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Revolución digital: Redefinición de la E de GE
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Glinska, MegCase HBS-304S18Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso detalla la aplicación de la iniciativa de negocio electrónico - el último de los cuatro ejes estratégicos de toda la compañía de Jack Welch. En primer lugar, se resume el proceso de cambio de 20 años que llevó Welch, que detalla las iniciativas que puso en su lugar. Después, averigua cómo Gerry Podesta, jefe de comercio electrónico en GE Plastics, implementó la nueva iniciativa. De este modo, pone de relieve cómo la "arquitectura social...Starting at €8.20
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Key Elements for Excellence in Classroom Cases and Teaching Notes
Austin, James E.; Heskett, James L.; Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-915417-EThis document identifies the characteristics of excellent case studies and their accompanying teaching notes. The purpose is to provide guidance in preparing these educational vehicles. These guidelines were developed based on consultations with very experienced case teachers and an analysis of the elements of case studies and their teaching notes considered to be high quality by Harvard Business School faculty across departments, and on the ba...Starting at €8.20
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Komatsu Ltd.: La Globalización del Proyecto G
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-305S12Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso describe la gran transformación estratégica y organizativa a Komatsu dirigida a cambiar desde un productor con sede en Japón de equipo de construcción a una empresa verdaderamente global, con la posibilidad de aprovechar su cartera de todo el grupo de recursos y capacidades en una nueva, más diversa base de negocios. Detalles esfuerzos para construir y operaciones en el extranjero adquirir, para especializarse e integrar unidades en el ...Starting at €8.20
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Amanda Tremblay at Citrine Solutions
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Myers, Paul S.Case HBS-920561-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case focuses on Amanda Tremblay, a recent MBA with a technical background who was recruited by Citrine Software Solutions (CSS). CSS, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, develops, implements, and supports software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for human resource management and associated business processes. Soon after joining, Tremblay distinguishes herself through her work on a project that analyzed the possibility of accessing a lower-priced m...Starting at €8.20
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SoulCycle
Collis, David J.; Van Den Steen, Eric; Hartman, AshleyCase HBS-717454-EStrategyCo-founders Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler have grown SoulCycle from a business idea in 2006 to a major presence among urban boutique fitness studios in 2015. In March 2015, fitness company Equinox approaches them with an offer to buy them out. Evaluating the offer requires an assessment of market or industry attractiveness and of SoulCycle's (potential) competitive advantage.Starting at €8.20
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Bananas (B)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712452-EStrategySupplemental Material for Product Number 712451.Starting at €5.74
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Airgas, Inc.
Van Den Steen, Eric; Karl, JasonCase HBS-714517-EStrategyIn 2013, Airgas was the market leader in packaged industrial gas distribution. Recent acquisitions had made it into a larger player in upstream gas production as well, where it competed with Praxair and Air Products. Should Airgas continue building a position in gas production or divest these activities?Starting at €8.20
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Bananas (A)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712451-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As owner and CEO, Wim Van der Borght had grown Bananas in 8 years from a 4.5 million euro company into a 40 million euro group of companies with a range of field marketing activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. The core of the group consisted of two companies - Bananas and Demonstrate - which were operationally completely independent and acted as competitors in the marke...Starting at €8.20
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Performance and Value Analysis
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-714490-EStrategyThis note introduces the Performance and Value Analysis (PVA) framework, an integrated framework to analyze strategic performance (i.e., performance corrected for temporary and random effects). This framework (quantitatively) decomposes a firm's performance into 3 consistent parts - common performance, value creation advantage, and bargaining advantage - and then provides frameworks to analyze each.Starting at €8.20
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Akamai's Edge (B)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712456-EStrategyIn 2009, Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai, the leading online content delivery network with a 60% market share, needs to decide how to respond to aggressive market entry, whether and how to pursue the explosive growth in online video, and whether to stay with Akamai's distributed network model or move towards its competitors' more centralized design.Starting at €5.74