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WildChina: Taking the Road Less Traveled
Khaire, Mukti; Isenberg, Daniel J.; Song, Victoria; Spence, Shirley M.Case HBS-811019-EThis case deals with supplier difficulties faced by WildChina - a travel service provider in China. WildChina is a classic case of a company that is trying to bring a local, within-country product to a market outside the country (in this case, travelers to China from around the world). In doing so, startups have to build competences to deal with local suppliers and global customers. The case describes the operations of WildChina, providing detail...Starting at €8.20
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Sort Through Your Options: Developing Your Boomer Career Strategy
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5097BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAs a Boomer in the wonderful post-"empty nest" and pre-"old age" midlife years, you have an unprecedented opportunity for satisfaction, productivity, exploration, and creativity-for reinventing yourself. This chapter provides some guidance for sorting through the many available options and forming a career strategy. This chapter is excerpted from "Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation."Starting at €8.20
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The Events and Trends that Have Shaped You: Who Is Generation Y, and What Does that Mean for Your Career
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7812BC-EMany of our most powerful impressions are formed when we are teenagers. These impressions shape our assumptions not only about the world but also the role of work within it. As a generation, Gen Y's have been impacted by influential events like 9/11, and a technology environment that had most of them at computers since their earliest days. Also important are the cultural trends and family ties they grew up with, such as working mothers and a pro-...Starting at €8.20
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Alvogen: Scaling Entrepreneurship, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Isenberg, Daniel J.Teaching Note HBS-820020-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 819038.Starting at €0.00
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Leadership at WildChina (B)
Isenberg, Daniel J.; Spence, Shirley M.Case HBS-807128-EEntrepreneurshipSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Robert Wessman and Actavis' "Winning Formula"
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-808127-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Robert Wessman took over Actavis in 1999 when it was a failing 90-person domestic generic pharmaceutical maker in Iceland. Within 7 years he had brought Actavis to number 5 worldwide, with 11,000 people, active in 40 countries, global manufacturing, and $1.6 billion. The case explores the reasons for the success of this global venture.Starting at €8.20
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International Entrepreneurship: Winter Term 2008
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-807123-EEntrepreneurshipExplains the mission, philosophy, structure, and classroom and grading policies for the second-year MBA elective International Entrepreneurship.Starting at €8.20
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SABIS - A Global Educational Venture From Lebanon
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-809167-EEntrepreneurshipCarl Bistany is struggling with how the global educational management company, SABIS, can grow 100-fold in the coming twelve years. Founded in 1886 in Lebanon, SABIS is the world's largest and only global education management organization (EMO), with schools in the US, Europe, and Middle East.Starting at €8.20
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Lapdesk Company: A South African FOPSE
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-808008-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Shane Immelman, founding CEO of Lapdesk (South Africa), is facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director of field operations; a dramatic increase in prices by a key supplier; and a major strategic alliance that does not seem to be moving forward. Lapdesk is a for profit social enterprise (FOPSE) dedicated to eradicating the shor...Starting at €8.20
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Studio Moderna--A Venture in Eastern Europe
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-808110-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Studio Moderna is the leading electronic retailer in 20 countries in and around Central and Eastern Europe, and use a multi-channel business strategy, organizational structure, and IT system. When management conflicts arise, Sandi Cesko, CEO and co-founder must decide whether to change his in-sourcing strategy to out-sourcing.Starting at €8.20