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Asea Brown Boveri (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-102S43StrategyIn 1987, two European rivals--Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Switzerland--merged to form Asea Brown Boveri. The new company employed 150,000 employees in 850 legal entities operating in 140 countries. The case describes the challenges facing Percy Barnevik--the organization's leader--and how he resolved those challenges through staffing, communicating priorities, new structural alignments, and information and reporting systems.Starting at €8.20
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Making the Numbers (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-118S02Strategy1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals.Starting at €8.20
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ATH Technologies (A): cumpliendo los objetivos
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-118S03StrategyUn ejercicio que lleva a los estudiantes a través de cinco etapas de crecimiento empresarial en una puesta en marcha en la industria de dispositivos médicos: 1) fundación, 2) el crecimiento, 3) empuje a la rentabilidad, el proceso de reorientación 4) y 5) toma de control por la nueva administración. En cada etapa, los estudiantes deben hacer frente a las tensiones en el equilibrio de beneficios, el crecimiento y el control. Las dificultades encon...Starting at €8.20
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Google to Alphabet: Ten Things We Know to Be True
Simons, Robert L.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-116029-EStrategyGoogle's founders wrote "10 Things We Know To be True," a document detailing founding principles and values, early in the company's life. As the company expanded, added business units, and changed its name to Alphabet, were these principles and values stiStarting at €8.20
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ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-117012-EStrategyAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, studenStarting at €8.20
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ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-117013-EStrategyAn exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, studenStarting at €8.20
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ATH Technologies (B)
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-117014-EStrategySupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.Starting at €5.74
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ATH Technologies (C)
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferCase HBS-117015-EStrategySupplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.Starting at €5.74
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Organizing for Performance: Four Vignettes
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-117062-EStrategyThis case provides four examples of organizations with very different business strategies: Walmart, Starbucks, Harvard Business School, and Google. To support their varying strategies, each of these organizations requires a specific configuration to proviStarting at €8.20
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Google to Alphabet: Two Job Opportunities, Teaching Note
Simons, Robert L.; Packard, JenniferTeaching Note HBS-117066-EStrategyThis is the teaching note for "Google to Alphabet: Two Job Opportunities" HBS No.116-046. The case describes two job postings for positions at Google. The first job posting is for a Software Engineer in the Google Maps unit and the second job posting is for an Account Manager in the Fashion Retail client unit. By reading the job descriptions, students glean information about Google as well as information about the spans of control, authority, i...Starting at €0.00