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Estonia: Transition, EU Membership, and the Euro
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.; Solvell, OrjanCase HBS-713479-EStrategyThe case discusses the economic development of Estonia, covering specifically the period from regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 until 2015. It tracks the process from the initial transition towards a market economy to becoming an EU member country, including the 2007 crisis and the government's response to it. The overall performance of the economy, the profile of its key clusters, and the quality of its business environment in...Starting at €8.20
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The Dutch Flower Cluster, Teaching Note
Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge; Porter, Michael E.Teaching Note HBS-711534-EStrategyTeaching Note for 711507.Starting at €0.00
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The Dutch Flower Cluster
Porter, Michael E.; Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge; Eenennaam, Fred vanCase HBS-711507-EStrategyDescribes the Dutch Flower cluster, or the group of interconnected growers, suppliers, service providers, and flower-related institutions located in The Netherlands. Examines the role of the FloraHolland auction in the value chain. Also describes the flower clusters in China, Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya, the four other major international competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability at IKEA Group, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-616017-EStrategyCan IKEA Group double its global sales within a decade by expending in emerging markets while implementing on its ambitious sustainability strategy that included focusing on raw material sourcing and suppliers' production processes? The case focuses on IKEA Group's efforts to manage the environmental impacts associated with its use of wood, which constituted the majority of its total procurement volume. The company needs to design and deploy a su...Starting at €0.00
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Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Sucher, Sandra J.Teaching Note HBS-612023-ETeaching Note for 610-056, 611-051 and 613063.Starting at €0.00
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Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef
Alvarez, Jose B.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-515001-EMarketingDr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product-made entirely from muscle grown in his lab-to give it the same taste, texture and appearance of a traditional beef hamburger. A previous iteration of this product had been taste tested live, with good results, and Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, had provided Post with much of the funding to make the burgers. The next step was to form an inde...Starting at €8.20
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Cold Showers Lead to Fewer Sick Days
Buijze, Geert A.; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-F1802B-EThroughout history people have made claims about the health benefits of cold baths. Now a new study from the Netherlands finds that people who douse themselves with an icy blast of water daily are out sick nearly a third less than people who don't.Starting at €8.20
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Fairphone: Dialing Up Strategy in Smartphones
Malay Krishna, Hardik BudhirajaCase IVEY-W32379-EStrategyThe mission of Fairphone, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based social enterprise company, was to design, produce, and sell smartphones that had a more positive impact on the environment and society. Fairphone was rated as the most sustainable smartphone in 2021 and was considered as a champion for the circular economy in the smartphone industry. Since 2018, Fairphone had been headed by Eva Gouwens. Under Gouwens’s leadership, Fairphone had more than d...Starting at €8.20
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Beznoska: Sell Me Your Stocks
Martin Jurek, Mohit Srivastava, Karel Pernica, Jiri HnilicaCase IVEY-W31002-EStrategyIn late January 2020, the chief executive officer and third-generation successor of BEZNOSKA s.r.o., a traditional Czech manufacturer of joint implants, was preparing for an annual shareholders’ meeting with the family business owners. The annual report indicated that the company had experienced its worst financial year in its 30-year history. The company was also facing challenges from new competitors in the market and the need to comply with a ...Starting at €8.20
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Culture (Spanish version)
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-820S03EntrepreneurshipIn 2016, ING Group began an overhaul of its company culture, culminating in a code of conduct dubbed "The Orange Code."Starting at €8.20