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Michel Saint-Laurent (A)
Ruizalba, José Luis; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-151Leadership and People ManagementMichel es el director general de una empresa. Alexandra, la directora comercial, es buena profesional y cumple objetivos, pero tiene una personalidad complicada que le lleva a tener algunos choques con compañeros de trabajo. Michel mantiene la distancia con ella y quiere que todos la traten sólo a nivel profesional, porque piensa que es lo mejor para todos. Alexandra tiene algunos problemas para los que necesita ayuda. Michel desconoce en concre...Starting at €8.20
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Floward
Palepu, Krishna G.; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-124010-EStrategyIn 2022, Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani, CEO and co-founder of Floward, an online flower and gifting company established in Kuwait in 2017, contemplated the firm's growth trajectory. Floward, an e-commerce enterprise that offered fresh-cut flowers sourced directly from global growers and had control over the entire delivery chain, had expanded its footprint to 32 cities across nine MENA countries and had ventured into the UK. Witnessing a remarkable CA...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating the Path of Abraham
Sebenius, James K.; Leary, KimberlynCase HBS-912017-EThe Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago. The Path begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in modern-day Turkey, where Abraham first heard the call to "go forth." It passes through some of the world's most revered cultural, historical, and holy sites, ending in the city of Hebron/AI-Khalil at the tomb of Abraham. With...Starting at €8.20
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6 Minutes: Community Organizing in Amman, Jordan
Winig, Laura; Ganz, Marshall; Zeine, RawanCase HBS-KS1190-EThis case describes how community leaders in Amman, Jordan used a community organizing framework to launch and manage a major campaign, 6 Minutes, to encourage residents to commit time to reading for pleasure. Using Marshall Ganz's framework for building civic leadership capacity, a local service organization, Ruwwad, based in the urban Amman community of Jabal Al Natheef, organized and coached hundreds of participants, encountering many challeng...Starting at €8.20
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Ghassan Nuqul and the Nuqul Group: Preserving a Father's Legacy
Wing, Christina R.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Thapar, AlpanaCase HBS-624030-EService and Operations ManagementThe Nuqul Group was established in 1952 by Elia Nuqul, a Palestinian refugee who fled his hometown in 1948 with his family to Jordan. He overcame many hardships in his initial years there, but subsequently started a trading business that grew to become one of Jordan's largest family businesses. Its flagship company, Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH), was a leader in hygienic paper products across the Middle East and North Africa. In March 2023, Ghassan...Starting at €8.20
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AirAsia X: Can the Low Cost Model Go Long Haul
Ben Forrey; Andreas Schotter; Jonathan Doh; Thomas LawtonCase IVEY-9B12M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2007, AirAsia had become one of the most successful budget airlines in the world. Having dominated Southeast Asia and entered China and India, AirAsia was poised to solidify its place as a top budget airline and one of the most consistently profitable globally. But company founder Tony Fernandes had bigger plans. From the outset in 2001, Fernandes had intended to offer long-haul service, competing against the largest and most established airli...Starting at €8.20
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Stella and Dot
Saloner, G; , Hornblower, JCase SGSB-E345-EEntrepreneurshipThis vignette tells the store of Jessica Herrin, founder of Stella & Dot, a direct sales jewelry company. It details Herrin's desire to start and grow a company that would offer an employment solution for women (typically with children) without meaning a full-time office job. The case covers the idea inspiration and start-up stage, as well as a business update (as of March 2009).Starting at €8.20
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Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez
Larkin, Ian I.; Huang, KarenCase HBS-914046-ELeadership and People ManagementThe "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to match an outside partnership offer to one of its leading litigators, when the litigator is not yet eligible for partnership according to the existing rules by which the firm elects pa...Starting at €8.20