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PayPal: An e-mail payment system
Marcé, Carmen; Santomá, JavierCase F-742-EFinancePayPal, an e-mail payment system, was planning to establish itself in Europe. The case presents the alternatives available for PayPal's expansion as a banking product. It also explains how e-mail payment systems, and PayPal in particular, worked.Starting at €8.20
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OPI de Netscape Corporation: Gestión de riesgo e incertidumbre
Oguledo O.; Santomá, Javier; Subirana Vilanova, BrianCase SI-95Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso analiza los distintos riesgos que corrió Netscape Corporation durante su crecimiento, centrándose en los hechos que tuvieron lugar durante su oferta pública inicial. El caso gira en torno a la decisión de una sociedad de inversiones de comprar acciones. Varios escenarios de ingresos son frustrados por los factores de riesgo que acompañan a la compañía y al sector de Internet en su conjunto.Starting at €8.20
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Artes Gráficas Romero, S.A.
Álvarez, E.; Tàpies, Josep; Santomá, JavierCase F-592FinanceEl caso presenta los problemas financieros generados por un mal funcionamiento operativo de una empresa de artes gráficas, y más en concreto, por una mala gestión de «stocks». Se refleja la interrelación entre el control de «stocks» y la política financiera de la empresa. Se pretende efectuar un análisis paso a paso de la situación financiera de la empresa a corto plazo, hasta determinar cuáles son las causas de sus problemas y proponer solucion...Starting at €8.20
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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20
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Yara International: Africa Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge; Herman, KerryCase HBS-715402-EStrategyLeading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural regions.Starting at €8.20
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Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics
Narayandas, Das; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-516013-EVita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's traditional retail strategy, and how best to grow the company in Sweden. While both of these are potentially important future growth drivers, they also entail large investments in new capabi...Starting at €8.20
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Demetrio Bancarel
Gadea J.; Santomá, JavierCase F-744FinanceEl caso plantea la selección e incorporación de un sistema centralizado de tesorería. Introduce casi todos los elementos importantes a considerar en una decisión de este tipo, y discute sus ventajas e inconvenientes.Starting at €8.20
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Mobile Broadband and the Telecommunications Industry in 2011
Applegate, Lynda M.; Herman, Kerry; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-814009-EEntrepreneurshipMobile broadband carriers provide network access to the Internet for a range of devices (typically portable or mobile), including consumer devices such as smartphones, tablets and E-Readers, but also a host of new emerging devices. Mobile broadband networks enable data to travel in packets over telecommunication (telecom) companies' wireless (or cellular) networks. The number of worldwide mobile cellular subscriptions reached 6 billion in 2011, r...Starting at €8.20
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Angel Villa (A)
Jiménez F.; Santomá, JavierCase F-619FinanceSe analizan las ventajas e inconvenientes de la utilización de distintos instrumentos de previsión (seguro de vida, fondo de pensión, plan de jubilación, etc.)Starting at €8.20
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Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE
Fubini, David G.; Margolis, Joshua D.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-415043-ELeadership and People ManagementSusie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE-the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO-from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a successful product line, and savvy private equity investors, NIC+ZOE seems perfectly positioned for growth, but the company is struggling to execute efficiently, and senior managers are torn about a key decision: whether to go into e-commerce or not.Starting at €8.20