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Ti-Tech (A)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Gourville, John T.; Cline, Craig E.Case HBS-508095-EMarketingThis case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity making it impossible to accept all four. Each order represents a different mix of labor, revenues, and potential future work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders...Starting at €8.20
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Caso HBR: Llegó el momento de hacer una campa a unificada
Bertini, Marco; Gourville, John T.Article HBS-R1106MMarketingAlegre, un grupo hotelera líder en Centroamérica y Sudamérica, está sufriendo bajo la economía en problemas, y su nueva propiedad, el buque insignia Palma Cay en Cozumel, está perjudicando a la mayoría. Beatriz Soto, gerente de Palma Cay, tiene un plan para aumentar las reservas, pero no tienen el dinero para llevarlo a cabo. En caso de que la sede corporativa otorgar sus fondos adicionales, a pesar de las operaciones tradicionalmente descentrali...Starting at €8.20
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PunchTab, Inc.
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-812033-EEntrepreneurshipPunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile applications developers, and brands. Founder/CEO Ranjith Kumaran must make strategic decisions about how to fund PunchTab's early operations and growth given the many options available: individual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital fir...Starting at €8.20
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PunchTab, Inc. (Spanish version)
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-815S05Entrepreneurshipindividual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital firms.Starting at €8.20
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Novasys Medical
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-810027-EEntrepreneurshipNovasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the product for reimbursement. The case deals with the company's struggle to obtain a reimbursement code.Starting at €8.20
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Flying J (B)
Deshpande, Rohit; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-510120-EThis case supplements the "Flying J (A)" case.Starting at €5.74
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EFI, Inc. (B)
Godes, David B.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-508045-EMarketingThis is a follow-on case to EFI, Inc. (A). It reports on Dean Mills' decision to implement a new compensation approach that pays 25% of salespeople's bonus, based on their individual sales of software add-on products. He also recommends making public each salesperson's performance against their goal in a report that ranked salespeople from top to bottom each period. Students are asked to react to this new plan.Starting at €5.74
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Edison Schools, Inc.
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-813113-EEntrepreneurshipEdison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public offering and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buy-out to exit the public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to gener...Starting at €8.20
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Exercise on Estimation
Riis, Jason; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-509022-EMarketingThis exercise is meant to assess students' level of confidence around everyday business and general knowledge questions, for the purpose of identifying where they are overconfident and underconfident.Starting at €8.20
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People Express Airlines
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-812134-EEntrepreneurshipRecounts the history of People Express Airlines, which grew rapidly after its inception in 1980 then failed spectacularly in 1986. Profiles People's aggressive strategy and its distinctive approach to human resource management, which emphasized job rotation and minimal hierarchy.Starting at €8.20