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Cconma.com in South Korea: An Innovative E-Commerce Platform
Jin-Su Kang; Stephen DowningCase IVEY-9B15M020-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn August 2012, the chief executive officer of Cconma.con, an online shopping mall based in Chung-Ju, South Korea, is considering his company’s future. The company has grown substantially since it was founded in 2005 and is now preparing to further expand into Hong Kong, China or to a second location in the United States. The company’s vision, rooted in an ethic of corporate social responsibility, is to build a happy and healthy community, includ...Starting at €8.20
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Republic Cell
Schroeter, Andreas; Rosenberg, MikeCase SM-1586-EDecision AnalysisAfter months of hard work, a telecommunications executive is told not to bid on an important contact in a Latin American country, as his immediate superior has told him at the last minute that it is too risky. He is faced with the decision of whether to try to go over his boss's head or, should he accept the decision, what to tell his team.Starting at €8.20
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La transformación de Medellín: hacia una sociedad urbana más equitativa, innovadora y participativa
Duch, Ana Isabel; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1681Economics, Innovation and Change, StrategyA finales del siglo XX, Medellín (Colombia) era conocida por ser una de las ciudades más violentas y peligrosas del mundo, un paraíso para el narcotráfico y un centro de pobreza, desigualdad y exclusión social. Sin embargo, en menos de dos décadas, ha sido capaz de transformarse en un modelo de intervención urbanística, resiliencia social y una de las economías metropolitanas de más rápido crecimiento en Latinoamérica. El exitoso cambio de imagen...Starting at €8.20
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CJ E&M: Creating a K-Culture in the U.S.
Ofek, Elie; Kim, Sang-Hoon; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-515015-EMarketingBuoyed by the success of K-pop music and K-drama television shows in Asian countries, Jay Lee, Chairman of the South Korean conglomerate CJ Group, believed that the time was ripe for taking Korean cultural content to the West. One initiative, carried out by the Group's Entertainment & Media (E&M) division, was a daylong fan convention, called 'KCON' , that was held in Irvine CA in October 2012 and which featured various Korean cultural elements, ...Starting at €8.20
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Medellíns Transformation: Towards a More Equitable, Innovative and Participatory Urban Society
Duch, Ana Isabel; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1681-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyBy the end of the 20th century, Medellín (Colombia) was known for being one of the most violent and murderous cities in the world, a haven for drug trafficking, and a hub of poverty, inequality, and social exclusion. However, in less than two decades, Medellín has been able to transform itself into a model of urban planning intervention, social resilience, and one of the fastest-growing urban economies in Latin America. The city's successful make...Starting at €8.20
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International Expansion of Escuela Nueva: A Transformative Pedagogy on a Global Scale
Hehenberger, Lisa; Moral, N.; Mair, JohannaCase SM-1556-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study presents the challenging task of expanding the widely successful Escuela Nueva pedagogy on a global scale. Escuela Nueva provides a cost effective, replicable and scalable solution to improve the quality of basic education in low income schools. It started in rural Colombia, but has since expanded principally to a large number of Latin American countries. Evidence shows that wherever Escuela Nueva is implemented, children become ...Starting at €8.20
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Colombia: Organizing for Competitiveness, Teaching Note
Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge; Porter, Michael E.Teaching Note HBS-711481-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 710417.Starting at €0.00
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Colombia: Organizing for Competitiveness
Porter, Michael E.; Ramirez-Vallejo, JorgeCase HBS-710417-EEconomicsThe case is designed to explore the process of building competitiveness, particularly in an unstable environment, with a focus on organizations for competitiveness.Starting at €8.20
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Maintaining the “Single Samsung” Spirit: New Challenges in a Changing Environment
Shaista E. Khilji; Chang Hwan Oh; Nisha ManikothCase IVEY-9B11C010-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case examines how Samsung has grown to become one of the world’s leading companies. It presents a detailed description of Samsung’s “top priority to the people” philosophy and its strong cultural values, both of which have been instrumental in ensuring its continued success in recent decades. Since 1982, the Samsung Human Resource Development Center (SHRDC) has played a critical role in supporting Samsung’s corporate strategy of achieving gl...Starting at €8.20
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Asociación Colombiana de Industrias Plásticas (Acoplasticos) (Spanish Version)
Porter, Michael E.; Emmons, Willis M.Case HBS-705S10StrategyACOPLASTICOS se estableció en 1961 como un grupo de presión para los principales plásticos de Colombia las empresas de fabricación. En la década de 1980, la organización cambió su enfoque hacia la mejora de la productividad de los plásticos de Colombia y clúster de goma, que también incluían cierto petroquímica, fibras sintéticas o artificiales, la pintura, y las industrias de tinta. Con el tiempo, las actividades de la organización se ampliaron ...Starting at €8.20