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Unity Bank: Realizing Value From an M&A Integration
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; John FongCase IVEY-9B08E009-EInformation TechnologiesA member of the integration leadership team must help plan and execute the integration of Delta's information technology (IT) operations into those of Unity. He has been given a time limit of three years and has been charged with removing $60 million of expenses during the process. Half of the savings will come from reducing the number of staff whose roles have been duplicated as a result of the merger. The remaining savings will be achieved thro...Starting at €8.20
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Intel Corp. - Bring Your Own Device
V. Joseph Compeau; Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13E002-EInformation Technologies, StrategySince early 2009, the information technology (IT) division of a leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips had noticed a growing trend among the company’s 80,000 employees worldwide to bring their own smartphones and storage devices to their individual workstations. Recognizing that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) was not a passing fad but a growing phenomenon, the company decided in January 2010 to formally implement this initiative. As the compan...Starting at €8.20
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Glaxo: The acquisition of Wellcome
Canals, Jordi; Bardolet Urgellès, DavidCase ASE-386-EEconomicsThis case describes the changes in the world pharmaceutical industry in 1995 and presents the challenges for Glaxo (the leading European pharmaceutical firm) and the potential acquisition of Wellcome. This decision will differ from other acquisitions made by firms like Merck, oriented towards vertical integration and control over the distribution network. The main topics that the case covers are: industry analysis; value chain analysis; positioni...Starting at €8.20
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Harry Rosen: Digitizing Customer Relationships
Vania Sakelaris; Nicole R.D. HaggertyCase IVEY-W27514-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIan Rosen, the recently appointed executive vice-president of Digital and Strategy at Harry Rosen Inc. (Harry Rosen), a successful men’s retail chain founded by Ian’s grandfather in 1954, must decide on a technology solution to support the advancement of his proposed digital strategy for Harry Rosen. The decision-making challenges he is encountering in early 2020 are compounded by the onset of the global pandemic and resulting impacts on the luxu...Starting at €8.20
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Las alianzas entre empresas
Canals, JordiTechnical Note ASEN-177EconomicsSe presenta una introducción a los conceptos y algunos problemas que plantean las alianzas entre empresas, sus ventajas e inconvenientes, y algunos aspectos de su puesta en marcha.Starting at €8.20
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Unilever (2017): el Consejo de Administración y el CEO en el gobierno corporativo y la estrategia
Canals, JordiCase SM-1671Corporate GovernanceEste caso enumera algunos de los desafíos que afrontan el Consejo de Administración de Unilever y su CEO, Paul Polman, en marzo del 2017. El contexto de la empresa incluye cambios en el comportamiento del consumidor, volatilidad e intentos fallidos de compra por parte de Kraft Heinz.Starting at €8.20
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Privacy Issues and Monetizing Twitter
Deborah Compeau; Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Shady FraihaCase IVEY-9B11E002-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIt was early 2010, and the Twitter Trio, the founders of Twitter, were faced with a changing market situation and pressures to make money. Twitter was a free service that had been operating without a viable business plan since 2006. In early 2010, Twitter was still not making enough money and it was time that Twitter showed a real return on investment. The Trio had to decide on a business model that was competitive. There was a data-mining projec...Starting at €8.20
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Tareas, retos y responsabilidades del alto directivo
Canals, JordiTechnical Note DGN-645Corporate Governance, StrategyEl objetivo del gobierno corporativo debe ser la supervivencia a largo plazo de la empresa. Resulta evidente que dicha supervivencia no puede ser únicamente tarea del consejo de administración. Estas responsabilidades deben descansar sobre el primer ejecutivo y su equipo de dirección. En esta nota pretendemos estudiar y definir algunas de las tareas propias del primer ejecutivo e, indirectamente, de los miembros de un comité de dirección, sus rel...Starting at €8.20
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Cellnex: un proyecto de crecimiento
Canals, JordiCase SM-1662Corporate Governance, StrategyEste caso muestra los retos a los que tuvo que enfrentarse Cellnex en el año 2015 tras sus importantes inversiones en emplazamientos de telecomunicaciones y la posible OPV. Cellnex era una unidad de negocio de Abertis con competencias tecnológicas especializadas en tres áreas: transmisión y difusión de señal de radio y televisión (broadcasting), gestión de servicios de infraestructuras para transmisión de datos y voz de telefonía móvil, y otros s...Starting at €8.20
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