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When to Make Private News Public (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Casciaro, Tiziana; Winston, Victoria W.Article HBS-R1203S-ELeadership and People ManagementBetsy Sugarman, a rising star in a biotech company, finds out that she is pregnant. This is good news for her, but bad timing for her career. She has been interviewing internally to take on a new role as the director of overseas operations, a position that requires a great deal of travel. Her prospective boss has all but offered her the job and is expecting a commitment from her within a week. She wants the job and feels she is prepared to do wha...Starting at €8.20
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New Immuno-Oncology Solutions (NIOS): Aligning Stakeholders in the Biotech Industry
Vroom, Govert; Maribel Berges; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1701-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case focuses on a small biotech company (NIOS), located in Barcelona, Spain, that is developing a new immune-oncology product for treating pancreatic cancer. The drug that the company is developing has recently finished Phase I of clinical trials successfully and is now preparing for Phase II and III. At this point, the CEO is approached by her former PhD director, a university professor, who asks if the company is interested in licensing a ...Starting at €8.20
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La diversificación de los modelos de negocio: cómo lograr que múltiples modelos funcionen en su empresa
Sohl, Timo; Vroom, Govert; McCann, Brian T.Article HDBR-10Innovation and ChangePara ser más competitivas y poder adaptarse a los cambios del mercado, cada vez son más las empresas que optan por operar con varios modelos de negocio a la vez. En la mayoría de casos, se sigue empleando el modelo original y se adopta un modelo nuevo, disruptivo, de forma paralela. Para minimizar los obstáculos que presenta este proceso, es importante saber que adoptar modelos que no tienen relación entre sí es más complicado que adoptar modelos...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Face the Music (Update 2016) - Teaching Note: Facing Increased Competition
Sastre Boquet, Isaac; Vroom, GovertTeaching Note SMT-112-EStrategyThe case describes the business model of the music streaming company Spotify, setting it against the backdrop of a music industry that had faced steep revenue declines since the advent of digital formats in the late 1990s and the rise of illegal file sharing. The case also presents the competition Spotify faces from the likes of Pandora, Google and Apple and asks whether Spotify has a viable long-term business model despite its explosive user and...Starting at €0.00
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Cross-Silo Leadership
Casciaro, Tiziana; Edmondson, Amy C.; Jang, SujinArticle HBS-R1903J-EToday the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that's a challenge for many leaders. Employees naturally default to focusing on vertical relationships, and formal restructuring is costly, confusing, and slow. What, then, is the solution? Engaging in four activitie...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Face the Music (Update 2018) - Teaching Note: Seeking Profitability
Sastre Boquet, Isaac; Vroom, GovertTeaching Note SMT-119-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategySpotify reached $3 billion in revenues in 2016, amid a booming music-streaming market that now made up 51% of the U.S. music industry's total revenues. Finally the industry had embraced digitization and was now seeing two-digit growth for the first time in decades. However, that growth had an Achilles' heel. Spotify itself was staring at an operating loss of $350 million, having never been able to post a profit in all its years of existence. Now,...Starting at €0.00
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Elizabeth Parker (B) (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Casciaro, Tiziana; Krackhardt, DavidCase HBS-412S35Leadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Competitive dynamics
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-680Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEn la presente nota técnica se comentarán algunas de las principales estrategias que emplean las compañías con una gran rivalidad con otras empresas y cómo la teoría de juegos se puede utilizar para dar forma a la estrategia competitiva de las organizaciones.Starting at €8.20
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Abelli y Saviotti en Banca Commerciale Italiana (A)
Casciaro, Tiziana; McGinn, Kathleen L.; Belingheri, MassimilianoCase HBS-408S11Leadership and People ManagementEn 1999, una poderosa lucha en medio de las redes corporativas e interpersonales complejas llevado a la fallida fusión entre la Banca Commerciale Italiana y Unicredito Italiano - dos de los grupos bancarios más grandes de Italia. Este caso analiza las acciones de Abelli y Saviotti, co-CEOs de la Banca Commerciale Italiana en ese momento, así como las de los actores centrales en el Banco de Italia, Mediobanca, y varios grupos nacionales e internac...Starting at €8.20
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Competitive dynamics: Competitive Strategy
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-680-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note will discuss some of the main strategies firms employ in close competition with other firms and how game theory can be used to help shape a firm's competitive strategy.Starting at €8.20