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Holding Fast (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Lutz, Robert A.; Christensen, Clayton M.; Wittes, Jason; Galakatos, Nick; Gourville, John T.Artículo HBS-R0506A-EMarketingCEO Peter Walsh faces a classic innovator's dilemma. His company, Crescordia, produces high-quality metal plates, pins, and screws that orthopedic surgeons use to repair broken bones. In fact, because of the company's long-standing commitment to quality, some orthopedic surgeons use nothing but Crescordia hardware. And now these customers have begun to clamor for the next-generation technology: resorbable hardware. Resorbables offer clear advanta...Desde 8,20 €
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Ti-Tech (A)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Gourville, John T.; Cline, Craig E.Caso HBS-508095-EMarketingThis case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity making it impossible to accept all four. Each order represents a different mix of labor, revenues, and potential future work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders...Desde 8,20 €
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Caso HBR: Llegó el momento de hacer una campa a unificada
Bertini, Marco; Gourville, John T.Artículo HBS-R1106MMarketingAlegre, un grupo hotelera líder en Centroamérica y Sudamérica, está sufriendo bajo la economía en problemas, y su nueva propiedad, el buque insignia Palma Cay en Cozumel, está perjudicando a la mayoría. Beatriz Soto, gerente de Palma Cay, tiene un plan para aumentar las reservas, pero no tienen el dinero para llevarlo a cabo. En caso de que la sede corporativa otorgar sus fondos adicionales, a pesar de las operaciones tradicionalmente descentrali...Desde 8,20 €
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Crosley
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCaso HBS-809160-EIniciativa emprendedoraIn October 1941, a top secret envoy from the U.S. military was sent to Crosley Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio to request their assistance to construct a weapon that would drastically strengthen the defenses of U.S. troops: the proximity fuze. Such a fuze would allow enemy aircraft to be shot down with a rate of accuracy well above that of previous weaponry. The task would be a challenging one, as conventional wisdom held that it took at least fo...Desde 8,20 €
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Neoprene
Nicholas, Tom; Tamega Fernandes, FelipeCaso HBS-810084-EIn 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in US history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product - neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still being erected and production remained at laboratory scale. Rubber synthetics had been developed in Russia, Germany and even in the United States before, but large scale production had ...Desde 8,20 €
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Arthur Rock
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCaso HBS-813138-EIniciativa emprendedoraArthur Rock was known as one of the country's first venture capitalists and was instrumental in launching major Silicon Valley firms, such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne Incorporated. He was the first venture capitalist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rock was adamant that his success was due to luck and being in the right place at the right time. Others argu...Desde 8,20 €
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Neoprene, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomNota del Instructor HBS-811058-ETeaching Note for 810-084.Desde 0,00 €
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Exercise on Estimation
Riis, Jason; Gourville, John T.Caso HBS-509022-EMarketingThis exercise is meant to assess students' level of confidence around everyday business and general knowledge questions, for the purpose of identifying where they are overconfident and underconfident.Desde 8,20 €
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Maidenform Bras
Nicholas, TomCaso HBS-808095-EIniciativa emprendedoraUses Ida Rosenthal's entrepreneurship in brassieres to explore how economic, social, and demographic changes reshaped gender and business enterprises in early- to mid-20th century America. It shows the importance of timing and geography to Rosenthal's new firm in New York City, as well as the significance of her own entrepreneurial agency. Explores the challenges Rosenthal faced in defining products, consumers, and the company's image in an envir...Desde 8,20 €
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCaso HBS-808134-EIniciativa emprendedoraDesde 8,20 €