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Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (C)
Allen Morrison; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9A90G003-EStrategyThis case presents the start-up of operations in Beijing and discusses the difficulties Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is having with its local partners. By March 1988, KFC has established its largest restaurant in the world in Beijing with sales that are booming and showing no sign of slowing down. Nevertheless, the extent of operational problems and the shortage of hard currency profits is raising concerns over whether further expansion is warran...Starting at €5.74
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Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (C) - Teaching Note
Allen Morrison; Paul W. BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-8A90G03-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9A90G003.Starting at €0.00
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Terra Lycos
Perry, Gaynor; Oliver C.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-130-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationIn May 2000, the leading Spanish language portal and Internet Access Provider (IAP), Terra, announced that they were to buy the fourth ranking US portal, Lycos, for $12.5 billion in stock. This merger enabled Terra to expand from Spanish and Portugese speaking markets to become a global player. However, the continued success of the big three portals, AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, has kept Terra Lycos amongst the second tier of portal companies. Against a ...Starting at €8.20
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Terra Lycos (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Perry, Gaynor; Oliver C.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-130-PBInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationIn May 2000, the leading Spanish language portal and Internet Access Provider (IAP), Terra, announced that they were to buy the fourth ranking US portal, Lycos, for $12.5 billion in stock. This merger enabled Terra to expand from Spanish and Portugese speaking markets to become a global player. However, the continued success of the big three portals, AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, has kept Terra Lycos amongst the second tier of portal companies. Against a ...Starting at €8.20
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Terra Lycos
Perry, Gaynor; Oliver C.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-130Information Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationEn mayo de 2000, el portal y proveedor de acceso a Internet (IAP) líder en lengua castellana, Terra, anunció que iba a comprar el portal situado en cuarta posición en Estados Unidos, Lycos, por una cifra de 125 millardos de dólares abonada mediante intercambio de acciones. Esta fusión permitió a Terra expandirse más allá de sus mercados de habla española y portuguesa, convirtiéndose así en un actor global. No obstante, el éxito continuado de los ...Starting at €8.20
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Business Process Outsourcing: Banco Urquijo Outsources its Back-Office to IBM Business Consulting Services
López, C.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-143-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case discusses Banco Urquijo's decision to carry out an externalization of its administrative processes, signing a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) agreement for five years with IBM Global Services. The risks of the decision are analyzed, and are compared with the potential benefits resulting not just from cost savings but also from savings derived from improvements in its competitive positioning.Starting at €8.20
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Business Process Outsourcing: El Banco Urquijo externaliza su back-office a IBM Business Consulting Services
López, C.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-143Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso plantea la situación en que Banco Urquijo decide llevar a cabo una externalización de sus procesos administrativos firmando con IBM Global Services un acuerdo de «Business Process Outsourcing» (BPO) por cinco años. Se analizan los riesgos de esta decisión y se contrastan con los potenciales beneficios resultantes no sólo en términos de ahorro de costes, sino también los derivados de mejoras en su posicionamiento competitivo.Starting at €8.20
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Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (B)
Allen Morrison; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9A90G002-EStrategyThe VP's efforts to determine whether and how to proceed with an emerging three-way partnership in China are described. Kentucky Fried Chicken has selected local partners and has been issued a license to operate a restaurant in Beijing. If he is to proceed, the VP must decide how fast he should advance the negotiations and which of three location sites in the city is most desirable. A background case Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (A) and a foll...Starting at €5.74
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Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (A)
Allen Morrison; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9A90G001-EStrategyThe new vice-president for Kentucky Fried Chicken in southeast Asia, must weigh the growth benefits of investing in China with alternative opportunities in the region. He is at the exploratory stage of market research and is focusing his attention on four possible locations in China. He must also balance his own personal ambitions with the possibilities for failure, not only in China, but the rest of southeast Asia. (A 31-minute video is availabl...Starting at €8.20
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How AI Will - and Won't - Change the Way You Manage
Canals, Jordi; Cassiman, Bruno; Elvira, Marta; Sieber, Sandra; Raes, AnneloesArticle ART-3203-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDigitalization, big data, machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence are reshaping industries, making once strong business models obsolete, growing new enterprises with different capabilities and skill sets, disrupting companies and communities, and ushering in social change. What are the key issues for leadership, governance and management? What new competencies are needed? How should executives respond? In this article, IESE profess...Starting at €8.20