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Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally, Module Note (Spanish version)
Alcacer, JuanCase HBS-718S10Strategycan she manage Chen at all, and if so, how?Starting at €8.20
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To Acquire or Not to Acquire? An Update (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Collis, David J.; Furey, MaryCase HBS-712S07StrategyTo Acquire or Not to Acquire?" details the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Pixar, including deal terms, executive appointments, and operating guidelines for the two studios.Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Unconnected (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Clayton, JohnCase HBS-716S12StrategyThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location-a small city-state strategically located to reach of the world population in a flight of less th...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-716S16Service and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20
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Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi (Spanish version)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Marton, StephanieCase HBS-418S11Leadership and People ManagementInspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in developing new "people analytics" technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer's activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain patterns of activity and a person's subjective sense of happiness at work. Unlike mood rings or even f...Starting at €8.20
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Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Gino, Francesca; Staats, Bradley R.Case HBS-415015-ELeadership and People ManagementValve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee handbook) includes 100% self-allocated time, no managers (and therefore no managerial oversight), a structure so fluid that all desks have wheels to allow free movement between "cabals" ...Starting at €8.20
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Winning (and Losing) the Olympics: Boston 2024 (A)
Fubini, David G.; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Saadine, Mark; McAra, Sarah; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-418024-ELeadership and People ManagementTwo leadership groups from Boston 2024 negotiate with government bodies, community leaders, and olympic officials in an effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston.Starting at €8.20
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Winning (and Losing) the Olympics: Boston 2024 (B)
Fubini, David G.; Bernstein, Ethan S.; Saadine, Mark; McAra, Sarah; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-418029-ELeadership and People ManagementA summary of events that occured after the (A) case, including Los Angeles winning nomination for the 2028 Olympics with assistance from Pagliuca and Boston 2024 bid material.Starting at €5.74
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Coaching Makena Lane
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Lala, OmCase HBS-418031-ELeadership and People ManagementMakena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but also has a knack for "ruffling some feathers" in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company's retail practice, she successfully grew their high-margin yet highly competitive beauty category beyond anyone's expectations. Yet then she was passed over promotion, ...Starting at €8.20
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A Note on Compensation
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-419020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note describes the major considerations and frameworks of compensation. Its audience is general managers interested in learning about their own or their employees' compensation.Starting at €8.20