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La empresa Larsen: Una decisión de compra
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100Decision AnalysisLa empresa noruega Larsen es un fabricante de muebles de tamaño mediano. Su directora de compras tiene que decidirse entre dos ofertas, una de su proveedor tradicional (pequeño y fiable pero cuya calidad ha decaído) y otra de un proveedor más grande (un 2% más caro, pero con una calidad ligeramente superior y capaz de servir pedidos de mayor volumen). Otros factores son el sistema de incentivos de la directora de compras, la relación entre los pr...Starting at €8.20
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The Larsen Company (B): What ChatGPT would do
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-101-EInformation TechnologiesThe Larsen Company (B) case provides the answer that ChatGPT 4.0 gives to the question posed in the Larsen Company (A) case and to some additional prompts.Starting at €5.74
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The Larsen Company (A): A purchasing decision
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100-EDecision AnalysisThe Larsen Company is a small furniture manufacturing company in Norway. Its purchasing manager has to decide which one of two offers to accept, one from its traditional supplier (small and reliable but offering declining quality) or another from a larger supplier (2% more expensive, offering slightly higher quality, and able to serve higher volumes). Other factors are the incentive system of the purchasing manager, the relation between the owner...Starting at €8.20
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Gelato: Sustainable production on demand: Facilitating global trade through local production
Jané, Joan; Torrell, MarcCase OIT-20-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementGelato was launched in 2012, and it has since created the world's largest network for local production and distribution of customized products. Through Gelato's marketplace platform, e-commerce sellers and creators can drive print-on-demand business models by working with printing suppliers to customize products with their own designs to sell them on a per-order basis under their own brand. With the latest funding round of $240 million in August...Starting at €8.20
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Theories of Strategic Trade (Spanish version)
Kennedy, Robert E.Case HBS-714S20EconomicsThe theory of competitive advantage is one of the most widely accepted economic principles among economists. The theory, as well as substantial historical evidence, suggest that free trade raises national income, while government intervention in trade relations generally lowers a nation's wealth. In the last few years, however, new theories have led some commentators to question this conclusion. Based on research into imperfectly competitive indu...Starting at €8.20
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Borregaard Fine Chemicals - BFC
Svendsen J. E.; Nueno, PedroCase P-918-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Implementation of a New Country-Wide Social Safety-Net Program: The Jamaica PATH Program, Teaching Note
Boatright Wilson, Julie; Murphy, Christina E.Teaching Note HBS-KS1271-ETeaching note for case KS1164 and KS1225.Starting at €0.00
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Borregaard Fine Chemicals - BFC
Svendsen J. E.; Nueno, PedroCase P-918Service and Operations ManagementEl gerente de la división de productos de química fina de una importante compañía noruega se plantea cómo revitalizar la creatividad de su unidad. La división que tuvo éxitos en innovaciones originales en el pasado se ha convertido en una empresa que va a remolque de sus clientes. El gerente entrevista a varios directivos que fueron clave en el pasado tratando de reconstruir lo que aparentemente fue una cultura estimuladora de la innovación....Starting at €8.20
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Coral Divers Resort
Paul W. Beamish; Kent E. Neupert; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B08M041-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of a small scuba diving operation in the Bahamas is reassessing his strategic direction in the light of declining revenues. Among the changes being considered are shark diving, family diving, exit, and shifting operations to another Caribbean location. These options are not easily combined, nor are they subtle. The case is intended to provide a work-out on the relationship between strategy, organization and performance, and how changes ...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (B): a Steep and Risky Climb to Success: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Nacre: Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm (A)" [EFC-2-E]. This case B describes the strategic decisions and actions of the CEO and how eventually, this firm - with only 12-15 employees at that time (plus a large contract manufacturer) - manages to land a US-$30 million deal with the US Marine Corp. Soon after, this company is acquired by a l...Starting at €8.20