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Starbucks Reinvention Strategy: Store Automation and Growth
Moscoso, Philip; Isaac Sastre Boquet; Lago, AlejandroCase OIT-13-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementIn September 2022, Schultz presented Starbucks' new Reinvention strategy at the company's investor day in Seattle (U.S.). He claimed that the Reinvention strategy plan addressed the key issues the company faced, as follows: resolving the growing tensions with its U.S. workers, adjusting its value proposition to the shifts in consumer preferences, deploying more store automation, and reactivating its global expansion, primarily in China. During th...Starting at €8.20
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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20
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HMS Thetis and Apollo XIII (Spanish Version)
Upton, David M.; Carp, SariCase HBS-606S28Service and Operations ManagementExplora la gestión de desastres técnicos en los que el tiempo juega un papel central. Utiliza la experiencia de HMS Thetis y Apolo 13 a mirar a ambos enfoques exitosos y no exitosos.Starting at €8.20
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JPMorgan Chase & the CIO Losses
Rose, ClaytonCase HBS-313033-EFinanceOn July 13, 2012, JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced a larger than expected loss for the quarter, $4.4 billion from positions held in the Chief Investment Office (CIO), raising the total losses to $5.9 billion. Since the substantial risks in the CIO had first been revealed on April 5, the firm and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, had been the source of intense scrutiny by regulators, legislators, the media, shareholders and analysts. The situation represented a...Starting at €8.20
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Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (A)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-612003-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. "This trial is going to take longer." Those were words that Michael Kaschke, CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, was not surprised to hear as he nurtured the intraoperative radiotherapy business inside his company's microsurgery unit. But he also didn't expect it to take 13 years to get to the end of an all-important clinical trial that was a critical enabler to the granting of reimbursem...Starting at €8.20
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Natureview Farm (Spanish version)
Fleming, Karen MartinsenCase HBS-208S18MarketingWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Explores channel management issues in the U.S. food industry. Natureview Farm, a Vermont-based producer of organic yogurt with $13 million in revenues, is the leading national yogurt brand (24% market share) sold into natural foods stores. It has achieved this through its special yogurt manufacturing process...Starting at €8.20
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Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (A)
Cole, Shawn; Norris, Michael; Zochowski, T. RobertCase HBS-220026-EFinanceIn 2017, Darren Walker, the President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote $1 billion of the Ford Foundation's $13 billion endowment to the MRI program. The case explores the reasoning behind the program, design choices that were made in its development, and potent...Starting at €8.20
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Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)
Cole, Shawn; Norris, Michael; Zochowski, T. RobertCase HBS-220027-EFinanceIn 2017, Darren Walker, the President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote $1 billion of the Ford Foundation's $13 billion endowment to the MRI program. The case explores the reasoning behind the program, design choices that were made in its development, and potent...Starting at €5.74
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Taylor Fresh Foods
Bell, David E.; Kindred, Natalie; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-509008-EMarketingIn 13 years, Bruce Taylor had built Taylor Fresh Foods into a $1 billion company and the top supplier of salads to the U.S. food service industry and to supermarket deli departments. In 2008, he was convinced that the time was right to make a big push in the fresh food area to satisfy consumers that were demanding more convenient, natural, good-tasting, and locally-grown foods. Bruce needed an action plan to make Taylor Fresh the industry leader ...Starting at €8.20
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El desastre del Mann Gulch
Montes, J. S.; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisCase DG-1328Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl caso relata una situación de crisis extrema. Un grupo de bomberos forestales intenta apagar un fuego en el valle de Mann Gulch, Estados Unidos. El fuego es muy superior a la valoración inicial y la situación se convierte en una verdadera carrera por salvar sus vidas. Como resultado, mueren 13 bomberos y sólo el jefe y dos más consiguen escapar con vida. El caso permite discutir temas relacionados con el comportamiento de organizaciones y equi...Starting at €8.20