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Formula E Championship Racing (A)
Higgins, Robert F.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-819011-EEntrepreneurshipFormula E founder and CEO Alejandro Aga obtained the rights to develop a new electric car racing series from the F d ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Agag needed to develop the series from scratch-developing a race car, finding teams willing to race, cities willing to host races, and sponsors, media partners, and investors willing to fund the series. The first race was one year away. How should Agag go about developing this new seri...Starting at €8.20
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Formula E Championship Racing (B)
Higgins, Robert F.; Ma, Susie L.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-819012-EEntrepreneurshipFormula E's season three is nearly complete. CEO Alejandro Agag needs to examine his business model to ensure the racing series is positioned to grow sustainable in the years to come.Starting at €5.74
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Formula E Championship Racing (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Higgins, Robert F.; Weber, JamesTeaching Note HBS-819101-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for cases 819011 and 819012.Starting at €0.00
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The Hain Celestial Group
Bell, David E.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Weber, James; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-516007-EStrategyHain Celestial manufactured natural and organic food and personal care products to be sold to retailers of these products. The company had grown successfully and profitably through acquisitions and organically for two decades. In late 2015, Hain faced challenges on several fronts. First, new consumers were interested in these products and these consumers had characteristics different from those of historical consumers in the segment. Second, the ...Starting at €8.20
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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma
Derrick Neufeld; Charles Wasserman; Dharsana Vijayaratnam; Thomas Yuk; Sharon Bir; Deb ElkinkCase IVEY-9B17E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2017, a successful online dating company, Mate1.com, based in Montreal, was pursuing a two-year goal of increasing revenue by 50 per cent and net operating margin by 15 per cent. However, its ambitions were being hampered by unavoidably high advertising costs, an inadequate reporting system, and a maturing industry life cycle. Should the firm explore new business models and consider acquiring a competitor—or was it time to divest and sell the ...Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B16E040-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Starting at €8.20
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Merrill Lynch: Opción Integrada (abreviado)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Weber, JamesCase HBS-304S26MarketingMerrill Lynch, una firma de corretaje de servicio completo con $ 1,5 billones en activos de clientes, está siendo atacada por tanto de descuento y las firmas de corretaje electrónico. Responde con Integrado Choice, una suite de productos diseñados para clientes de captura, desde el do-it-yourself inversor que no quieren usar un intermediario para los clientes que quieren confiar plenamente en un corredor. La estrategia es de alto riesgo y requier...Starting at €8.20
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OrganJet and GuardianWings
Battilana, Julie; Weber, JamesCase HBS-413068-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Yara International
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-714002-EEconomicsThis case examines world fertilizer markets from the perspective of a large Norwegian producer. The global fertilizer industry is critical to food production and to food security, and hence is the object of numerous forms of government intervention. The case analyzes questions of business strategy within this politically charged economic environment.Starting at €8.20
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Mafiaboy
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E020-EInformation TechnologiesThis case opens with a fictitious yet common situation of a corporate executive who is uncertain how to respond to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. It provides some anecdotes and statistics relating to DDoS attacks, and then briefly tells the story of Michael Calce, nicknamed Mafiaboy, who as a young teen effectively launched attacks that shut down companies such as Amazon, CNN, Dell, eBay and Yahoo! The basic DDoS process is explai...Starting at €8.20