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El negocio de dióxido de titanio de Du Pont (E)
Ghemawat, PankajCase HBS-309S14StrategyProporciona a los estudiantes la oportunidad de realizar un seguimiento de la evolución de la industria con el tiempo, para explorar el papel que puede desempeñar en la señalización de dicha evolución, y para construir y validar escenarios de la industria.Starting at €5.74
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China vs the World: Whose Technology Is It
Hout, Thomas M.; Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R1012H-EStrategyNo longer content with being the world's factory for low-value products, China has quietly opened a new front in its campaign to become the globe's most powerful economy: It's on a quest for high-tech dominance. In pursuit of this goal, the Chinese government has ensured that it will be both buyer and seller in certain key industries by retaining ownership of customers and suppliers alike. It has consolidated manufacturers in those industries int...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria - Condensed
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-690-EMarketingThis is a condensed version of case Puig Doria (M-663). The present condensed version has been prepared for publication in a book. Wherever possible, it is recommend that the full version be used in class. Puig Doria is a famous designer of jewels in Barcelona, where he has his only retail establishment. After describing two previous attempts at exporting, the case centers on the present opportunity to export to Japan, with the help of C. Itoh, o...Starting at €8.20
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Tecalum - Poland
Wyszomierski, Marcin; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1174-EMarketingIn November 2003, only a few months before the planned enlargement of the European Union through the accession of ten Central and Eastern European and Mediterranean countries, the Tecalex-Tecalum group has to decide whether or not to enter the Polish market. Its decision will be based largely on a marketing research report produced the previous summer. The company must also decide on the best penetration strategy. One option is to set up an alumi...Starting at €8.20
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Bausch & Lomb India
Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.; Sahay S.Case M-962-EMarketingIn May 1990, Bausch & Lomb decided to launch a new subsidiary in India. A new plant was set up in Bhiwadi to manufacture soft contact lenses, eyecare, products, metallic frames for prescription glasses, and the leding premium sunglasses in the world: Ray-Ban. The launch took place between July and October, 1991. In June 1993, actual sales achievement is below forecast, and the managers of the Indian subsidiary are considering the opportunity to l...Starting at €8.20
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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005-EMarketingIn mid-1993 a husband and wife start up a new family business importing "comfort shoes", a special type of shoe that is very comfortable but relatively highly priced and somewhat unusual and unfashionable in appearance. The case describes the various direct marketing actions they undertake, detailing the costs of each and the sales achieved, and formulates various options for marketing actions to be carried out in 1995. This case was winner of th...Starting at €8.20
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Benchmarking Globalization to Boost Business Connections
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Altman, StevenArticle ART-2673-EEconomics, StrategyThough global connectedness, which correlates with global growth, appears to be recovering since the global economic crisis, there is still a long way to go, as the latest DHL Global Connectedness Index reveals. Global strategist and professor Pankaj Ghemawat and research scholar Steven A. Altman unpack the findings of their comprehensive study that measures the depth, breadth and directions of trade, capital, information and people flows ...Starting at €8.20
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Globalization in the Age of Trump
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R1704J-EBusiness leaders are scrambling to adjust to a world few imagined possible just a year ago. The myth of a borderless world has come crashing down. Traditional pillars of open markets--the United States and the UK--are wobbling, and China is positioning itself as globalization's staunchest defender. Countries throughout North America and Europe have experienced waves of anti-globalization sentiment. In the face of such uncertainty, leaders of mult...Starting at €8.20
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Hewlett-Packard: Designjet Online 1997
Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1084-EMarketingAt the end of 1997, having first conducted various studies, the Marketing Director of Hewlett Packard Barcelona Division (HP-BCD) is facing the decision of whether or not to set up a new website on the Internet. The purpose of the new site would be to establish a direct and interactive means of communication with the end users of the company's large format printers around the world. The case sets out a number of dilemmas concerning the proposed n...Starting at €8.20
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Flamagás, S.A.
Lopetegui G.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-689MarketingFlamagás, S.A. es una empresa creada en 1959, dedicada a la fabricación y venta de encendedores. El caso describe la evolución de la empresa, con especial énfasis en el desarrollo de sus exportaciones. Se describe el hundimiento del mercado mundial de encendedores de tipo medio (calidad y precio), y las dificultades que ello causó a la empresa. Se describe el fuerte proceso de reestructuración llevado a cabo en 1982, 1983 y 1984. Finalmente, como...Starting at €8.20