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Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Bloom, David E.; Dessain, Vincent; Billaud, EmilieCase HBS-514074-EIn 2012, Sanofi Pasteur was racing to develop a vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, and was evaluating this product in a Phase IIb trial conducted with school children in Thailand. But while the candidate vaccine met the high safety expectations and a good balanced immune answer, it had a proof of efficacy of only 30%, far below the 70% mark the company had targeted. Guillaume Leroy, vice president of the Dengue Company at Sanofi Pa...Starting at €8.20
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Khao Yai Winery: An Economic Perspective
Jordan FrenchCase IVEY-9B17M035-EStrategyIn 2015, the marketing and business developer at Khao Yai Winery in Thailand wondered whether a new excise tax, which the government implemented in 2012, had led to a decrease in sales despite an overall increase in wine consumption in Thailand. Before deciding whether he should lobby the government to lower the excise tax, he tasked three interns to examine how the government’s taxes on imported and domestic wines affected the winery. The intern...Starting at €8.20
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Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry
Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-917505-EEntrepreneurshipTwo recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about financing, deal structure, and unequal power dynamics. This case covers opportunity analysis, financing and deal structuring, and partnership issues. Students are asked to assess the overall financial returns on the project and ho...Starting at €8.20
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InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting
Toffel, Michael W.; Eccles, Robert G.; Taylor, CaseyCase HBS-611069-EService and Operations ManagementInterfaceRAISE is a sustainability management consulting firm created to leverage the capabilities of its parent company Interface Inc., a carpet manufacturer recognized as a global leader in corporate environmental sustainability. This case illustrates the challenges of turning an internal capability into a client facing revenue stream. This is made especially difficult by the fact that the parent company is a manufacturing firm and InterfaceR...Starting at €8.20
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Repositioning CARE USA
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Lee, KatharineCase HBS-509005-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. CARE USA, a large ($600 million) international nonprofit/NGO, had recently revamped its external branding and positioning in support of its international development work. The case lays out the challenges facing its new CEO, Helene Gayle, as she manages through the organization's transition.Starting at €8.20
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Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System
McFarlan, F. Warren; Keil, Mark; Kaul, MalaCase HBS-112030-EInformation TechnologiesThe Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System case presents one home healthcare organization's efforts to use telemonitoring to improve the quality of care provided to at-risk patients who were discharged from hospitals and needed home care. After two years of using the Health Buddy system for telemonitoring at-risk patients, Mark Oshnock, President of Visiting Nurse Health System (VNHS) must decide whether to invest in buying more Health Bu...Starting at €8.20
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The U-Turns of National Truck Stops
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Schultz, Alexander W.Case HBS-217062-EFinanceRaj Makam had spent months trying to restructure a 2006 investment he had made in National Truck Stops, Inc. ("NTS") as a senior member of Oaktree Capital Management's ("Oaktree") Mezzanine finance business within their Corporate Debt platform. It was the first time they had truly considered forcing a company into involuntary bankruptcy, which he clearly would prefer to avoid lest they risk losing their entire investment. As the company's financi...Starting at €8.20
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AKB48: Going Global (A)
Alcacer, Juan; Sasamoto, Kotaro; Chayakul, Tee; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-717445-EStrategyAfter a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic creation. This case introduces the business model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what geographic market - China, Indonesia, Taiwan, The Philippines, Thailand or South Korea - is more suitable for AKB48's first move overseas. During the discussion, students also identify the...Starting at €8.20
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lebua: A Thai Luxury Hotel’s Post-Pandemic Dilemmas
Jones Mathew; Sujata Khandai; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-W25819-ELeadership and People Management, Marketinglebua Hotels & Resorts, based in Bangkok, Thailand, and headed by chief executive officer Deepak Ohri, is a much awarded luxury hotel chain. Since the early 2000s, it exposed the traditionally slow-moving luxury hospitality industry to a slew of path-breaking innovations. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohri had taken unorthodox paths to defining luxury hospitality. However, as the pandemic began to ebb, he had to convince the industry of his visio...Starting at €8.20
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AKB48: Going Global (B)
Alcacer, Juan; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-717446-EStrategyAfter a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic creation. This case introduces the business model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what geographic market - China, Indonesia, Taiwan, The Philippines, Thailand or South Korea - is more suitable for AKB48's first move overseas. During the discussion, students also identify the...Starting at €5.74