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Threats to the Global Market System: Ten Potential "Disruptors" of Global Capitalism
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8617BC-EThe World Bank forecast for the year 2030 provides reason for optimism. The forces of global market capitalism seem to be gathering strength, and long-term prospects show reasonable economic growth. But there are also challenges. As we have already seen, the benefits of growth will not be evenly spread across countries--or even within countries--and collateral damage to the environment will be significant. Scarce resources will be consumed, and t...Starting at €8.20
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The Business Response: Five Views of the Role of Business in Ensuring a Viable Future for Market Capitalism
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8619BC-EWhat should be done about the challenges facing market capitalism? And more specifically, what is the role of business in combating potential disruptors and ensuring the system's health and future viability? In this chapter, Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine examine four views that emerged from their discussion forums with prominent business leaders in Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and the United ...Starting at €8.20
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Paramount Equipment (Spanish version)
Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-916S14FinanceParamount Equipment, Inc., based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a large manufacturer of cranes and compact construction equipment, aerial work platforms, and food service equipment. Founded in 1987, Paramount now had manufacturing operations in 24 countries. However, it lost its competitive position because it took on too much debt in the form of bank borrowings relative to the risk level of its business. Now the company must seek funding and guarant...Starting at €8.20
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Queue Management: Methodology for Basic Queue Analysis
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note gives a brief account of the methodology for dealing with stochastic queue problems in an analytic way. It is intended to be a guide for the reader to follow the process step by step. This document complements technical note PN-427 which gives a more detailed description of queue phenomena.Starting at €8.20
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The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue (A)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Rashid, Faaiza; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-612046-ELeadership and People ManagementOn August 5, 2010, 700,000 tons of some of the hardest rock in the world caved in Chile's century-old San Jos mine. The collapse buried 33 miners at a depth almost twice the height of the Empire State Building-over 600 meters (2000 feet) below ground. Never had a recovery been attempted at such depths, let alone in the face of challenges like those posed by the San Jos mine: unstable terrain, rock so hard it defied ordinary drill bits, severe...Starting at €8.20
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Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
Austin, James E.; Epler Wood, Megan; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-318040-EStrategyWilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business, it invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly, with communities and governments, and with partners and competitors. It may be reaching saturation of the high-cost, high...Starting at €8.20
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Apple, Einhorn, y las iPrefs
Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Feit, Hanoch; Minasian, Edward A.; Van Buren, BrandonCase HBS-218S06FinanceEn marzo de 2013, Apple Inc. tiene un saldo de caja muy grande y está bajo presión para devolver efectivo a los accionistas. Hedge gestor de fondos David Einhorn cree que Apple puede "valor de desbloqueo" mediante la emisión de acciones preferentes perpetuas, apodado iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO de The Business Insider, no está de acuerdo, diciendo que "no se puede simplemente agitar su varita mágica y hacer algo de la nada." Este breve caso está d...Starting at €8.20
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Allianz: The Iberian Project
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1107-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementIn December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of the subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal. The different alternatives to be analyzed ranged from a complete merger of the two companies to sharing only some key back-office operations. Although companies in both countries had similar products and structures, their operational philosophies were rather different, since Spain had decentralized many acti...Starting at €8.20
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Commerce and Justice (Spanish version)
Austin, James E.; Leonard, Herman B.; Quinn, James W.Case HBS-312S08Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilityhow to measure the impact of its social justice activities and how to export its values-based strategy abroad. Focuses on strategic management of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program. The development of Timberland's innovative commerce and justice strategy sheds light on ways in which strategic alignment can provide energy, synergy, and resources critical to developing a successful CSR program within a for-profit company.Starting at €8.20
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Gestión de colas: Metodología básica para el análisis de colas
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota técnica describe resumida la metodología para tratar de manera analítica y aproximada problemas de colas estocásticas. La nota es una guía para que el lector pueda seguir el procedimiento paso a paso. El documento complementa la nota técnica PN-427, donde se puede encontrar una descripción más detallada de los fenómenos de colas.Starting at €8.20