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Fashion Garb Company: General Information
Soto Cantero, Ismael; Mehta, Kandarp; Barrachina, Alberto; Stein, GuidoCase NEG-20-EFashion Garb Company is a case study, divided into two parts, that focuses on the conflict between the Fashion Garb company's Digital Department and Department of Strategy in adapting the company's strategy design to a new digital perspective. The case study can be understood as a study of inter-departmental conflict negotiation within a company. Faced with the transformation of the market, which had begun to cater to more digitally-adept consume...Starting at €8.20
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Negative Rates Are Negative in More Ways than One
John S. McCallumArticle IVEY-9B16TD03-EFinanceToday’s official interest rates are unprecedented, thanks to the spread of negative interest rate policy around the world. Negative interest rate policy is not an academic abstraction to be ignored by the corporate world. Indeed, negative rates come with negative implications for running a business. Until recently, zero was the lower bound on policy rates. But lately, various central banks representing about 25 per cent of global GDP have gone ne...Starting at €8.20
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FIJI Water: Carbon Negative
Gino, Francesca; Toffel, Michael W.; van Sice, StephanieCase HBS-611049-EService and Operations ManagementSeeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon-Negative campaign that would offset more greenhouse gas emissions than were released by the company's operations and products. The case examines the controversies surrounding this program as well as the program's impacts on the environment and FIJI Water's brand image. The compa...Starting at €8.20
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Plug Power: A Case of Negative Revenue
Koch, AdamCase DARDEN-C-2460-EAccounting and ControlThis case examines the accounting implications of a customer incentive deal between Plug Power (Plug; an industry-leading manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon; Plug’s major customer). Alexis Reed is an analyst struggling to understand the implications of the negative annual revenue reported by Plug for fiscal year 2020. This extremely rare occurrence was caused by the interaction between the accounting rules for repor...Starting at €8.20
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Schibsted (A): Should We Launch 20 Minutes
Jean-Louis Schaan; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07M019-EStrategyThe executive vice-president of newspapers for Schibsted was about to meet with his colleagues to discuss the company's plan to release an internally developed free daily newspaper concept called 20 Minutes. Over the past couple of years, Schibsted's executive team had kept a watchful eye on the free newspaper industry, which was enjoying tremendous popularity. Earlier in the year, Schibsted had launched Avis 1, a free paper with direct delivery ...Starting at €8.20
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Beyond 20/20: The model of the Fernández-Vega Eye Institute
Serrano, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase OIT-26-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe Fernández-Vega Eye Institute in Oviedo, Asturias, is possibly the most famous clinic in Spain in its specialty. It is not only notable for its high medical quality; the clinic has also optimized its provision of services using business criteria with the aim of improving the customer experience. Faced with a growing demand for its medical services, the institute's management has to decide between a series of specific options for increasing the...Starting at €8.20
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FIJI Water: Carbon Negative, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.; Gino, FrancescaTeaching Note HBS-612051-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611-049Starting at €0.00
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James Madison, the 'Federal Negative,' and the Making of the U.S. Constitution
Moss, David A.; Campasano, MarcCase HBS-716053-EEconomicsOn June 8th, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates from across the United States began discussing a curious proposal to expand federal power over the states. James Madison of Virginia had suggested that the new constitution include a "federal negative," which would give Congress the authority to veto any law passed by a state legislature. He viewed this as a critical safeguard against unchecked power at the state level...Starting at €8.20
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Negative Feedback Rarely Leads to Improvement
Green, Paul; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1801B-EThe idea behind performance feedback is that to help people grow, we need to shine a light on the things they can't see about themselves. But a recent study shows that when employees receive critical appraisals from their peers, it mostly makes them seek out colleagues who will give them positive reviews instead.Starting at €8.20
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Más allá del 20/20: el modelo del Instituto Oftalmológico Fernández-Vega
Serrano, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase OIT-26Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEl Instituto Oftalmológico Fernandez-Vega situado en Oviedo (Asturias) es, posiblemente, la clínica más conocida de España en su especialidad. No solo destaca por su altísima calidad médica, sino que, además, ha ido optimizado la prestación de sus servicios para mejorar la experiencia del cliente. Ante una creciente demanda de sus servicios médicos, la dirección del Instituto debe decidir entre varias opciones para aumentar la capacidad de la clí...Starting at €8.20