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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20
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Yara International: Africa Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge; Herman, KerryCase HBS-715402-EStrategyLeading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural regions.Starting at €8.20
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Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics
Narayandas, Das; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-516013-EVita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's traditional retail strategy, and how best to grow the company in Sweden. While both of these are potentially important future growth drivers, they also entail large investments in new capabi...Starting at €8.20
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Mobile Broadband and the Telecommunications Industry in 2011
Applegate, Lynda M.; Herman, Kerry; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-814009-EEntrepreneurshipMobile broadband carriers provide network access to the Internet for a range of devices (typically portable or mobile), including consumer devices such as smartphones, tablets and E-Readers, but also a host of new emerging devices. Mobile broadband networks enable data to travel in packets over telecommunication (telecom) companies' wireless (or cellular) networks. The number of worldwide mobile cellular subscriptions reached 6 billion in 2011, r...Starting at €8.20
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Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE
Fubini, David G.; Margolis, Joshua D.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-415043-ELeadership and People ManagementSusie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE-the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO-from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a successful product line, and savvy private equity investors, NIC+ZOE seems perfectly positioned for growth, but the company is struggling to execute efficiently, and senior managers are torn about a key decision: whether to go into e-commerce or not.Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 14. Third Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-34-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyJay Rao (Babson) defines his terms, so that everyone understands exactly what is meant by the discipline of innovation, before trying to put it into practice. IESEs Carlos García Pont & Paulo Rocha e Oliveira reveal the barriers that prevent organizations from having a market mind-set, which is essential for maintaining a cycle of innovation. Robert G. Cooper (Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University) identifies five vectors t...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Business School Insight, 164. Aprendizaje de impacto
IESE InsightMagazine REV-102Que tu empresa sea ágil e innovadora dependerá de tu capacidad para aprender. Descubre cómo desarrollar las habilidades y competencias de futuro que te llevarán más lejos. Además: una herramienta para conocer los niveles de energía de tu empresa. El futuro depende de las alianzas para abordar los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, según Jan Peter Balkenende, ex primer ministro de Países Bajos. Recursos para salir de la zona de confort. Cómo pued...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Insight. Issue 23. Fourth Quarter 2014
IESE InsightMagazine REV-51-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis magazine will help you engage with the challenges of our times, with an agenda for CEOs to shape the path ahead. Rafael Andreu and Joan E. Ricart emphasize that CEOs need to be disciplined in their decision-making, innovative in their work and responsible for their people, making ethics an integral part of an interdependent, dynamic general management framework. Fabrizio Ferraro and Bruno Cassiman call upon corporate leaders to use strategic...Starting at €22.00
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La realidad de la ficción
IESE InsightArticle ART-2457Leadership and People ManagementLas estanterías de muchos directivos están repletas de libros de management, ensayos sobre economía o guías de autoayuda. El escritor Keith Oatley asegura que si añaden más ficción a su biblioteca entenderán mejor el mundo, serán más empáticos e imaginativos y tomarán mejores decisiones. Así lo sugieren algunos estudios.Starting at €8.20
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Inteligencia empresarial
IESE InsightArticle ART-2645Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Strategy¿Quiere anticiparse a sus competidores? Muchas de sus estrategias e intenciones pueden quedar al descubierto gracias a la inteligencia empresarial. Solo hay que poner orden en la marea de datos disponibles hoy en día y convertirlos en una herramienta eficaz para la toma decisiones.Starting at €8.20