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Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Coughlin, William J.Case HBS-802S01EntrepreneurshipDescribe la creación y financiación de Officenet, un distribuidor de suministros de oficina en Argentina. La compañía sirve al mercado de negocio a negocio a través de un catálogo (en combinación con pedidos por teléfono) y también a través de un catálogo basado en Internet. Officenet es un pionero en ambos canales de catálogo e Internet. Si bien la empresa es, posiblemente, un objetivo de adquisición para uno de los grandes distribuidores de art...Starting at €8.20
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Cinco factores que impulsarán o lastrarán su empresa
Kuemmerle, WalterArticle ART-2712Entrepreneurship, Strategy¿Por qué ciertas empresas e ideas de negocio triunfan en unos países y en otros no? Según Walter Kuemmerle, la clave radica en el contexto. A partir de un estudio de 51 firmas de más de veinte países, el autor identifica las cinco dimensiones que en una sociedad facilitan la eclosión de empresas y que estas, en una gran proporción, se expandan internacionalmente. Pero no se desanime si su país carece del perfil óptimo. El presente artículo sugier...Starting at €8.20
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Officenet (B): After the Merger (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Collura, MeredithCase HBS-804S05EntrepreneurshipDescribe la ejecución de una nueva fusión economía. Officenet, una tienda de ladrillos y clics de material de oficina, se vende a un Internet pure-play, Submarino.com. Los fundadores de Officenet se encuentran en Brasil, donde la empresa ha ampliado recientemente sus operaciones, y deben considerar varias preguntas sobre los planes de crecimiento de la empresa y la situación financiera.Starting at €5.74
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Voestalpine AG (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Sabine Reisinger; Harald Stummer; Robert Bauer; Michael Eyett; Brett MatthewsCase IVEY-9B07M033-EStrategyThis supplement to Voestalpine AG (A), product 9b07M032, examines the decision to expand vertically instead of horizontally, but looking at a stamping plant and plastics firm (to get closer to its automotive customers) and a design firm. More importantly, the case examines the tools and methodologies employed by the company to assess fit in terms of costs and competencies and customers and competition.Starting at €5.74
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Voestalpine AG (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Iris Fischlmayr; Caecilia Innreiter; Brett Matthews; Michael EyettCase IVEY-9B07M032-EStrategyVoestalpine AG, a public company located in Linz, Austria, was examining opportunities for growth. The company considers that to meet the needs of its customers, notably automobile, rail and construction, it has to grow. Further, the steel industry in Europe is in a process of consolidation. The company has a very strong balance sheet but due to its ownership structure (35 per cent is owned by the Austrian government), its market value is conside...Starting at €8.20
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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Ryan KaltCase IVEY-9B08M043-EStrategyThe director and chair of the governance committee at MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA) considered how to advise the company's chief executive officer (CEO). As a company in the space industry, MDA relied on its exports to the United States. Joint ventures were helpful in securing contracts from the U.S. government but they were not always advantageous in other ways because these ventures required partnerships with competitors. At this...Starting at €8.20
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Schuhren Consumer Packaging: Managing Risk
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M056-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Schuhren Consumer Packaging (Schuhren), a manufacturer of plastic food packaging based in Windsor, Ontario, is getting ready to meet a group of buyers from one of the top six fruit packaging firms in the world. An hour before their arrival, the CEO uncovers a whole series of issues concerning quality assurance, waste production and machine operations that could have an impact on the company’s opera...Starting at €8.20
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Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11B003-EAccounting and Control, StrategyA consumer goods analyst has been asked to understand the governance structure and various risks facing Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA, a Swiss-based luxury goods conglomerate. Richemont has emerged as one of the premier luxury brand houses in the world and is controlled by a single person, Johann Rupert. The case describes the development of Richemont and provides information on various aspects of the firm, including its many luxury brand hou...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Railway (B): CP Rising
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M135-EStrategySupplement for product 9B17M134.Starting at €5.74
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Macquarie Bank Limited: Executive Compensation
Murray J. BryantCase IVEY-9B07M072-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA managing director of international equities for a large public sector pension fund has to decide how the pension fund would vote on say for pay. Say for pay represents a vote held at the annual general meeting whereby shareholders have an annual and non-binding (thus it has no legal effect on the board or the corporation) opportunity to vote on executive compensation. Such a vote is obligatory in Australia and the United Kingdom and is starting...Starting at €8.20