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Career at a Crossroad: Akhil Patel
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, Lisa; Braid, YaelCase HBS-812010-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but his fianc e is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he take the "safer" consulting job?Starting at €8.20
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Career at a Crossroad: Roopa Rao
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, LisaCase HBS-812011-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fianc e, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he acquiesce to the other forces in his life and take the "safer"...Starting at €8.20
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La Estrategia de Captación de Clientes de Internet en Bankinter
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-104S02Accounting and ControlBankinter, un relativamente pequeño banco español, tiene una gran presencia como un proveedor de servicios financieros a Internet. Abriendo el camino a la rentabilidad a través de Internet Bankinter dará una gran ventaja competitiva sobre los bancos españoles más grandes y consolidadas. Ann Peralta, director de la red de Internet en Bankinter, debe evaluar si los miles de nuevos clientes llegando de otros portales son rentables para el banco. Per...Starting at €8.20
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ITC eChoupal Initiative (Spanish version)
Upton, David M.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-606S02Service and Operations ManagementSoybean farmers in India have traditionally sold their product through ineffective and frequently dishonest physical marketplaces (mandi). Farmers are generally poor and often illiterate and are forced to be "price-takers" after an arduous journey to the mandi. They also have very limited access to information and education on farming techniques. Describes the use of Internet technologies to reach these farmers and, in particular, examines a new ...Starting at €8.20
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Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110025-EAccounting and ControlThe pet and pet supply industry was one of the few bright lights in an otherwise dismal retail outlook in 2009. This case gives background pet retail industry information and strategic positioning information for both PetSmart and PETCO to enable students to develop their own Balanced Scorecards and strategy maps for the two companies.Starting at €8.20
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Lean Knowledge Work
Staats, Bradley R.; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1110G-EService and Operations ManagementMany manufacturing companies and some service firms have reaped considerable benefits by applying variations of the Toyota Production System, a method for making operations "lean" through relentless efforts to increase quality and efficiency and eliminate waste. But conventional wisdom holds that lean principles don't lend themselves to knowledge work, which involves judgment and expertise, not the sorts of repetitive, easily specified tasks foun...Starting at €8.20
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20
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Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart, Teaching Note
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaTeaching Note HBS-111083-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for #110-025.Starting at €0.00
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Henkel Iberica (A)
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-105023-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2002, Esteban Garriga, customer service director at Henkel Iberica, questions whether Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) would help manage retail promotions and limit their impact on the stock-outs and obsolete inventory. Describes the situation facing Henkel Iberica, the Spanish subsidiary of the German consumer products company Henkel KgaA, with respect to the management of retail promotions. The increasing number ...Starting at €8.20
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Emergia: Driving Profitability on Help Desk Contracts
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Brem, LisaCase HBS-111048-EFinanceEmergia wants to keep its customers happy with its contact center service, but the margins on the help desk contract are dangerously low. Can Miguel Neira, the COO, increase margins while preserving the customer relationship?Starting at €8.20