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Gillette Company (E): Procter & Gamble
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewCase HBS-309033-EAfter arriving in 2001 as the first outsider Chairman and CEO in Gillette history, Jim Kilts had led a remarkable turnaround. But by late 2004 he had to make a difficult decision. To better position the 104-year-old, Boston-based company, he opted to sell it to Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble. How should Kilts lead the transition?Starting at €5.74
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Gillette Company (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-312114-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 303032, 303033, 303034, 303035, 309033.Starting at €0.00
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Piramal e-Swasthya (A): Attempting Big Changes for Small Places - in India and Beyond
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewCase HBS-310134-EKnowledge and CommunicationAnand Piramal and his team sought to "democratize healthcare" in India through the development of a new service delivery model. If Henry Ford could build and deliver cars to everyone in the United States, Piramal thought, then why can't India deliver healStarting at €8.20
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Piramal e-Swasthya (A): Attempting Big Changes for Small Places - in India and Beyond, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Bird, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-311132-ETeaching Note for 311132.Starting at €0.00
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Joyus - Strategic Decisions in the Online Video Shopping Market
Matthew Wong; Darren MeisterCase IVEY-9B16M002-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJoyus is an ambitious and high-potential company just transitioning out of start-up mode. After three years operating in the growing online video shopping marketplace, all the while developing new technology, business partnerships, and fundraising, Joyus is positioning itself for the next level. The company’s goal is to become the dominant player in the rapidly developing video-based ecommerce marketplace. The chief executive officer and her mana...Starting at €8.20
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iQmetrix: The Customer Is Always Right
Chris Street; Darren Meister; Tracy ThibodeauCase IVEY-9B16M028-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, iQmetrix, a company founded in 1999, developed and sold point-of-sale (POS) software using the software-as-a-service model. Two iQmetrix enterprise account managers were discussing strategies for closing a software subscription deal with a large customer who asked for significant customization to be completed before the deal could be signed. The customization appeared to be critical for the customer, and the account managers thought the ...Starting at €8.20
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Knight Capital Americas LLC
Robert D. Austin; Darren MeisterCase IVEY-9B15E008-EInformation TechnologiesIt took 19 years to build Knight Capital Americas LLC into the largest market maker on the New York Stock Exchange, but on August 1, 2012, it took only 45 minutes for the firm to be wiped out by an information technology (IT) problem: a change in the company's software caused it to lose more than $450 million dollars in less than an hour. Although it was ultimately saved from bankruptcy when it was acquired two days later, the terms of acquisitio...Starting at €8.20
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Vic Progressive - Launch of SkyTrack
Kersi Antia; Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B15A041-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe president of Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling, a Canadian enterprise based in Sussex, New Brunswick that provides products and services to mining companies, is reviewing the progress in the market launch of SkyTrack, a new product designed for use in difficult terrain exploration by large mining corporations. Feedback during field trials has been favourable; the innovation is, in fact, customer-led. There is also evidence that this multipurpo...Starting at €8.20
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Dropbox: Go-To-Market Sales Strategy
Darren Meister; Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B17M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2014, Dropbox, the San Francisco-based pioneering cloud-based file storage service, was at an important stage of its growth. Its user base had expanded into hundreds of millions of users globally, and the company was expanding its service offerings to organizations. At the heart of this expansion was the ever-increasing acquisition of customers in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. As Dropbox targeted larger customers, it needed to c...Starting at €8.20
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Joyus - Building an Organizational Structure for Scale
Matthew Wong; Darren MeisterCase IVEY-9B16M003-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJoyus is a growing online video shopping marketplace specializing in women’s health, beauty and fashion products. After three years of operations and having recently secured substantial funding, the company is poised for future growth. The co-founder and chief executive officer faces the difficult challenge of building the right management team and the appropriate organizational structure to support the company’s desired growth. She needs to stru...Starting at €8.20