This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
SF Express: From Delivery to E-Commerce
Zhu, Feng; Lane, DavidCase HBS-616003-EService and Operations ManagementShunfeng Express (SF), China's leading express delivery firm, in May 2014 opened the first 500 of several thousand Heike stores, which allowed consumers to buy and try out SF's own e-commerce offerings, in addition to other services. As an example of China's "online-to-offline" trend in e-commerce, Heike stores allowed SF to leverage its logistics and IT expertise to differentiate itself from its rivals in express delivery. As yet unclear was whe...Starting at €8.20
-
Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-715411-EStrategyLate in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering how and whether to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India, while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of Indian villagers.Starting at €8.20
-
Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. Scott; Lane, DavidCase HBS-216039-EFinanceIn April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world's largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving sStarting at €8.20
-
El rol de Miles Everson en PricewaterhouseCoopers
Eccles, Robert G.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-410S23Leadership and People ManagementMiles Everson, socio de PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), es el socio del encargo Mundial (GEP) para una gran institución financiera EE.UU. y punto de asumir este papel de una institución financiera global mucho mayor. El papel GEP es crítica en PwC. GEPs tienen la responsabilidad de los clientes más grandes e importantes de la empresa. Deben gestionar una vasta red externa de los empleados y clientes de forma igualmente masiva a la red interna de lo...Starting at €8.20
-
Miles Everson at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Eccles, Robert G.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-410062-ELeadership and People ManagementMiles Everson, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is the Global Engagement Partner (GEP) for a large U.S. financial institution and about to take over this role for a much larger global financial institution. The GEP role is a critical one at PwC. GEPs have responsibility for the firm's largest and most important clients. They must manage a vast external network of client employees and an equally vast internal network of the firm's employ...Starting at €8.20
-
Chrysler Fiat 2009
Harreld, J. Bruce; Marshall, Paul W.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-811030-EEntrepreneurshipIn spring 2009, Chrysler entered a prepackaged bankruptcy and exited 40 days later in a deal with Fiat, the U.S. Treasury, and the UAW that kept the automaker alive. Looking forward, what was necessary for Chrysler to move beyond the life support it had received? What was possible? Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed?Starting at €8.20
-
Accounting Turbulence at Boeing
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, David; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-118020-EAccounting and ControlUnlike its rival Airbus, Boeing used a practice called program accounting to record its commercial aircraft expenses since the 1980s. Program accounting allowed Boeing to expense estimated average costs instead of the actual production costs of an aircrafStarting at €8.20
-
Alibaba Goes Public (A)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-115029-EAccounting and ControlIn 2014 Alibaba debuted on the New York Stock Exchange, creating not only the largest IPO in history but this initial desire to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was denied due to the company's desire to preserve its partner's control over decision rigStarting at €8.20
-
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Spanish Version)
Eccles, Robert G.; Lane, David; Kothandaraman, Prabakar PkCase HBS-412S33Leadership and People ManagementEn el sector de externalización de tecnología de la información altamente competitivo, Cognizant Technology Solutions ha desarrollado una estrategia para diferenciarse, haciendo hincapié en la construcción de muy cercanas relaciones con los clientes a través de su modelo de "Two-in-a-box" (TIB). Este modelo se basa en que dos personas comparten la responsabilidad completa para el cliente. En los EE.UU. o Europa, la persona "in situ", junto con su...Starting at €8.20
-
Amazon Buys Whole Foods
Alvarez, Jose B.; Lane, David; Coughlin, JoniCase HBS-518056-EService and Operations ManagementThe June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon's bold move into brick and mortar assets offered transformational opportunities. Amazon could gain expertise in perishable product sales and procurement, plus access to 30 million well-off shoppe...Starting at €8.20