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Amazon and Future Group: Rethinking the Alliance Strategy
Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B16M108-EStrategyIn 2014, the chief executives officers of Amazon and Future Group led their companies into an alliance that, while initially successful, encountered some difficulties in regards to discounts on their retail products. With the global retail industry standing at US$25.4 trillion in 2016, and the percentage of which e-commerce made up 7.4 per cent, the partners would have to decide if they should resolve their conflict and remain allies, or if they ...Starting at €8.20
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Raksul
Kominers, Scott Duke; Kotosaka, Masahiro; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-819115-EEntrepreneurshipRaksul, 2018 Forbes Japan "Startup of the Year," ran an e-commerce platform drawing upon thousands of individual suppliers. Launched as a business-to-business printing services marketplace, Raksul had recently expanded to operate both a logistics/delivery marketplace and a television advertising marketplace. Each marketplace faces its own growth challenges; at the same time, the CEO must consider whether and how each marketplace can enhance the o...Starting at €8.20
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GLOBIS
Khaire, Mukti; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-811061-EEntrepreneurshipYoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English program was a necessary step to fulfill Hori's ambition to make GLOBIS the No. 1 business school in Asia, however it remained to be seen whether the school could attract internatio...Starting at €8.20
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Komatsu in China
Palepu, Krishna G.; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-114004-EAccounting and ControlKomatsu built a very successful business in China over the last two decades. But it is now facing rising competition from lower cost domestic Chinese companies, which are themselves trying to become global players. Facing the same situation, Caterpillar is implementing a two-brand strategy. What should Komatsu do to retain its leadership position in China?Starting at €8.20
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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Iansiti, Marco; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-610053-EService and Operations ManagementRicoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in 2006. The company developed environmental accounting methods and produces annual environmental and sustainability reports, but Ricoh is concerned that investors may not take these effor...Starting at €8.20
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CPVet
Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B15M078-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe director of CPVet in Gurgaon, India, was worried. The cost of running the veterinary clinics was mounting. Was customer behaviour in India with respect to pets changing? Unlike in many developed countries, Indian pet owners were not as willing to think of their pets as their own children and care for them accordingly. However, the industry seemed to be changing and trends showed that spending on pet care was steadily increasing. Were pet owne...Starting at €8.20
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Weathernews
Lakhani, Karim R.; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-617053-EInformation TechnologiesTomohiro Ishibashi (Bashi), Chief Executive Officer for B to S and Julia Foote LeStage, Chief Innovation Officer of Weathernews Inc., were addressing a panel at the Harvard Business School Digital Summit on creative uses of big data. They told the summit attendees about the Sakura (cherry blossoms) Project, where the company asked users in Japan to report about how cherry blossoms were blooming near them, day by day, had opened up opportunities f...Starting at €8.20
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Kanebo Ltd. (B)
Hawkins, David F.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-111038-EAccounting and ControlFinancial statements before and after restatement following revelation of fraud.Starting at €5.74
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Critterati: Redefining Pet Culture - Teaching Note
Meeta DasguptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M042-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M042.Starting at €0.00
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Kanebo Ltd. (A)
Hawkins, David F.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Kanno, Akiko; Gomez, LizzieCase HBS-111037-EAccounting and ControlThis case speculates how Japanese companies might implement IFRS, with particular emphasis on consolidation accounting.Starting at €8.20