The HBS Case Method Pioneered by HBS faculty and one of the highlights of the HBS experience, the case method is a profound educational innovation that presents the greatest challenges confronting leading companies, nonprofits, and government organizations—complete with the constraints and incomplete information found in real business issues—and places the student in the role of the decision maker. There are no simple solutions; yet through the dynamic process of exchanging perspectives, countering
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and skills acquired from the previous subject. Class members will consider business planning, self-assessment, idea generation, and operating strategies required to start a new small business. Students will also be exposed to Harvard Business School Case Method in order to give them exposure to the real world problems and their solutions. Active participation by students during class discussions and activities is encouraged & expected. Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
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others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c92feaa-fc0f-11e0-b1d8-00144feab49a.html#ixzz2Cu5c99bj Case study: Diageo By Abby Ghobadian The story: After a series of mergers, demergers and acquisitions, the management of Diageo, the conglomerate formed by the 1997 merger of Guinness and Grand Met, made a strategic decision to focus on premium alcohol
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HBS Case-SYSCO 1. Why does SYSCO need BI? SYSCO needs Business Intelligence to increase efficiency by organizing information generated by its operations. SYSCO has two different divisions, the broad-line companies and the specialty companies, which have separated profit and loss statements. With the use of BI, people can easily access the statements between these different divisions. There is a lack of consistency between part numbers, customer identifications, order statuses, and other important
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Hodgetts−Luthans−Doh: International Management, Sixth Edition Back Matter Endnotes © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2005 Endnotes ■ Chapter 1 1. J. Whalen and B. Bahree. “How BP Learned to Trust Ally That Once Burned It,” Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2003, p. A4; “BP Won’t Abandon Driving Forces,” Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2003, p. A7. “Dell Set to Create More Than 100 Full-Time Jobs in Bray,” Irish Times, August 17, 2002, p. 15. Peter Landers, “Foreign Aid: Why Some Sony Gear
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In a few cases, leases are contracts by which the lessor transfers the right to use its asset to the lessee against the periodic rentals. There are major two types of lease according to the IAS 17: Finance and Operating Lease. Under the previous IAS 17 “Leases” by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), in operating lease, the lessee does not need to recognize the leased asset in their balance sheet. In 2010, August, the International Accounting Standards Board issued an Exposure Draft (ED)
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HBS CASE: BMW FILMS 11/11/13 S. Kursat Sornaoglu 012541488 1. How fit is the BMW brand at the time of the case? Are there any reasons to anticipate undesirable financial performance in the future? BMW is well fit and is able to sell it's products easily. There is no reason to anticipate any financial problems. 2. What is BMW’s unique selling proposition? Describe a typical BMW’s target customer and how the company’s products fulfill his needs. They sell the world's most exciting luxury cars which
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HBS Case Study : Interco 9-291-033 * Started out as shoe company – been around a long time * • Business has spread to other consumer products / services through acquisitions * • Fairly conservative financially, debt level is relatively low * Interco has moved away from apparel and general retail (went from 59% to 40% of total sales) • * Placed more emphasis on the footwear division. (acquired Converse in 1986) • * Placed much more emphasis on the furniture division
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To PTC Management, The following report states a series of analysis dedicates Prestige Telephone Company’s (PTC) commercial sales’ change and consumers’ reaction due to the proposing of excise tax by government. This report is generally divided into three parts, situation before excise tax has proposed, the impact of the proposed 1% excise tax, and a proposition of a more win-win solution to generate same tax revenue. In March, before excise tax has proposed, commercial customers are charged
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1. Why did Akamai charge content providers and subsidize ISPs? Akamai charged content providers because they were the primary customers of the Akamai’s products. Some of the advantages that were reported in the reading after adopting Akamai’s FreeFlow technology was: * A content provider’s website would load 10x faster after using Akamai * There was protection against sudden traffic bursts * Content providers could save money from ISPs because less bandwidth was being transmitted from
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