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Intrapreneurship at Alcatel-Lucent
Simon Parker; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M169-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySince 2006, Alcatel-Lucent, an international telecommunications equipment manufacturer based in Paris, France, has been conducting boot camps for its employees to provide business training and help them monetize their innovative ideas with a view to creating value for the company. The program has led to 32 projects of which two have been commercialized, three transferred to business units within Alcatel-Lucent and one spun off. In 2012, however, ...Starting at €8.20
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Garrard Japan: Global or Local
Paul W. Beamish; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19M031-EStrategyIn late September 2017, the country manager of Garrard Japan was reviewing an interim strategy to deal with emerging, negative views on the ongoing globalization of industry and commerce. Garrard Japan was a wholly owned subsidiary of Garrard S.A., a leading packaged foods company. The European-based multinational enterprise had been a major contributor to globalizing trade and commerce, and the survey results had highlighted a Japanese view that...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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Nano Tata-Logy: The People's Car
Oana Branzei; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B08M074-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case illustrates the opportunities, challenges and trade-offs involved in the design, prototyping, and marketing of the Nano - the People's Car - by Tata Motors Ltd (TML), a Tata Group Company. The case is set nine months after the January 2008 unveiling of the Nano concept car in New Delhi, India. The company's managing director faces multiple dilemmas in rolling the Nano off the production lines at the manufacturing plant in Singur, includi...Starting at €8.20
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ArcelorMittal (B)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M002-EStrategyFrom the perspectives of the senior executive of Mittal and the senior executive of Arcelor, this case looks at post-merger integration. As with many mergers, the ArcelorMittal merger was touted as a merger of equals. Unlike most, it was actually managed as such and it worked. The case series looks at three critical decision points (one for each case) and challenges that the two senior executives faced from the line organization during the execut...Starting at €5.74
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ArcelorMittal (C)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M003-EStrategyFrom the perspectives of the senior executive of Mittal and the senior executive of Arcelor, this case looks at post-merger integration. As with many mergers, the ArcelorMittal merger was touted as a merger of equals. Unlike most, it was actually managed as such and it worked. The case series looks at three critical decision points (one for each case) and challenges that the two senior executives faced from the line organization during the execut...Starting at €5.74
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ArcelorMittal (A)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M001-EStrategyFrom the perspectives of the senior executive of Mittal and the senior executive of Arcelor, this case looks at post-merger integration. As with many mergers, the ArcelorMittal merger was touted as a merger of equals. Unlike most, it was actually managed as such and it worked. The case series looks at three critical decision points (one for each case) and challenges that the two senior executives faced from the line organization during the execut...Starting at €8.20
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NJOY, Inc.
Allison Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B15A032-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingNJOY, Inc., an electronic-cigarettes enterprise based in Phoenix, Arizona, conducted some Experiential Concept Tests (ETCs) on a sample size of 215 panelists. The sample included a mix of gender, age, education and income. It also included a mix of users and non-users of electronic cigarettes. In light of the consumer insights gained from the ETCs, NJOY Inc. wants to leverage the results to resolve three particular issues and pave the company’s w...Starting at €8.20
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Beck Taxi
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09M058-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, MarketingBeck Taxi is Toronto's leading cab brokerage. In May 2009, the company's chief executive officer (CEO) is wondering whether the company could change the radio fee for the limited duration of summer, usually a lean season for the cab trade. The fee, paid by drivers for the dispatch service connecting them to customers in waiting, has not been increased in over a decade. That is enough reason to go for a straight upward revision on a permanent basi...Starting at €8.20
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Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Srinivas Sridharan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09M037-EMarketing, StrategyAn Indian wind energy company with global ambitions of being among the top three in its business worldwide, Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Suzlon) manufactures and markets turbines, which harness wind to product electricity. Several of its customers are going global and increasingly expect global service (including pricing) consistent across geographies. Suzlon could consider the rapidly increasing business practice of global account management (GAM) to mee...Starting at €8.20