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Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident
Kaufman, Stephen P.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-611017-EService and Operations ManagementFollowing the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon, public attention focused on BP's safety record, practices, and management culture as the primary causes of the disaster. Drawing on public sources, this case traces the circumstances surrounding the accident, including not only the role of BP but also those of the two principal subcontractors hired to actually do the drilling and capping of the oil well (Tr...Starting at €8.20
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Productos de consumo Disney: marketing nutricional infantil
Bell, David E.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-508S23MarketingEn un esfuerzo por ganar cuota de mercado en la categoría de alimentos de los niños, Disney Consumer Products (DCP) debutó una amplia línea de "mejores para usted" alimentos, que van desde frutas y verduras frescas a las comidas congeladas, a través de una asociación con los supermercados Kroger. En respuesta a una epidemia global de obesidad, DCP reformuló los productos existentes e introdujo nuevos que cumplieron con los requisitos nutricionale...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring JAL
Baker, Malcolm P.; Sunderam, Adi; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-214055-EFinanceHideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the investment committee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation, must decide whether to push JAL group, Japan's largest airline, into bankruptcy or to act as a sponsor in an out-of-court restructStarting at €8.20
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Woolf Farming and Processing
Bell, David E.; Winig, Laura; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-510033-EWoolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California's Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought on by a combination of drought, poor quality well water and unavailability of surface water due to federally imposed pumping restrictions. Woolf had been farming crops for more than 30 years, but this was the first time they suffered a water shortage so severe that crops had to be abandoned in ...Starting at €8.20
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Marks and Spencer: Plan A
Bell, David E.; Sanghavi, Nitin; Winig, LauraCase HBS-509029-EMarketingMarks & Spencer initiated a comprehensive approach to sustainability (reduction of waste, carbon emissions, fair trade) called Plan A. Does it offer a competitive advantage?Starting at €8.20
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Woolf Farming and the California Water Crisis
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Bell, David E.; Kindred, Natalie; Shelman, Mary; Winig, LauraCase HBS-716038-EEconomicsThis case highlights the tough choices, competing interests, and decision-making mechanisms involved in California's management of its severe drought, entering its fifth year in 2015. Stuart Woolf, CEO of Woolf Farming, a grower and processor of almonds, tomatoes, and other crops in California's Central Valley, must decide how to respond to the changing operating environment. Scarce water resources-and institutional constraints on the use of wate...Starting at €8.20
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Raksul
Kominers, Scott Duke; Kotosaka, Masahiro; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-819115-EEntrepreneurshipRaksul, 2018 Forbes Japan "Startup of the Year," ran an e-commerce platform drawing upon thousands of individual suppliers. Launched as a business-to-business printing services marketplace, Raksul had recently expanded to operate both a logistics/delivery marketplace and a television advertising marketplace. Each marketplace faces its own growth challenges; at the same time, the CEO must consider whether and how each marketplace can enhance the o...Starting at €8.20
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Rent the Runway
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-812077-EEntrepreneurshipTwo months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of venture capital sooner than originally planned. Raising more venture capital would allow RTR to aggressively expand its inventory and customer acquisition efforts, in order serve...Starting at €8.20
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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (A) (Spanish Version)
Fournier, Susan; Winig, Laura; Herman, Kerry; Wojnicki, AndreaCase HBS-504S35MarketingMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), una empresa de contenidos y los medios de comunicación de marca e integrado dedicado a "elevar el papel del ama de casa", se hizo pública el 19 de octubre de 1999, la creación de una empresa con un valor de mercado de $ 1,73 mil millones y una participación de Stewart vale $ 1,2 mil millones. Aretha Jackson, presidente de una firma de inversión privada, el mosto de aconsejar a un cliente sobre la convenienc...Starting at €8.20
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GLOBIS
Khaire, Mukti; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-811061-EEntrepreneurshipYoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English program was a necessary step to fulfill Hori's ambition to make GLOBIS the No. 1 business school in Asia, however it remained to be seen whether the school could attract internatio...Starting at €8.20