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The "la Caixa" Foundation: Art Exhibitions
Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1103-EService and Operations ManagementWith a 2009 budget of 500 million euros, Fundación "la Caixa" is Europe's third largest private foundation. Through this foundation the "la Caixa" savings bank manages its Obra Social community projects. The founding objective of Fundación "la Caixa" is to finance and promote activities in the fields of social welfare, education, culture and science. The case focuses on the cultural aspect and illustrates the foundation's production of art exhibi...Starting at €8.20
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The National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM)
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepCase P-1129-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the challenges that Miguel Ángel Recio, director-general of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, INAEM) must overcome to introduce a 21st-century approach to operations. The INAEM is a public institution with 14 affiliated units, from the Teatro de la Zarzuela (TZ) to the Spanish National Orchestra and Choir (OCNE). The case is presented mainly through a ...Starting at €8.20
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The Art of Commerce
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1403Z-EAn elaborately engraved Spanish stock certificate issued in 1758 could almost be a template for modern stock certificates. Here's the story that its iconography reveals about the royal trading company it came from. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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Reputation Risk in the Global Art Market
Kimberley Howard; William Wei; Eric Zengxiang WangCase IVEY-9B09M062-EFinance, StrategyWhen Yves Saint Laurent died in June 2008, his estate passed to his business partner, Pierre Bergé. Bergé decided to auction several items from Laurent's estate at Christie's international auction house, including two antique bronzes from China. The general feeling in China was that these artifacts had been looted and should be repatriated rather than auctioned. The case highlights issues of ethics, corporate governance and corporate responsibili...Starting at €8.20
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E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, MargaretCase HBS-514059-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance that teens would easily develop nicotine addictions from smoking the fruit-flavored products. Manufacturers a...Starting at €8.20
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Hotel Arts Barcelona. The Ritz-Carlton style in Europe
Huete, Luis María; Kuppers V.Case P-893-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Random House: Shifting to E-Books in a Globalized World
Sarah Bickert; Volker Diestegge; Thorsten Knauer; Katja Möslang; Andrea Schroer; Friedrich SommerCase IVEY-9B13M083-EStrategyThe publisher Random House, a fully owned subsidiary of the German family company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA, faces significant changes in its markets and internal structure. While printed books have been the company’s core competence from its earliest years, with the advent of the Internet, customers, especially in the West, are beginning to prefer electronic books. Will printed books be completely replaced by digital ones, or will e-books remain...Starting at €8.20
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The E-Line Cityboard
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-784-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSix months after incorporating the company, the two founders of the firm E-Line Cityboard Supply Ltd. (ELC) were preparing the first Board of Directors meeting. ELC was a London-based distributor and online retailer of the E-Line Cityboard, a portable and rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing wheeled board, commonly referred to in the market as a "hoverboard." Increased competition and legislation prohibiting the use of hoverboards in publi...Starting at €8.20
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The Almodóvar Brothers' Film Factory: Unbinding Art Through Tight Relationships
Svejenova, Silviya; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisCase DG-1331-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case describes the creation/development of film director Pedro Almodóvar's independent production company. It can be used to discuss the circumstances in which a creative person needs the support of his own company, which in this case is managed by a member of his own family and brings together external collaborators whom the director himself acknowledges as his second family.Starting at €8.20
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Healy Hudson: e-Sourcing Solutions
Sachon, MarcCase P-1019-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBased in Munich, Bavaria, the company is a pioneer in the world of e-procurement. It has developed an online purchasing system for the Business-to-Business sector. In the fall of 2000 it is selling two e-commerce products: Impact Ordering and Impact Sourcing. The former is a simple electronic catalog ordering system; the latter is designed for the sourcing of complex goods.Starting at €8.20