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Finlandia y Nokia: crear la economía más competitiva del mundo
Porter, Michael E.; Solvell, OrjanCase HBS-703S45StrategyFinlandia, con un lenguaje y cultura especial, se ha desarrollado como un país en el medio oeste (los países nórdicos y Europa) y el este (especialmente su vecino Rusia). En la década de 1980 se inició un proceso de salir de una economía impulsada por la inversión en un uno impulsado por la innovación. Con el colapso de la Unión Soviética alrededor de 1990, Finlandia alcanzó una crisis. Esta política cubre la caja Los cambios realizados en los añ...Starting at €8.20
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The Future of Oy Moomin Characters Ltd.
Bonita Russell; Cory IsaacsCase IVEY-9B14M088-EStrategyThe chief executive officer of Oy Moomin Characters Ltd. (Oy Moomin) had dramatically increased revenues since he joined the firm, but breaking into the major markets of the world, including the United States, was proving to be quite difficult. The firm’s long-standing relationship with its master agent, Bull’s Press of Sweden, had given the firm a dominant presence in the Nordic region and Japan but little presence elsewhere. He must consider hi...Starting at €8.20
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Tella Oy: Nordic Boutique or Finnish Global Enterprise
Bonita Russell; Cory Isaacs; Oscar RuelasCase IVEY-9B21M023-EStrategyIn 2020, the chief executive officer of Tella Oy, a small Finnish hat-making firm, wanted to achieve €2 million in turnover. She had been pursuing a regional growth strategy with some success since 2016, when she had founded the business after acquiring the long-established family firm. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the firm had abandoned its internationalization plans and began fabricating personal protective clothing. When the chief ...Starting at €8.20
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Marimekko
Alison Konrad; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B06C014-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyKirsti Paakkanen has achieved a celebrity status in Finland for her enigmatic leadership of the Finnish design company Marimekko. Purchasing the company in a state of near bankruptcy in 1991, Paakkanen took several actions to restore profitability and realize growth. As of 2006, the company has sales of $64 million (of which 80 per cent are from Finland) and net profits of $8.4 million. Over the last few years, Paakkanen and her team have focused...Starting at €8.20
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Suominen Wipes the Slate Clean
Groysberg, Boris; Heikkinen, Kalle; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-416047-EStrategyIn 2016, after successfully turning around Finnish nonwovens manufacturer Suominen, CEO Nina Kopola faces a decision on the company's strategy moving forward.Starting at €8.20
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Suominen Wipes the Slate Clean, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Heikkinen, Kalle; Norris, Michael; Barnett, JamesTeaching Note HBS-418053-EStrategyTeaching note for case 416047.Starting at €0.00
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Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World A , B Teaching Note
Alcacer, JuanTeaching Note HBS-713461-EStrategyThe teaching plan to accompany "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)," HBS No. 713-430; "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (B)," HBS No. 713-471. It is divided into an introduction, followed by three discussion segments, and a final concluding module. Because the cases offer material to address issues such as motivation for globalization, timing of expansion, location choices and implementation o...Starting at €0.00
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Toivonen Paper in the U.S.: Human Resource Implications of Foreign Corporate Ownership
Jannifer David; Ahmed MaamounCase IVEY-9B08C019-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe growing globalization of many industries has led many U.S.-based companies to open facilities overseas. In the process, researchers have counselled U.S. companies to adopt many local customs and policies to increase their probability of success in these new locations. During this same time period, many foreign-owned companies have moved into the United States and either purchased existing facilities or started new operations. The purpose of t...Starting at €8.20
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Vertu: Nokia’s Luxury Mobile Phone for the Urban Rich
Ken Kwong-Kay WongCase IVEY-9B11A040-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyNokia, headquartered in Finland, was a global telecommunications equipment manufacturer. It operated Vertu, a luxury mobile phone brand that had pioneered the luxury mobile phone market in the late 1990s by using precious materials such as diamonds, sapphires, titanium, and exotic leather for phone production. The company had enjoyed impressive growth in almost 70 countries and had sold hundreds of thousands of phones in the eight years since its...Starting at €8.20
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Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)
Alcacer, Juan; Molander, Rasmus; Mabud, RakeenCase HBS-710430-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The Finnish brewer Hartwall and the Swedish brewer Pripps had to decide how to react to the rapidly changing European political, economic, and business environment in 1989-1990.Starting at €8.20