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Tenova: Mining for Growth in Economic Crisis
Pisano, Gary P.; Corsi, Elena; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-610021-EService and Operations ManagementIn December 2008, Gianluigi Nova, CEO of Tenova SpA, a technology and equipment supplier to the metals and mining industry, had to choose between two options. The first was to continue growing in the company's core business: equipment for the steel production. The second option offered growth in a related, but nearly new business for Tenova: the equipment for mining, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. They only had a small presence in ...Starting at €8.20
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Siemens AG: Key Account Management
Steenburgh, Thomas; Ahearne, Michael; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-512110-EMarketingThe key account manager of an engineering company has to convince a department to give up important contracts. The German engineering company Siemens had set up a global key account management program since 2010. The key account manager of an emerging account had been asked from his customer to cut the costs of two long-term contracts worth about 300 million that his customer had signed with Siemens. Although legally Siemens could refuse the r...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
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Managing the European Refugee Crisis
Trumbull, Gunnar; Corsi, Elena; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-716076-EEconomicsIn 2016, Europe struggles to cope with one of the largest refugee flows it has ever witnessed.Starting at €8.20
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Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion
Ton, Zeynep; Corsi, Elena; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-610042-EService and Operations ManagementPablo Isla, the CEO of Zara, wanted to improve operational efficiencies in managing its store network. In particular, he wanted to improve labor productivity at the stores. He considered outsourcing certain store operations to third parties, changing the way store managers were compensated, and creating formal operating procedures for store operations. But he knew he had to be careful. Could an emphasis on improving labor productivity hurt other ...Starting at €8.20
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The Eleganzia Group
Ofek, Elie; Corsi, Elena; Sajnani, Bharat; Casian-Botez, Sorina; Tronci, FrancescoCase HBS-511115-EMarketingEleganzia Group management faces tough decisions heading into the summer of 2010. With tourism on the decline due to the global economic recession, General Manager Giannuzzi must decide how to set prices at the Forte Village Resort, the Group's most well-known property. His management team is further divided on whether the pricing model at the resort should change to being all-inclusive (as opposed to one where guests are charged for each additio...Starting at €8.20
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Automating the Paris Subway (B)
Anteby, Michel; Corsi, Elena; Billaud, EmilieCase HBS-413062-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for case 413061Starting at €5.74