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Regional Strategies for Global Leadership (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R0512FStrategyhome base, portfolio, hub, platform, and mandate. Some companies adopt the strategies in sequence, but the most nimble switch from one to another and combine approaches as their markets and businesses evolve. At Toyota, for example, exports from the home base continue to be substantial even as the company builds up an international manufacturing presence. And as Toyota achieves economies of scale and scope with a strong network of hubs, the comp...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo realizar mejores inversiones en la base de la pir mide
London, TedArticle HBS-R0905JStrategyA pesar de que tienen historias y datos para sentirse bien sobre hitos, la mayoría de los emprendimientos que sirven a los pobres del mundo no tienen una forma sistemática para medir qué tan bien están consecución de sus objetivos. Para hacer frente a esa necesidad, Londres, el director de la Universidad de Base de la Pirámide Iniciativa de Michigan, ha ideado una nueva herramienta. Base del Marco de Evaluación de Impacto Pirámide de Londres expl...Starting at €8.20
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Should You Launch a Fighter Brand? (Spanish version)
Ritson, MarkArticle HBS-R0910KStrategylaunching a fighter brand. A fighter brand is designed to protect a premium offering by combating, and ideally eliminating, its cheaper competitors. The textbook example is Busch beer, which Anheuser-Busch introduced in 1955 at half the wholesale price of Budweiser. Busch fended off the inexpensive regional beers that were eating into Bud's sales and, even better, opened up a brand-new market segment for the company. Unfortunately, such victorie...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Out of Recession (Spanish version)
Gulati, Ranjay; Nohria, Nitin; Wohlgezogen, FranzArticle HBS-R1003CStrategya combination of cutting costs, mainly by improving operational efficiency (rather than by slashing the number of employees relative to peers), and developing new business opportunities by making significantly greater investments than rivals do in R&D and marketing while also investing in plants and machinery.Starting at €8.20
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Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (Spanish Version)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Gassmann, Oliver; Sauer, RomanCase HBS-719S19StrategyLos tacleadas (B) de casos el proceso de implementación y la escala de gestión de flotas en los últimos años. Por último, el caso explora los desafíos actuales que enfrenta el IMC.Starting at €5.74
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Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A) (Spanish Version)
Sebenius, James K.; Qian, Cheng (Jason)Case HBS-916S02StrategyEsquel Group, fabricante de camisas de calidad que conduce, intentó negociar asociaciones a largo plazo con los agricultores a menudo explotadas en Xinjiang (China occidental) para adquirir una variedad de algodón superior. Tratando de conseguir una gran cantidad de algodón especialidad de una manera ética y socialmente responsable, Esquel emprendió una importante iniciativa de 2002 para negociar contratos de creación de valor entre sí, los gobie...Starting at €8.20
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SCMS: Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa
Raman, Ananth; Watson, Noel; Kraiselburd, Santiago; Akili, EmmanuelCase HBS-613023-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2005, USAID and the U.S. President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), created the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) to procure and distribute essential medicines and supplies; provide technical assistance to transform existing supply chains; and collaborated with in-country and global partners to coordinate efforts. The new US Global Health Initiative (GHI) initialized in 2010 sought to build on these efforts through strengthened ...Starting at €8.20
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Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste
Drake, David; Hammond, Janice H.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-615040-EService and Operations ManagementThe global consumer goods company Unilever was on pace to hit a number of aggressive targets by 2020 as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Project, including a goal to halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products. Unilever's Chief Supply Chain Officer Pier Luigi Sigismondi and his team were working towards this goal and had chosen to first focus on three key areas-sugar, tomatoes, and tea-and had analyzed where in the 'farm t...Starting at €8.20
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The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Gross, Daniel P.; Pickle, Lauren G.Teaching Note HBS-717481-EStrategyTeaching note for case 717430.Starting at €0.00
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Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy
Kramer, Mark R.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-718406-EStrategyBecton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued development of products that created shared value, defined as those that both generated profits and created positive social impact. One of the primary ways the company advanced such products was through establishing and maintaining public-...Starting at €8.20