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Ackman versus the Board (Spanish version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Weber, JamesCase HBS-112S08Accounting and ControlAfter 15 years of great performance, Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second-largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed successfully against industry leader Walmart for years by promoting an upscale discount shopping experience in comparison to Walmart's focus on low prices. This strategy worked well for Target in good economic ...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric Medical Systems--2002 (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Weber, JamesCase HBS-708S36StrategyDiscusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity to examine a multinational confronting massive technological and demographic changes around the world. Genomics has created a global opportunity by making personalized medicine seem possible--medical intervention that caters to the genetic makeup of the individual and emphasizes prevention more than...Starting at €8.20
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New England Apple Slices
Lee, Deishin; Weber, JamesCase HBS-612045-EService and Operations ManagementProtagonist leads an apple industry association that hopes to develop a market for New England apple slices to improve demand for apple products. Apples grown for slicing have characteristics that differ from most apples grown in New England. Case allows students to examine whether it makes sense for a farmer to begin to grow apples for slicing. The case also describes the distribution of apples and apple products so that students can examine how...Starting at €8.20
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Google Car
Lakhani, Karim R.; Weber, James; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-614022-EService and Operations ManagementBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Orthopaedics at Rittenhouse Medical Center
Bohmer, Richard; Huckman, Robert S.; Bozic, Kevin J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-607152-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders the issues associated with running multiple business models--a private practice and an academic faculty practice--within the confines of the orthopaedics department of a single medical center. Students assume the role of Neela Wilson, Executive Director of Rittenhouse Medical Center, in managing the operational requirements of, and organizational tensions created by, these competing models. In analyzing the case, students have the oppor...Starting at €8.20
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Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A)
Sadun, Raffaella; Beer, Michael; Weber, JamesCase HBS-717419-EStrategyIn late 2015, CEO Vince Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson's transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent years, cost pressures were causing its major customers to consolidate, and also to rethink their purchasing practices-moving from looking for products to looking for cost-effective solutions...Starting at €8.20
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Echoing Green
Battilana, Julie; DeLong, Thomas J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-410013-EService and Operations ManagementThis case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to attack some of the world's most difficult problems. After turning Echoing Green around and re-building an organization almost from scratch over the last 7 years, Dorsey feels that Echoi...Starting at €8.20
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The Hain Celestial Group
Bell, David E.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Weber, James; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-516007-EStrategyHain Celestial manufactured natural and organic food and personal care products to be sold to retailers of these products. The company had grown successfully and profitably through acquisitions and organically for two decades. In late 2015, Hain faced challenges on several fronts. First, new consumers were interested in these products and these consumers had characteristics different from those of historical consumers in the segment. Second, the ...Starting at €8.20
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The On-Demand Economy
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Weber, James; Watkins, Elizabeth AnneCase HBS-716405-EStrategyThis note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several companies including Uber and Airbnb that exemplify this new mode of competition, a model that threatens to disrupt traditional firms. Uber provides ride services much like a traditional taxi company, but it owns no cars and employs no drivers, and instead matches independent car owners with customers looking for rides. Airbnb p...Starting at €8.20
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Gazelle in 2012
Hagiu, Andrei; Weber, JamesCase HBS-711446-EStrategyGazelle has pioneered a reCommerce intermediation model: it buys used electronics from consumers and resells them on eBay or to wholesalers. Going forward, its two main strategic challenges are: 1) deciding how much to rely on partnerships with large retailers for growth; 2) deciding whether to continue as a "merchant," i.e., buying and reselling goods (and thereby taking inventory risk), or to transform itself into a "two-sided platform" connect...Starting at €8.20