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New Earth Mining, Inc. (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-917S19FinanceNew Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very successful and has a large amount of cash on the balance sheet, a simple debt structure, and a reasonable leverage ratio with liquidity risk. With a strong financial position, the firm con...Starting at €8.20
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NEC: A New R&D Site in Princeton (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Kobayashi, KiichiroCase HBS-803S03Service and Operations ManagementEn 1992, Daizburo Shinoda, un alto director de I + D en el NEC, tiene que lidiar con un tema de la sucesión con respecto a la dirección del sitio de I + D de NEC en Princeton, Nueva Jersey en decidir a quién nombrar como el próximo líder del NEC D sitio extranjero más importante de investigación y, Shinoda tiene a considerar una serie de factores: la estrategia global de la empresa de NEC, la historia del sitio de Princeton, y las limitaciones de...Starting at €8.20
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American Connector Co. (A) (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-604S12Service and Operations ManagementAmerican Connector Co. is forced to reexamine operations at its Sunnyvale plant when a Japanese competitor announces plans to build an "ultimate" plant in the United States. Case examines issues related to benchmarking a competitor's manufacturing capabilities and productivity. Allows students to compare two companies' manufacturing strategies and their implications for productivity and flexibility.Starting at €8.20
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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Iansiti, Marco; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-610053-EService and Operations ManagementRicoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in 2006. The company developed environmental accounting methods and produces annual environmental and sustainability reports, but Ricoh is concerned that investors may not take these effor...Starting at €8.20
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Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)
Shih, Willy; Pierson, MargaretCase HBS-612071-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March, 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab so its shutdown forced the "Big Three" of Detroit and Japan to shutdown production as well. Data from two automotive custo...Starting at €8.20
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Trouble at Tessei, Teaching Note
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Buell, Ryan W.Teaching Note HBS-616031-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen (""bullet"") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the demands on Tessei continued to grow. Given previous leaders' failed attempts to fix Tessei's problems with increased managerial monitoring and controls, Yabe seeks a creative approach...Starting at €0.00
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20
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Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708001-EFinanceIn July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian "tiger" economy to abandon its fixed exchange rate system in response to speculative attacks on its currency. Investors started to flee Asia, and the crisis rapidly spread to other countries. Central banks spent billions of dollars to try and defend their currencies, only to seek emergency bailouts from the International Monetary Fund. This case presents a chronology of events that unraveled during th...Starting at €8.20
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (D)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1555Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €5.74
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (A)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1552Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €8.20