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Walmart's Flipkart Acquisition: A Showstopper Deal
Tulsi Jayakumar; Sushmita SrivastavaCase IVEY-9B19M095-EStrategyIn May 2018, Walmart Inc. (Walmart) announced its acquisition of a 77 per cent stake in the Indian e-commerce company Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd. (Flipkart). It was the largest acquisition of an Indian company and the world's largest purchase of an e-commercStarting at €8.20
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Cooptex: Reinventing Itself - Teaching Note
Tulsi JayakumarTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M091-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M091.Starting at €0.00
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Plan Operations: Align Process Improvement Programs
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7690BC-EStrategyPerformance that depends on the power of individual leaders has generally proven unsustainable over the long term. Unless an organization links its strategy to its governance and operational processes, it won't be able to sustain its successes. This chapter discusses the linkage of strategy to process improvements. This chapter is excerpted from "Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage."Starting at €8.20
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India's Demonetization: Purging Black Money - Teaching Note
Tulsi JayakumarTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M179-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M179.Starting at €0.00
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Unconventional Wisdom in a Downturn
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.; Friedman, Stewart D.; Krishnamurthy, BV; Erickson, Tamara J.; Stibel, Jeffrey M.; Delgrosso, PeterArticle HBS-F0812D-EStrategy"What best practice challenges the conventional wisdom about what to do in a downturn?" We put that question to our team of management bloggers at harvardbusiness.org. This article provides an edited selection of their provocative responses.Starting at €8.20
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Cooptex: Reinventing Itself
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B17M091-EStrategyIn August 2015, the managing director of the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd. (Co-optex), an Indian state handloom co-operative, was preparing to receive an award for one of the organization’s products during the first National Handloom Day celebrations in India. While the award was a validation of the managing director’s efforts to revive Co-optex, which had accumulated significant losses for 13 years, his worries were far ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.; Rugelsjoen, BjarneArticle HBS-R1001J-EStrategyFully half of all joint ventures are a failure. That's worrying, given that partnerships and alliances are central to many companies' business models. The reasons are not mysterious: the partners have divergent strategies; the goals set for the venture are ambiguous; partnership agreements quickly become obsolete; and middle managers don't have clear strategic principles to work from. The problems can be remedied if companies switch their focus f...Starting at €8.20
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Google Play Store in India: Playing with Networks - Teaching Note
Tulsi JayakumarTeaching Note IVEY-8B21M044-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B21M044.Starting at €0.00
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Introduction: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7678BC-EStrategyIn spite of increased adoption of strategy execution systems in recent years, strategy development and the links between strategy and operations remain ad hoc, varied, and fragmented. Having a comprehensive and integrated management system-with the Balanced Scorecard at its core-can help companies overcome the difficulties and frustration that most of them experience when attempting to implement their strategies. This chapter is excerpted from "...Starting at €8.20
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AirAsia India: Clash for the Indian Skies
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B14M111-EStrategyArmed with an air operator's permit, Air Asia, a Malaysian low-cost carrier airline, is preparing to enter the Indian aviation market. AirAsia is known as an aggressive player globally. It plans to use aggressive pricing strategies to revolutionize air travel in India and gain competitive edge in the aviation market through highly competitive operational targets. How will AirAsia India’s entry and its aggressive pricing decisions work in the olig...Starting at €8.20