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Barnes & Noble: Managing the E-Book Revolution
MacCormack, Alan; Dunn, Brian Kimball; Kemerer, Chris F.Case HBS-613073-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes competition in the market for E-Books, and Barnes & Noble's Strategy in this industry. As a traditional retailer, B&N was challenged by the introduction of digital technologies that allow books to be published, distributed and sold to consumers electronically. New competitors like Amazon and Apple attacked the traditional industry structure, creating many uncertainties over the long term viability of traditional retailers. Amid...Starting at €8.20
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PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-221057-EFinanceIn early 2020, the California-based utility PG&E filed a second amended plan of reorganization. PG&E had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the face of more than $30 billion of legal claims brought against it for its alleged role in causing California wildfires. The plan had the support of key creditors and shareholders and a court-appointed committee representing the wildfire victims. However, it faced strong opposition from California's governo...Starting at €8.20
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Anthony Soohoo at Dot & Bo: Bringing Storytelling to Furniture E-Commerce
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-820036-EEntrepreneurshipAn examination of the first few years of San Franciso-based, fast-growing furniture and home accessory e-commerce startup, Dot & Bo.Starting at €8.20
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SF Express: From Delivery to E-Commerce
Zhu, Feng; Lane, DavidCase HBS-616003-EService and Operations ManagementShunfeng Express (SF), China's leading express delivery firm, in May 2014 opened the first 500 of several thousand Heike stores, which allowed consumers to buy and try out SF's own e-commerce offerings, in addition to other services. As an example of China's "online-to-offline" trend in e-commerce, Heike stores allowed SF to leverage its logistics and IT expertise to differentiate itself from its rivals in express delivery. As yet unclear was whe...Starting at €8.20
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Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)
Gabarro, John J.; DeLong, Thomas J.; Soo, JevanCase HBS-411035-ELeadership and People ManagementPresents the final outcome of the events. The Richard Jenkins at SciMat case presents a description from the executive vice-president's point of view of the series of events as reported in the Erik Peterson at Biometra (A), (B), (C), and (D) cases. The Jenkins at SciMat case can be assigned with Erik Peterson at Biometra (E) to give a broader perspective on Peterson's behavior and problems. This case can be handed out during class discussion of t...Starting at €5.74
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Sense and Reliability: A Conversation with Celebrated Psychologist Karl E. Weick (Spanish version)
Weick, Karl E.; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0304FLeadership and People ManagementMost of us see the organizations we operate in--our schools or companies, for instance--as monolithic and predictable, subjecting us to deadening routines and demanding from us dehumanizing conformity. But companies are more unpredictable and more alive than we imagine, according to Karl Weick, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan and an expert on organizational behavior. Weick says executives can learn a lot about managing the un...Starting at €8.20
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Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
Gandhi, Vikram; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-318001-EFinanceIt is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a U.K.-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately-held U.K. company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally-friendly process. The end product looked, smelled and felt like natural leather. Scalable marketplace adoption of E-Leather's products looked promising, but was just that-promising. And t...Starting at €8.20
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Souq.com's CEO on Building an E-Commerce Powerhouse in the Middle East
Mouchawar, RonaldoArticle HBS-R1705A-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2005, when Souq.com was founded, the Middle East had tremendous potential for e-commerce: Its total population was more than 350 million, half of whom were younger than 25. But the region was highly fragmented in terms of laws and customs, logistics, and payment infrastructure. Mouchawar tells how Souq grew from auction website to B2C-only business by enabling alternative payment methods and managing delivery in a region where basic logistics ...Starting at €8.20
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reMarkable: e-Writing the Future
Ofek, Elie; Hsu, CurtisCase HBS-517018-EMarketingMagnus Wanberg is the creator of reMarkable, a breakthrough e-writer device set apart from similar products on the market by having solved the frustrating "slow ink" problem typically experienced on pen-based electronic devices, thus providing a "pen and paper" like experience. Moreover, the device allowed for the convenient and non-eye-straining reading of typical documents. Though enthusiastically received by several investors, there was still ...Starting at €8.20
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Erik Peterson (E) (Spanish version)
Gabarro, John J.Case HBS-408S13Leadership and People ManagementPresents the final outcome of the events. The William Jurgens case presents a description from the corporation president's point of view of the series of events (as reported in the Erik Peterson (A), (B), (C), and (D) cases). The Jurgens case can be assigned with Erik Peterson (E) to give a broader perspective on Olafson's behavior and problems. This case can be handed out during class discussion of the (D) case. A redisguised version of an earli...Starting at €5.74