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Nestlé: Iniciativa de agricultura sustentable
Reinhardt, Forest L.Case HBS-706S38suizo de la alimentación Nestlé gigantes intentos para mejorar el rendimiento de sus proveedores de productos agrícolas a la calidad de levantar, bajar los costos, y contribuyen al desarrollo sostenible. Sus iniciativas se centran en primer lugar en el café, el cacao y la leche. directivos de Nestlé afirman que las iniciativas ofrecen beneficios tanto privados (mejor calidad y menores costos para la empresa) y los beneficios sociales (mayores ing...Starting at €8.20
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Launching Prius (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Yao, Dennis; Egawa, MasakoCase HBS-712S03StrategyIn 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the importance of the Prius in Toyota's overall product strategy and explores issues ranging from market structure to competitive advantage and competitive dynamics.Starting at €8.20
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Duke Energy y el Renacimiento Nuclear
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Reinhardt, Forest L.Case HBS-717S05EconomicsPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Duke Energy, una empresa eléctrica de propiedad del inversor estadounidense, se enfrenta a miles de millones de dólares de decisiones sobre su mezcla de combustible futuro. En particular, sus líderes están considerando la construcción de nueva capacidad nuclear. Si esto es razonable depende, entre otras cosas, sobre el crecimiento de la demanda, los costos de capital, los p...Starting at €8.20
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CME Group (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-718S03EconomicsEl caso describe el CME Group, bolsa de productos más grande del mundo, los futuros y opciones sobre futuros, la historia, la regulación y las decisiones estratégicas de la empresa enfrentó. CME Group se formó a partir de los intercambios más antiguas y conocidas en el mundo. Los operadores en el intercambio compran y venden contratos con el fin de cubrir el riesgo o especular sobre las tendencias de los precios futuros. En las últimas décadas el...Starting at €8.20
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Banco de Iberia - Teaching Note
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-45-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThe case presents the changes that take place in Banco de Iberia between 2003 and 2008 and the decisions the CEO must adopt in order to deal with the economic crisis. Between 2003 and 2007 the economic environment is one of sustained growth, with an increasing GDP (3% per year), low interest rates and a steady increase in turnover and margins in absolute terms. The main drivers are real estate development and construction. The strategy of Banco d...Starting at €0.00
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Lucía Bertola (A)
Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-192-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyHow to select a person responsible for a small business? In the case of a pharmacy, the decision hinges on two criteria: family relationships and professional skills. These professional skills must include business skills to boost the company's parapharmacy division. Everything seems to indicate that margins for drugs are going to shrink due to the pressure to cut costs faced by the welfare system in Spain.Starting at €8.20
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From Power to Influence
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-70-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note discusses the distance there is between power and using it effectively. It does not aim to produce a theory based on logic, nor systematize a reality, but instead to give a brief description of the phenomenon of power among business people and executives, so as to focus on some strategic thoughts. The authors have tried to condense their own accumulated experiences from working as "Management" professors, executives and busine...Starting at €8.20
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Rudolf Schwarz at Ariadna AG (B)
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-110-ELeadership and People ManagementIn October 2007 Rudolf Schwarz (53 years old) was appointed public sector director for Western Europe at GB Telecom. His appointment was part of a reorganization of the directors' committee at Ariadna AG, a German company bought by GB Telecom at the end of 2003. Rudolf continued to have a good relationship with Christoph Reifers, a consultant who had been his coach for over six months in 2006. They used to meet regularly. Not long after Rudolf's ...Starting at €5.74
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-up - Teaching Note
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-22-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAt the end of the 1990s, in response to new challenges and opportunities in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa made a strategic decision to enter the gas market. Its strategy was to diversify its sources of gas and become actively involved in all stages of supply. The start-up of the Damietta plant (Egypt) was a huge challenge not only in technical terms (it was completed in record time: just three years), but also in terms of human resources. Unión...Starting at €0.00
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Climate Business/Business Climate
Porter, Michael E.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schwartz, Peter; Esty, Daniel C.; Slater, Alyson; Bortz, Christina; Hoffman, Andrew J.; Schendler, Auden; Bakhshi, Vicki; Krajeski, Alexis; Roosevelt, Theodore; Llewellyn, John; Correa, Maria Emilia; Way, Mark; Rendlen, BrittaArticle HBS-F0710A-EClimate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter and Forest L. Reinhardt argue that the effects of climate change on companies' operations are now so tangible and certain that the issue is best addressed with the tools of the strat...Starting at €8.20