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Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World
Bell, David E.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-510025-EStrategyMonsanto has led the effort to bring biotechnology to bear on food production. Through some management missteps and consumer resistance the company had difficulties in its early years. But since Hugh Grant became CEO the picture has brightened with widespread adoption of the company's products. This case focuses on the company's product pipeline and the galvanizing effect of the CEO's promise to substantially improve global food production by 203...Starting at €8.20
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Monsanto: ayudando a los agricultores a alimentar el mundo
Bell, David E.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-515S23StrategyMonsanto ha dirigido los esfuerzos para traer la biotecnología para influir en la producción de alimentos. A través de algunos errores de manejo y resistencia de los consumidores a la compañía tuvo dificultades en sus primeros años. Pero ya que Hugh Grant se convirtió en CEO de la imagen se ha iluminado con la adopción generalizada de los productos de la compañía. Este caso se centra en la cartera de productos de la compañía y el efecto de galvan...Starting at €8.20
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Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-811013-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of Moneybookers revenues were related to transactions from online gaming sites (down from 100% in 2002). Although the thesis was that e-commerce transactions would soon make up a much large...Starting at €8.20
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Citigroup: Re-Branding in 2007 (A)
Deshpande, Rohit; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-508010-EMarketingWith its history of growth through acquisition, Citigroup has a conglomeration of sub-brands that need to be integrated and rationalized. Ajay Banga, CEO of Citi's Global Consumer Group International, chairs a task force to work through the process of re-branding the entire Citi house of brands while maintaining a focus on being focused on customers. The case describes the history of branding and re-branding at Citigroup at a time of increasing g...Starting at €8.20
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The National Geographic Society (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-317S02Strategycreating a senior management position responsible for e-commerce to coordinate web-based offerings and outreach across the Society's various departments, transition NGS from its many disparate and independent direct mail efforts to a more integrated and strategic e-commerce strategy, and leverage the NGS relationship with its members-currently defined as magazine subscribers, since a subscription comes with Society membership. Putting the final ...Starting at €8.20
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Hallowell, Roger; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Bowen, DavidCase HBS-808S13Illustrates how Four Seasons manages hotels in countries with strong and distinct national cultures. Focuses on how the chain meets its exacting service standards in a variety of settings worldwide, with special attention on France.Starting at €8.20
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INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL (Spanish Version)
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-812S09EntrepreneurshipEn su segundo año, dos mexicana HBS MBA se unieron para iniciar un fondo de búsqueda basada en la Ciudad de México. Se habían recaudado dinero para adquirir una empresa privada existente en México, con un valor de empresa inicial entre $ 5 millones y $ 15 millones. A sólo siete meses después de elevar el fondo, que estaban a punto de cerrar un acuerdo sobre una empresa objeto, pero el vendedor quiere renegociar.Starting at €8.20
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Omnitel Pronto Italia (Spanish Version)
Lal, Rajiv; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Raju, SumaCase HBS-503S15MarketingDescribe la situación que enfrentan los Omnitel pronto después del lanzamiento de sus servicios de telecomunicaciones móviles en Italia en diciembre de 1995. Compitiendo contra el monopolio italiano, TIM, Omnitel había posicionado sus servicios a ser mejor en la dimensión de calidad. Sin embargo, las ventas fueron significativamente por debajo de las expectativas. Con el fin de desarrollar una nueva estrategia, Omnitel realizó una amplia investig...Starting at €8.20
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Jan Eriksson at Novartis Indonesia: Turmoil in the Indonesian Pharmaceutical Industry (Spanish Version)
Knoop, Carin-Isabel; St. George, AnthonyCase HBS-805S27Knowledge and CommunicationJan Eriksson es el gerente de la empresa conjunta indonesia de Novartis con sede en Basilea (Novartis Indonesia), compañía farmacéutica más grande del mundo, formada por la fusión de 1996 entre Sandoz y Ciba-Geigy. El caso describe las acciones que ha tomado desde que asumió su cargo en mayo de 1996. Fue en medio de la fusión de las operaciones de Indonesia de Sandoz y Ciba-Geigy, cuando la crisis financiera golpeó Indonesia. Él ha preparado dos ...Starting at €8.20
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New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Spanish version)
Bowen, H. Kent; Huckman, Robert S.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-609S04Service and Operations ManagementConsiders whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok--a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy--focusing on fit and performance by offering long-lived shoes in a wide variety of widths and eschewing celebrity endorsement of its products--and disc...Starting at €8.20