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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-116006-EDana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's enrollment is falling and deficits are becoming the norm. At the same time, the modern vision for girls' education requires an even greater investment in science and sports--at a time when Dana Hall's resources are lower than ever before. Can the school stay true to its mission? How will it find...Starting at €5.74
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Charles Schwab Corp. (A) (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-302S30Information TechnologiesA look at the industrial restructuring in the brokerage industry made possible by e-commerce. Focuses the student's attention on the decision alternatives facing Charles Schwab, one of the industry leaders in January 1998. In a word, the challenge is "Do they slash prices to meet competition from companies like E-Trade or do they stand still?"Starting at €8.20
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Secom: Managing Information Security in a Risky World
McFarlan, F. Warren; Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-308015-EInformation TechnologiesExamines the type of security that is appropriate for an Internet company to have on its site. Focuses on a 20-person electronic e-commerce company trying to decide what parts of the information security product line they should acquire from the largest sStarting at €8.20
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Internet Issues (A) (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Young, FredCase HBS-303S25Information TechnologiesThis case looks at the issues facing a Hong Kong-based trading company, which links hundreds of factories in India and Asia with major customers like Gap and the Limited in Europe and in the United States. The company has recently launched a dot-com operation to allow its extraordinary network of factories in Asia to target much smaller retail chains in Asia and Europe than they were able to do before.Starting at €8.20
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Merrill Lynch: Opción Integrada (abreviado)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Weber, JamesCase HBS-304S26MarketingMerrill Lynch, una firma de corretaje de servicio completo con $ 1,5 billones en activos de clientes, está siendo atacada por tanto de descuento y las firmas de corretaje electrónico. Responde con Integrado Choice, una suite de productos diseñados para clientes de captura, desde el do-it-yourself inversor que no quieren usar un intermediario para los clientes que quieren confiar plenamente en un corredor. La estrategia es de alto riesgo y requier...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Schwab Corporation (B) (Spanish Version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-302S32Information TechnologiesLas capturas de la situación que enfrenta Charles Schwab Corp. a finales de agosto de 1999 en la industria de corretaje cambiar drásticamente. Sus movimientos audaces En enero de 1998, han creado un nuevo patrón competitiva industria y la respuesta agresiva provocada por empresas como Merrill Lynch.Starting at €5.74
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Toronto Rehab
Peter C. Bell; Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B09E016-ECorporate GovernanceDue to continued budget shortfalls the project manager for the Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute needed to provide proposals for immediate cost-saving measures. One of these measures included how to schedule the nursing staff. The problem involved meeting certain occupancy target levels while ensuring a minimum number and correct mix of available nurses.Starting at €8.20
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Container Transportation Company
Peter C. Bell; Bai Xiaodong; Michael ZhangCase IVEY-9B08E005-ECorporate GovernanceThe regional manager of the Container Transportation Company, and his colleagues were looking for a new strategy to allocate containers for transportation from Korea and China to the Middle East. All the business departments had been challenged by top management to optimize their revenues and profit. The regional manager wondered whether he could improve pricing or apply other revenue management techniques to enhance revenues without negatively a...Starting at €8.20
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M2 Universal Communications
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Peter C. Bell; Ankur Bansal; Peter VazCase IVEY-9B09E013-ECorporate GovernanceTeleco Inc. (Teleco), an established telecom conglomerate with a significant position in the Canadian wireless business, had engaged M2 to plan its digital media spending strategy for the upcoming quarter. The vice-president at M2 would have to help Teleco decide on the ideal investment strategy for its $1.5 million digital media advertising budget and wondered how this would affect M2's strategic recommendations.Starting at €8.20
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Li & Fung 2006
McFarlan, F. Warren; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307077-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the opportunities and strategy facing one of the most innovative global supply-chain companies, and the strategy it has chosen to deal with the expanding demand for its services. Li & Fung links thousands of factories in India, China, and elsewhere to nearly a thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system th...Starting at €8.20