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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015
McFarlan, F. WarrenCase HBS-116006-EDana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's enrollment is falling and deficits are becoming the norm. At the same time, the modern vision for girls' education requires an even greater investment in science and sports--at a time when Dana Hall's resources are lower than ever before. Can the school stay true to its mission? How will it find...Starting at €5.74
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Charles Schwab Corp. (A) (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-302S30Information TechnologiesA look at the industrial restructuring in the brokerage industry made possible by e-commerce. Focuses the student's attention on the decision alternatives facing Charles Schwab, one of the industry leaders in January 1998. In a word, the challenge is "Do they slash prices to meet competition from companies like E-Trade or do they stand still?"Starting at €8.20
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Secom: Managing Information Security in a Risky World
McFarlan, F. Warren; Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-308015-EInformation TechnologiesExamines the type of security that is appropriate for an Internet company to have on its site. Focuses on a 20-person electronic e-commerce company trying to decide what parts of the information security product line they should acquire from the largest sStarting at €8.20
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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma
Derrick Neufeld; Charles Wasserman; Dharsana Vijayaratnam; Thomas Yuk; Sharon Bir; Deb ElkinkCase IVEY-9B17E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2017, a successful online dating company, Mate1.com, based in Montreal, was pursuing a two-year goal of increasing revenue by 50 per cent and net operating margin by 15 per cent. However, its ambitions were being hampered by unavoidably high advertising costs, an inadequate reporting system, and a maturing industry life cycle. Should the firm explore new business models and consider acquiring a competitor—or was it time to divest and sell the ...Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B16E040-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Starting at €8.20
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Internet Issues (A) (Spanish version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Young, FredCase HBS-303S25Information TechnologiesThis case looks at the issues facing a Hong Kong-based trading company, which links hundreds of factories in India and Asia with major customers like Gap and the Limited in Europe and in the United States. The company has recently launched a dot-com operation to allow its extraordinary network of factories in Asia to target much smaller retail chains in Asia and Europe than they were able to do before.Starting at €8.20
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Merrill Lynch: Opción Integrada (abreviado)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Weber, JamesCase HBS-304S26MarketingMerrill Lynch, una firma de corretaje de servicio completo con $ 1,5 billones en activos de clientes, está siendo atacada por tanto de descuento y las firmas de corretaje electrónico. Responde con Integrado Choice, una suite de productos diseñados para clientes de captura, desde el do-it-yourself inversor que no quieren usar un intermediario para los clientes que quieren confiar plenamente en un corredor. La estrategia es de alto riesgo y requier...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Schwab Corporation (B) (Spanish Version)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-302S32Information TechnologiesLas capturas de la situación que enfrenta Charles Schwab Corp. a finales de agosto de 1999 en la industria de corretaje cambiar drásticamente. Sus movimientos audaces En enero de 1998, han creado un nuevo patrón competitiva industria y la respuesta agresiva provocada por empresas como Merrill Lynch.Starting at €5.74
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Li & Fung 2006
McFarlan, F. Warren; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307077-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the opportunities and strategy facing one of the most innovative global supply-chain companies, and the strategy it has chosen to deal with the expanding demand for its services. Li & Fung links thousands of factories in India, China, and elsewhere to nearly a thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system th...Starting at €8.20
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Mafiaboy
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E020-EInformation TechnologiesThis case opens with a fictitious yet common situation of a corporate executive who is uncertain how to respond to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. It provides some anecdotes and statistics relating to DDoS attacks, and then briefly tells the story of Michael Calce, nicknamed Mafiaboy, who as a young teen effectively launched attacks that shut down companies such as Amazon, CNN, Dell, eBay and Yahoo! The basic DDoS process is explai...Starting at €8.20