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Airbus vs. Boeing: (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F), Teaching Note
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Voigt, Erich Alexander; Mitchell, JordanTeaching Note HBS-710405-EStrategyTeaching Note for [707447], [707448], [707449]. [707450], [707451], and [707452].Starting at €0.00
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Muebles Verdi, S.p.A. (A)
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Gallo, R.Case DG-983StrategyDescribe la historia de esa empresa familiar que se encuentra, en 1991, próxima a incorporar la tercera generación. Iniciada como un pequeño taller de carpintería, está entre las primeras veinte empresas del sector, habiéndose dado una intensa armonía entre los diez hermanos, algunos de los cuales no trabajan en la empresa familiar. En 1991, los propietarios se plantean más intensamente la conveniencia de: 1) apoyarse más en directivos no familia...Starting at €8.20
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The Business Case for the F-22 Raptor
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-S-0188-EStrategyThe F-22 was the world’s first fifth generation and most capable fighter aircraft. It combined very low observable stealth, supercruise speed, extreme agility, high tactical maneuver ceiling, and information fusion for unmatched "first look, first shot, first kill" capability. Technology challenges caused its development to exceed cost and schedule estimates. Procurement quantities were reduced from 750 to 187 aircraft due to the OSD "buy to budg...Starting at €8.20
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F. Mayer Imports: Hedging Foreign Currency Risk
Wallace FanCase IVEY-9B17N004-EFinance, StrategyIn September 2014, F. Mayer Imports Pty. Ltd., an Australian gourmet food importer, had a narrow window of opportunity to potentially protect its budget exchange rate for the rest of that, and the following, financial year. With imports such as European butter, chocolate, and cheese, the company procured a significant portion of its product in euros. The Australian dollar to euro exchange (AUD/EUR) dropped from a high of 0.7027 in October 2013 to...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (A) - (F), Teaching Note
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Elterman, KarenTeaching Note HBS-719490-EStrategyThis teaching note accompanies the KITEA series of cases, which details how the Moroccan furniture company KITEA prepared for the entry of IKEA into the Moroccan market and describes the outcome of that entry.Starting at €0.00
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New York Bakery (F)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C023F-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyA technical consultant is travelling to New York Bakery, and eastern U.S. confectionery company that is under bankruptcy protection. The consultant's task is to assess New York Bakery's readiness for the installation of a new payroll system, which will help it move through the bankruptcy process. By his first week on the job, the consultant realizes that his task is greater than he imagined. In trying to help the organization prepare for the chan...Starting at €5.74
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The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Tanaka, Tomoharu; Krut, Kavi; Bishop, March; Bisutti, E. Kyle; Zalisk, AdamCase HBS-716474-EStrategyStarting at €5.74
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KITEA (F): Expanding in Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719423-EStrategyThe case opens in 2018 after KITEA has recorded two years of double-digit sales growth following IKEA's entry into the Moroccan market. It then traces the factors that contributed to KITEA' success and that led Tana Africa Capital Limited to acquire a minority stake in the company. In February 2018, following the acquisition, the partners announced plans to create a presence in North and West African countries through KITEA's stores. The case ask...Starting at €5.74
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Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (F)
Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C021-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBy October 2008, the merger of Esso Iceland and Bilanaust into the new company N1 was considered a success. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was on its way to doubling in three years, and cross-selling was gaining traction. But N1's plans were under threat of derailing due to a looming currency crisis. In October 2008, the Icelandic banking sector collapsed. Gudmundsson called upon his team to determine what...Starting at €5.74