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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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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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IC Group A/S
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-716446-EStrategyIC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on e-commerce? Where should the Group focus its international expansion? How could it best leverage its operating platform to drive the profitability of its brands? Should it acquire existing br...Starting at €8.20
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Tencent
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-718426-EStrategyTencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China's largest social networking service provider with several of the largest social networking applications in the world, and China's favorite Internet portal. It was challenging Alibaba's Alipay as the leader in online payments systems, and it had esta...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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Hennes & Mauritz, 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713509-EStrategyIn 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999, when H&M announced plans to enter the U.S., sales had grown 20% per year and operating profits, 30%, for a decade. After the August announcement of U.S. expansion plans, its share pr...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