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The Procter & Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal
Schill, Michael J.; Lentz, DanielCase DARDEN-F-1670-EFinanceA financial analyst for Procter & Gamble must report on the prospects and implications of a new teeth-whitening product. Beyond a realistic profit-and-loss forecast and baseline net present value, he must determine which pricing and marketing strategy is most likely to maximize value for shareholders.Starting at €8.20
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The Procter & Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1670TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1670Starting at €0.00
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Shamrock Capital: Pricing the Masters of Taylor Swift
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-2050-EFinanceThis case examines the 2020 pricing decision for the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s first six albums in consideration of a sale of the recordings by music executive Scooter Braun to Shamrock Capital (Shamrock), an investment company owned by the Roy E. Disney family. Swift, the most listened-to musician in the world, had expressed displeasure with Braun’s ownership of her masters and a desire to own the recordings herself—even threatening to...Starting at €8.20
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SoulCycle
Collis, David J.; Van Den Steen, Eric; Hartman, AshleyCase HBS-717454-EStrategyCo-founders Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler have grown SoulCycle from a business idea in 2006 to a major presence among urban boutique fitness studios in 2015. In March 2015, fitness company Equinox approaches them with an offer to buy them out. Evaluating the offer requires an assessment of market or industry attractiveness and of SoulCycle's (potential) competitive advantage.Starting at €8.20
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Bananas (B)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712452-EStrategySupplemental Material for Product Number 712451.Starting at €5.74
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Bananas (A)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712451-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As owner and CEO, Wim Van der Borght had grown Bananas in 8 years from a 4.5 million euro company into a 40 million euro group of companies with a range of field marketing activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. The core of the group consisted of two companies - Bananas and Demonstrate - which were operationally completely independent and acted as competitors in the marke...Starting at €8.20
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Airgas, Inc.
Van Den Steen, Eric; Karl, JasonCase HBS-714517-EStrategyIn 2013, Airgas was the market leader in packaged industrial gas distribution. Recent acquisitions had made it into a larger player in upstream gas production as well, where it competed with Praxair and Air Products. Should Airgas continue building a position in gas production or divest these activities?Starting at €8.20
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Performance and Value Analysis
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-714490-EStrategyThis note introduces the Performance and Value Analysis (PVA) framework, an integrated framework to analyze strategic performance (i.e., performance corrected for temporary and random effects). This framework (quantitatively) decomposes a firm's performance into 3 consistent parts - common performance, value creation advantage, and bargaining advantage - and then provides frameworks to analyze each.Starting at €8.20
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Akamai's Edge (B)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712456-EStrategyIn 2009, Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai, the leading online content delivery network with a 60% market share, needs to decide how to respond to aggressive market entry, whether and how to pursue the explosive growth in online video, and whether to stay with Akamai's distributed network model or move towards its competitors' more centralized design.Starting at €5.74
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Formulating Strategy, Teaching Note
Van Den Steen, EricTeaching Note HBS-714485-EStrategyTeaching Note for 712500.Starting at €0.00