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Automating the Paris Subway (A)
Anteby, Michel; Corsi, Elena; Billaud, EmilieCase HBS-413061-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2001, the head of the Paris Subway reflected on how to transform Line 1 into a driverless line without triggering a social conflict. After the shock of the 2000 Notre Dame de Lorette subway accident, in which a train derailed and caused 25 injuries in a Paris subway station, the state-owned Paris subway operator Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) decided to adopt new security measures and considered the opportunity to automate the ...Starting at €8.20
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Noma: A Lot on the Plate
Khaire, Mukti; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-814097-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2014, the restaurant Noma, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, was considered to be amongst the best restaurants in the world, and its co-founder, co-owner and chef, Ren Redzepi, among the most influential chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food movement, a movement focused on rediscovering Nordic cuisine and ingredients, which had helped increase the popularity of Danish cuisine. Since 2013 Noma had a new investor, the American...Starting at €8.20
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The Michelin Restaurant Guide: Charting a New Course
Khaire, Mukti; Corsi, Elena; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-814088-EEntrepreneurshipCreated in 1900 by the tire manufacturer Michelin, the Michelin Restaurant Guide was widely considered the international benchmark of food rating, and, by 2013, boasted paper editions in 23 countries, and had recently expanded to the United States and Asia. Paper sales however had dropped, following the emergence of free, online guides, global players, and more broadly, the wider diffusion of the Internet. In 2012, the Guide had launched a new ra...Starting at €8.20
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PlaNet Finance: Broad Scope in Microfinance
Hagiu, Andrei; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-708441-EPlaNet Finance was a French NGO providing technical support and training services to microfinance institutions (i.e., institutions providing financial services to the poor) and other microfinance actors, rating of microfinance institutions and management, and advisory services to microfinance investors and investment funds. Furthermore, it was creating a network of microfinance banks through a microfinance holding company. However, in a context o...Starting at €8.20
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Shelley Capital and the Hedge Fund Secondary Market
Viceira, Luis M.; Corsi, Elena; Dittrich, RuthCase HBS-211112-EFinanceAn advisory company has to decide how to sell their client's hedge fund holdings in the secondary market, and thinks about their future. Shelley Capital was a a European advisory company operating in the hedge fund secondary market, a market that boosted in 2008 with the world financial crisis. Shelley had identified four final bidders for the $84.5 million portfolio of illiquid hedge fund holdings that one of their clients had commissioned them ...Starting at €8.20
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Chef Davide Oldani and Ristorante D'O (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Di Fiore, Alessandro; Corsi, Elena; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-615S14Service and Operations ManagementThis case examines the unique business model of Ristorante D'O, a high end gourmet restaurant located near Milan, Italy. Founded by Chef Davide Oldani, D'O offers meals at approximately one-third the price of other Michelin starred restaurants. Oldani has made this business model profitable by making a conscious set of operating strategy choices (menu, meal design, service process, lay-out, reservation process) that reduce waste and inefficiency,...Starting at €8.20
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ABICI
Khaire, Mukti; Corsi, Elena; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-811085-EMarketingThe co-founder of an Italian, design based bicycle manufacturer evaluates if reducing costs by outsourcing would impact its brand. The company was founded in 2005 in Italy by three friends and in its first five years, it had enjoyed steady growth and built a strong reputation for producing high-quality city bicycles, appreciated for their retro-look and style. Its country of origin had probably helped them exporting their products as their bicycl...Starting at €8.20
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Orsted Goes Global
Bower, Joseph L.; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-918404-EStrategyThe European leader in offshore wind, the Danish Orsted is building a global position and entering markets where offshore wind is nascent.Starting at €8.20
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The Venice Biennale
Deshpande, Rohit; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-523097-EMarketingLa Biennale of Venice, which organized festivals in different disciplines, pondered how to remain relevant in front of fading boundaries across arts.Starting at €8.20
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Leading Culture Change at SEB
Edmondson, Amy C.; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-621074-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Risk organization at SEB, a leading Nordic financial services group founded in 1856, undertook a culture change program focused on psychological safety, empathic listening, and strategic framing. The program enabled risk organization teams to make progress on strategic challenges and improved decision making processes. Chief Risk Officer Magnus Agustsson believed that the rest of SEB should go through a similar program. But it was not clear h...Starting at €8.20