This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution (Spanish version)
Isenberg, Daniel J.Article HBS-R1006AEntrepreneurship(1) Stop emulating Silicon Valley. (2) Shape the ecosystem around local conditions. (3) Engage the private sector early. (4) Favor the high potentials. (5) Get a big win on the board. (6) Tackle cultural change head-on. (7) Stress the roots. (8) Don't overengineer clusters; help them grow organically. (9) Reform legal, regulatory, and bureaucratic frameworks. Each of these is critical to entrepreneurship-yet insufficient to sustain it. They key ...Starting at €8.20
-
Economic Evaluation of Information Systems: Sort Hospital
Farré, Marçal; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-181-EInformation TechnologiesThis case examines the evaluation of IT investments in healthcare organizations. The case is meant to serve as a basis for discussion on how these technologies impact healthcare providers, what their associated costs and benefits are, what methodologies are used to assess them and how these assessments should be weighed by decision-makers considering this type of investment.Starting at €8.20
-
Tramsa Mobility on the Ropes: Dealing with a Cyberattack (B)
Valor Sabatier, Josep; Zamora, Javier; Jesus Pérez Balaguer; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-209-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementIn summer 2020, Tramsa Mobility, a Spanish transportation carrier that operated several concession contracts from the administration, was victim of a ransomware attack that seriously threatened the ability of the company to operate the thousands of buses that gave service to some of the largest cities in the country. The case, broken up in three different parts, describes how the company dealt with the crisis, with new challenges and difficultie...Starting at €5.74
-
Canal Satélite Digital (C)
Comín, Marta; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase M-1220-EMarketingIn November 2008 the satellite pay-TV station Digital Plus was still for sale. However various factors were lowering its value, among them the loss of subscribers, excessive debt and above all, the football war.Starting at €5.74
-
The Apple ROKR: Fusing the Music and Wireless Industries
Comín, Marta; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-156-EInnovation and ChangeTelefónica Móviles, S.A. is deciding whether to subsidize the purchase of ROKR, a hybrid "telephone-iPod" which can be used as a normal phone, as well as for listening to music previously downloaded through a computer. The case describes the structure of the music industry and the revolution brought about by music exchange systems. It also provides material for the study of the effects of digitalization on the structure of the music sector.Starting at €8.20
-
Big Brother: Endemol's Big Hit
Fillat D.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Nueno, José LuisCase SI-154-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes the history of the Big Brother television show format, thought up by Endemol, which represent the global launchof the "reality show" concept. Following years of extraordinary success, Endemol and its Spanish subsidiary Zeppelín are thinking about how to vary the format to recover audience viewing levels.Starting at €8.20
-
Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-807148-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Mary Gadams, founder and CEO of RacingThePlanet is facing one of the many logistical crises that her young Hong Kong-based venture faces as it stages its popular 4Deserts(tm) adventure marathon series in Atacama Chile, Gobi Desert Mongolia, Sahara Desert Egypt, and Antarctica. How can a small company in Hong Kong continue to effectively coordinate such a far-flung, complex, ...Starting at €8.20
-
Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-807165-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price, which would net Twaalfhoven and his family $70 million, he is reluctant to sell the company because his original vision was to create a family-owned conglomerate which would last for generations. Of his eight childr...Starting at €8.20
-
Lapdesk Company: A South African FOPSE
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-808008-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Shane Immelman, founding CEO of Lapdesk (South Africa), is facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director of field operations; a dramatic increase in prices by a key supplier; and a major strategic alliance that does not seem to be moving forward. Lapdesk is a for profit social enterprise (FOPSE) dedicated to eradicating the shor...Starting at €8.20
-
Studio Moderna--A Venture in Eastern Europe
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-808110-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Studio Moderna is the leading electronic retailer in 20 countries in and around Central and Eastern Europe, and use a multi-channel business strategy, organizational structure, and IT system. When management conflicts arise, Sandi Cesko, CEO and co-founder must decide whether to change his in-sourcing strategy to out-sourcing.Starting at €8.20