the stock market, provided it did not reach an agreement with the Mohn family beforehand for a buy back of this share package for a ne...Starting at €0.00
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Balancing Family and Business Needs at Merck KGaA - Teaching Note
Neumann, Frederic A.; Tàpies, JosepTeaching Note DGT-54-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe case sets out to describe the main turning points in Merck's more than 300-year history with an emphasis on the events since World War II (internationalization, growth through acquisitions, policy of in-licensing, R&D focus). However, the main focus is on the company's corporate and family governance structures, procedures and systems, as these represent a unique combination of legal, structural and organisational constructs that cement the i...Starting at €0.00