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Bonnier News In 2019: Driving Take-Off of Digital Publishing
Burgelman, Robert; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-SM327-EStrategyWhen Anders Eriksson was appointed CEO of Bonnier News in June 2016, he took the helm of a storied Swedish media business in the midst of a momentous transformation. Bonnier News included three of Sweden’s most important newspapers—Dagens Nyheter (DN), the national paper of record; Dagens Industri (DI), the top business daily; and Expressen, a tabloid that reached roughly half of the country’s population—and the southern Swedish daily HD–Sydsven...Starting at €8.20
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Geely's Acquisition of Volvo: Challenges and Opportunities
David W. Conklin; Danielle CadieuxCase IVEY-9B10M057-EStrategyFor more than a decade, the government of China had sought to develop an automotive industry. The government's initial steps involved the creation of joint ventures in which government-owned firms became partners of foreign privately owned corporations. Most of these joint ventures were extremely successful financially. However, ongoing differences in management preferences created a continual tension within the joint ventures. Of particular conc...Starting at €8.20
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The Swedish Academy #MeToo Scandal and the Reputation of the Nobel Prize, Teaching Note
Greyser, Stephen A.; Urde, MatsTeaching Note HBS-919410-ETeaching note for case 919409.Starting at €0.00
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Lundqvist Trävaru: Where Gaming Technology Meets the Construction Industry
Harini Mittal; Nicholas VarkonyiCase IVEY-W33535-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Samuel Holmström and Jens Lundqvist took over Lundqvist Trävaru, the conservative construction company owned by the Lundqvist family for the last 80 years. Through a revolutionary digital transformation process, they redefined the company as a technology-enabled logistics and building kit company. In the last eight years, they expanded operations and manufacturing space in Sweden and other parts of the world, and they added 52 new employ...Starting at €8.20
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Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World A , B Teaching Note
Alcacer, JuanTeaching Note HBS-713461-EStrategyThe teaching plan to accompany "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)," HBS No. 713-430; "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (B)," HBS No. 713-471. It is divided into an introduction, followed by three discussion segments, and a final concluding module. Because the cases offer material to address issues such as motivation for globalization, timing of expansion, location choices and implementation o...Starting at €0.00
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal - Teaching Note
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliTeaching Note FT-129-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €0.00
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Bonnier News in 2016 and Beyond: Balancing Legacy and Innovation
Burgelman, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM251-EStrategyBonnier News was Sweden’s leading media group and a paragon in the nation’s cultural, economic, and political circles. It was one of six divisions of Bonnier AB, a company founded by Gerhard Bonnier in 1804 that remained wholly owned by the Bonnier family, with 8,000 employees and operations in 15 countries. Bonnier News, which published three major papers in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Industri, and Expressen and the southern Swedish dai...Starting at €8.20
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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars and Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely, Teaching Plan
Shih, WillyTeaching Note HBS-620072-EStrategyThis teaching plan is for the two cases 619-041 which describes Geely's acquisition of Volvo Cars, and 619-042 which describes Volvo Cars' acquisition by Geely. The case is designed to illustrate the different sides of an M&A transaction and the organizational culture implications that managers might like to consider.Starting at €0.00
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BoKlok's Housing for the Many People: On-the-Money Homes for Pinpointed Buyers
Burgelman, Robert; Fischer, Martin; Sutherland, MargotCase SGSB-SM298A-EStrategyJonas Spangenberg, CEO of BoKlok, an entrepreneurial industrialized construction venture focused on providing low-cost housing to a sharply defined, relatively low-price market segment, must identify and manage forces within three contexts as he develops and guides BoKlok’s growth strategy: the residential construction industry, and Skanksa and IKEA, BoKlok’s parent companies. Students are asked to consider Spangenberg’s strategic actions in rel...Starting at €8.20
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Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)
Alcacer, Juan; Molander, Rasmus; Mabud, RakeenCase HBS-710430-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The Finnish brewer Hartwall and the Swedish brewer Pripps had to decide how to react to the rapidly changing European political, economic, and business environment in 1989-1990.Starting at €8.20