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CSTAR
James E. Hatch; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Michael J. Rouse; Virginia Ritchie; Lyndsay Passmore; Leah HillierCaso IVEY-9B09M017-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraCanadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics Centre (CSTAR) had had a successful year during which its new director had ensured that CSTAR's budget deficit was on target to be reduced by 50 per cent. CSTAR still faced significant hurdles to becoming financially stable and a leader in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The director wanted CSTAR to be financially self-sustainable within two years, and identified goals to overcome these hurdl...Desde 8,20 €
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"We Need People to Lean into the Future"
McMillon, Doug; Ignatius, AdiArtículo HBS-R1702F-EFor years, Walmart's unrivaled customer research capabilities helped it dominate retailing. Then along came the internet, and Walmart suddenly found itself playing catchup to e-commerce pioneers like Amazon. In 2014 the board appointed Doug McMillon as CEO and gave him an imperative: Bring Walmart into the future--without sacrificing its longtime strengths. McMillon, who began his career unloading trucks at a neighborhood Walmart, respects tradit...Desde 8,20 €
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"They Burned the House Down"
Lynton, Michael; Ignatius, AdiArtículo HBS-R1507J-EIn 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment was subjected to the most devastating hack in corporate history. Highly sensitive data--salary details, private e-mails (some of them harshly critical of top Hollywood talent), unreleased movies--was leaked for all the world to see. For good measure, the hackers wiped out everything on Sony Pictures' servers. Then they threatened retaliation against any theaters that proceeded with the release of "The Interview...Desde 8,20 €
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The HBR Interview: eBay CEO John Donahoe
Donahoe, John; Ignatius, AdiArtículo HBS-R1103G-EJohn Donahoe took over for Meg Whitman, eBay's celebrated longtime CEO, just under three years ago. The core business was slipping, and eBay's acquisition of Skype had gone wrong. The challenge facing him was how to keep the company strong despite enormous changes in consumer behavior. He talks about capitalizing on mobile technology-eBay's iPhone application, "by far the largest m-commerce application in the world," went from $600 million in vol...Desde 8,20 €
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Etrip
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Julian Heere; Robert SpitalarCaso IVEY-9B09D002-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedora, Servicios y operacionesIn February 2008, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Fly Open Sky Ltd. was finalizing a business plan for Etrip, a proposed online travel startup in the European travel market. He wanted to use the plan to convince investors to commit $100,000, which would provide the first round of financing in a lead up to a further investment of $500,000. The CEO had a vision of developing Etrip as a superior online travel reservation system and desired to i...Desde 8,20 €
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Cómo eBay desarrolló una cultura de la experimentación
Donahoe, John; Ignatius, AdiArtículo HBS-R1103GConocimiento y comunicaciónJohn Donahoe se hizo cargo de Meg Whitman, CEO de eBay desde hace mucho tiempo célebre, hace poco menos de tres años. La actividad principal se deslizaba, y la adquisición de Skype de eBay tenía mal se ha ido. El reto frente a él era cómo mantener la empresa fuerte a pesar de enormes cambios en el comportamiento del consumidor. Habla de la capitalización de la tecnología de eBay aplicación móvil de iPhone "con mucho, el más grande de aplicaciones...Desde 8,20 €
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Tecnología, tradición y el ratón Mickey
Iger, Robert A.; Ignatius, AdiArtículo HBS-R1107JConocimiento y comunicaciónBob Iger, CEO de Disney se convirtió en 2005, después de una áspera cinco años para la compañía que incluía un intento de toma de control hostil, una revuelta de accionistas, y una batalla con dos prominentes miembros de la junta. En su agenda estaba terminando la guerra interna y recuperar el entusiasmo y la admiración de los empleados. También necesitaba para ayudar a la tecnología see empresa como una oportunidad más que una amenaza y para log...Desde 8,20 €
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henderson bas
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Nicole Shomair; Ari ShomairCaso IVEY-9B08D008-EServicios y operacionesThe director of client services at henderson bas, an interactive advertising company, was trying to decide how to set a price for the newly proposed campaign for Halpernia Industries, one of her clients. Though the strategic direction of the campaign had been agreed upon, Halpernia had rejected the two creative proposals already presented to it. The director was unsure how to set a price for the campaign. She needed to balance the need for the co...Desde 8,20 €
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Cineplex, Inc.
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Dino Pupulin; Peter HryniakCaso IVEY-9B15D008-EServicios y operacionesIn early 2013, the senior vice-president of customer strategies at Toronto-based Cineplex Inc. (Cineplex) was sitting in her office, working on the firm’s strategy. The firm’s chief executive officer had asked the VP to examine some strategic alternatives and present them at the upcoming meeting of the company’s board of directors. One of Cineplex’s major concerns stemmed from the seemingly inexorable continued reduction in theatrical-release win...Desde 8,20 €
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Furniture Bank
P. Fraser Johnson; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Jean A. SalamatCaso IVEY-9B10D006-EServicios y operacionesFurniture Bank was an organization that collected and distributed donated, gently used furniture to those in need. After several years of tight financial circumstances, the interim executive director was relieved that the past year had provided relief via generation of record amounts of excess cash. He was preparing a report to be presented to the board of directors concerning his thoughts on what direction he thought the Furniture Bank should ta...Desde 8,20 €