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Icelandair (E): COVID-19
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1703-ECorporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis five-part case series considers Icelandair at a couple of key inflection points in its recent history. Case A, set in early 2017 on the airline's 80th anniversary, the airline is faced to question its strategy after its impressive seven-year run of dynamic growth and solid returns comes to a somewhat abrupt end due to extreme pricing competition and upward cost pressure. The case delves into the development of the airline and its "hybrid" bu...Starting at €5.74
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Icelandair (E): COVID-19
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1703Corporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyEn este caso en cinco partes se presenta a Icelandair en un par de momentos decisivos de su historia reciente. En el caso A, situado a principios de 2017, en el 80 aniversario de la aerolínea, la compañía debe plantearse su estrategia tras un período impresionante de siete años de crecimiento dinámico y buenos resultados que llega a su fin de forma más o menos brusca debido a la competencia de precios extrema y la presión de los costes al alza. E...Starting at €5.74
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Icelandair (A, B, C, D y E) - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Berrone, PascualTeaching Note SMT-132-ECorporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis five-part case series considers Icelandair at a couple of key inflection points in its recent history. Case A, set in early 2017 on the airline's 80th anniversary, the airline is faced to question its strategy after its impressive seven-year run of dynamic growth and solid returns comes to a somewhat abrupt end due to extreme pricing competition and upward cost pressure. The case delves into the development of the airline and its "hybrid" bu...Starting at €0.00
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Marine Harvest: Leading Salmon Aquaculture
Bell, David E.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512042-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Marine Harvest has the leading position in salmon aquaculture. Aquaculture is very much a growth business, many believing it could play a major role in solving the world's growing need for protein. The CEO is considering three alternatives for taking advantage of his firm's dominant position. Expand production in Chile, produce value-added salmon products, or backward-integr...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City - Teaching Note
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricTeaching Note SMT-105-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis is the suggested teaching note for the case "Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City" (IESE, SM-1612-E). The case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan, formally launched by the city of Vancouver in 2011, which was intended to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has a successful past as a social entrepreneur ...Starting at €0.00
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Barcelona: A Roman Village Becoming a Smart City (Abridged)
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1646-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyOn July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of the ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create City OS, Barcelona's operating system. City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. It aimed to enable the council to acquire and process data from urban operations in a rapid, efficient, effect...Starting at €8.20
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La transformación de Medellín: hacia una sociedad urbana más equitativa, innovadora y participativa
Duch, Ana Isabel; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1681Economics, Innovation and Change, StrategyA finales del siglo XX, Medellín (Colombia) era conocida por ser una de las ciudades más violentas y peligrosas del mundo, un paraíso para el narcotráfico y un centro de pobreza, desigualdad y exclusión social. Sin embargo, en menos de dos décadas, ha sido capaz de transformarse en un modelo de intervención urbanística, resiliencia social y una de las economías metropolitanas de más rápido crecimiento en Latinoamérica. El exitoso cambio de imagen...Starting at €8.20
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Home Depot and Interconnected Retail
Alvarez, Jose B.; Ton, Zeynep; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512036-EIn November 2011, just days before the holiday shopping rush, the senior leadership team of The Home Depot, Inc., (Home Depot), the world's largest home improvement chain, discussed how best to navigate the new interconnected world of retail. Retailers across the board faced a rapidly changing environment with the growing acceptance of on-line retailing that empowered customers by providing greater price transparency and more options. Marketing c...Starting at €8.20
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Málaga: In Search of Its Identity as a Smart City
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1658-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case examines Málaga's evolution and its positioning as a smart city. It describes various strategic plans followed by the city, its strengths and weaknesses, and the management and leadership of the mayor, Francisco de la Torre. The mayor must define the positioning of the city and decide how to leverage efforts made to transform Málaga into a city of knowledge and culture in that context.Starting at €8.20
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The Agro Food Cluster in Central Denmark (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1617-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes an initiative in Central Denmark that consists of a business park that has aspirations of becoming a (micro) cluster. Paul Cornillon, chairman of the Board for the Danish Food Cluster, needs to move the initiative forward now that the cluster has been officially launched. The case was written based on published data and interviews conducted with members of the government, the management team at the Agro Food Park and other stak...Starting at €5.74