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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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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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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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Adquisición estratégica en Haití para mejorar los sistemas sanitarios: por qué pagar por inversiones cuando se puede pagar por resultados
Eichler R.; Savedoff B.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1043Service and Operations ManagementResponsabilizar a las instituciones de salud de la consecución de objetivos relacionando el pago a los resultados obtenidos, puede ser una potente estrategia para mejorar la eficacia de un sistema de salud. El director de un proyecto patrocinado por USAID, que financia ONG en Haití para la provisión de atención primaria básica, utiliza la compra estratégica para mejorar la eficiencia del sistema mediante el pago por resultados. El sistema de pago...Starting at €8.20
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Tiburon
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Sean CautermanCase IVEY-9B09D003-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn April, 2008, the president of Tiburon, a manufacturer of camouflage components based in the Dominican Republic, met with Tiburon's parent company and sole customer, GMA. GMA, based in Guelph, Ontario, was an equipment supplier to the United States Army. Tiburon had only been in business one month, and the president was analyzing the current production process in each of the Dominican and Guelph plants. There were noted differences between the ...Starting at €8.20
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Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains
Shih, Willy; Pierson, MargaretCase HBS-615003-EService and Operations ManagementOrganizing speedy and efficient supply operations for unpredictable major natural disasters was a continuing challenge for the U.S. military, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was both unique in its operational scope and political complexity. As he reviewed the after-action reports, George Topic, the Vice Director of the Center for Joint and Strategic Logistics at the National Defense University wondered how the performance of disaster relief effo...Starting at €8.20
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AGROESSA: An LP Optimization Model for Coffee Sales in La Esperanza AgroIndustrial
de Waal P. N.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-299-EService and Operations ManagementRufino Herrera, the president of AGROESSA, was pondering the implications of the recommendations which came out of the work of Nico de Waal, an MBA student who worked for AGROESSA as a summer intern in 2004. The recommendations focussed on AGROESSA's cash flow management during the coffee harversting season. It was argued that AGROESSA could improve its profits by carefully considering when and to which market it should sell its coffee production...Starting at €8.20
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Facing Up to a Changing World
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076-EService and Operations Management, StrategyHow much time do you dedicate to thinking about the big issues that are likely to affect your personal and professional life in the next 20 years? If youre like many busy executives, not much. Yet with a global outlook arguably bleaker today than during the lowest point of the credit crunch, burying your head in the sand is no answer. Surely, it is better to face up to the big global trends looming on the horizon and figure out the best courses ...Starting at €8.20
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Maclaren's CEO on Learning from a Recall (Spanish version)
Rastegar, FarzadArticle HBS-R1101ALeadership and People ManagementCallers got a busy signal; e-mails went into the ether; the website froze. The company's executives realized they would need four times as many extra employees and three times as many hinge covers as they'd originally thought. Rastegar explains how and why their careful planning fell short, discusses the lessons he and Maclaren learned, and affirms his commitment to pursuing industrywide safety standards.Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Purchasing in Haiti to Improve Health: Why pay for inputs when you can pay for results
Eichler R.; Savedoff B.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1043-EService and Operations ManagementHolding health institutions accountable for achieving explicitly defined results by linking payment to results can be a powerful strategy to improve health system performance. The Director of a USAID supported project that funds nongovernmental organizations in Haiti to provide basic health services used strategic purchasing to improve the effectiveness of primary health care by paying providers for results. These providers had been operating und...Starting at €8.20