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The First 10 Questions for Would-be Searchers
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-15-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis note answers ten of the most common questions asked by people who are relatively new to the search fund model, or have never heard of a search fund before. The content of this note is based on the experience of search funds from around the world, and will help prospective entrepreneurs become familiar with the search fund model and the important questions that should be answered before considering the model more seriously. At the end of each...Starting at €8.20
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Consideraciones a tener en cuenta en las adqquisiciones empresariales
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-16Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeEsta nota técnica sintetiza algunas entrevistas con compradores y financieros empresariales de todo el mundo. Las opiniones y recomendaciones que aparecen a continuación reflejan las diversas experiencias de los profesionales que se dedican a las adquisiciones empresariales, a la vez que pretende resumir las consideraciones que cualquier empresario potencial debe tener presente cuando se embarca en una oportunidad de adquisición empresarial.Starting at €8.20
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Diez preguntas a tener en cuenta antes de hacer una adquisición emprendedora
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-15Entrepreneurship, FinanceEsta nota técnica responde a diez de las preguntas más frecuentes que se plantean las personas que nunca han oído hablar del modelo de search fund o aquellas para las que es relativamente nuevo. Su contenido se basa en la experiencia de los search funds en todo el mundo y ayudará a los futuros empresarios a familiarzarse con este modelo y con las respuestas que deben dar a esas diez preguntas antes de plantearse más seriamente crear un search fun...Starting at €8.20
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Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Barlow, Benjamin H.Case HBS-414S07StrategyWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) industry, with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously Clayton's successful country manager for t...Starting at €8.20
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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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The Competitive Battle Continues (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-914S12StrategyDescribes the development of the global strategies and organizations of two major competitors in the consumer electronics industry. Over four decades, both companies adapt their strategic intent and organizational capability to match and counter the competitive advantage of the other. The case shows how each is faced to restructure as its competitive advantage erodes.Starting at €8.20
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Storming into the U.S. Market (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Gordon, Rachel; Lafkas, JohnCase HBS-918S10StrategyThe RoboTech case describes the challenges facing the CEO of a small, Singapore-based industrial robotics company that decides to diversify away from its core industrial robot business by leveraging its expertise into the medical-devices industry. It launches an innovative product (a specialized surgical robot) in an unfamiliar market segment (spinal surgery) and decides to enter the unfamiliar, distant U.S. healthcare market, which is characteri...Starting at €8.20
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Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd. (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Rangan, U. SrinivasaCase HBS-318S12StrategyDescribes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful. In doing so, Weston ignores or circumvents policies and control from KFC's headquarters and becomes very upset when more sophisticated planning, coordination, and control systems be...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft: Competir por el talento (B)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Glinska, MegCase HBS-302S06Knowledge and CommunicationComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Developing People and Products (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Wozny, MegCase HBS-302S17StrategyWith a focus on Matt MacLellan and his careful development as a project manager under his boss and mentor, Jim Kaplan, the case describes the evolution of Microsoft's human-resource philosophies and policies and illustrates how they work in practice to provide the company with a major source of competitive advantage. It looks at employee development, motivation, and retention efforts in one of Microsoft's product groups. Dissatisfied with his pro...Starting at €8.20