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Process Control at Polaroid (A) (Spanish version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Bowen, H. Kent; Elliott, BrianCase HBS-606S22Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan.Starting at €8.20
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Innocent Drinks (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.; Heath, DanCase HBS-812S14Entrepreneurshipexpansion of the existing product line into Europe, extension of the brand into other product categories, or continued organic growth within the United Kingdom.Starting at €8.20
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Nantero (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.; Heath, Dan; Perkins, CarolineCase HBS-818S13FinancePara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Este caso describe una decisión confrontar el fundador de Nantero, una compañía de desarrollo de una nueva tecnología de semiconductores. La compañía necesita recaudar capital de riesgo adicional. Los inversores potenciales han compitiendo visiones para la empresa, y su modelo de negocio. Algunos inversores quieren la compañía para licenciar su tecnología a empresas de semi...Starting at €8.20
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Some Thoughts on Business Plans (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.Case HBS-811S12EntrepreneurshipA framework for assessing new business opportunities and the business plans used to describe them is developed. Useful for aspiring entrepreneurs in MBA programs.Starting at €8.20
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RightNow Technologies (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.; Heath, DanCase HBS-819S24EntrepreneurshipThe founder and CEO of a CRM software start-up must decide between an attractive acquisition offer and the opportunity to go public. Discusses the growth of the company--including a lengthy discussion of entrepreneurial bootstrapping--as well as an aborted IPO attempt in 2000. The central question is whether the company will create more value by staying independent or by joining a larger organization.Starting at €8.20
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Rapid Growth through Internationalization: Applus+ - Teaching Note
Kordecka, Izabela; Ricart, Joan EnricTeaching Note DGT-45-EStrategyThis teaching note was made as teaching aid in case DG-1489-E.Starting at €0.00
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New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)
Bowen, H. Kent; Huckman, Robert S.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613006-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok-a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy-focusing on fit and performance by offering long-lived shoes in a wide variety of widths and eschewing celebrity endorsement of its products-and discuss...Starting at €8.20
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Dr. John's Products Ltd.
Sahlman, William A.Case HBS-803063-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes an entrepreneur's attempts to invent, manufacture, and distribute an inexpensive electric toothbrush.Starting at €8.20
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Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew
Roberts, Michael J.; Sahlman, William A.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-808017-EFinanceDescribes Texas Pacific Group's purchase and operation of J. Crew, the catalog and specialty clothing retailer. Highlights the issues involved in financing such a transaction, and then focuses on the operational challenges of turning around the business, and of TPG's intensive involvement in the running of the business. Details the improvements in the business, and then the retrenchment, leaving the business facing a significant debt payment comi...Starting at €8.20