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Fnac-Darty Merger: From Bidding Wars to Entity Integration
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Hanna TayebCase IVEY-9B17M187-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyIn September 2015, Groupe Fnac (Fnac), a large French retail chain, announced it had acquired long-time competitor Darty Limited (Darty) in an effort to counter competition from online retailers, particularly American e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. Fnac’s first offer had been declined, but Fnac and Darty negotiated and agreed on a new offer in November 2015. Unexpectedly, in March 2016, a South African-based retail holding company, Steinhoff I...Starting at €8.20
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Tokyo Electron: The Competitive Consolidation and Antitrust Challenge
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Claire AndréCase IVEY-9B17M059-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn September 2013, Tokyo Electron Limited announced a merger with Applied Materials Inc. The deal would place the new entity in the leader position in the highly consolidated global semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry, which counted Intel Corporation and Samsung Group as major customers. Due to antitrust issues, the deal was eventually cancelled. Shortly after, in October 2015, Lam Research Corporation announced a merger with KLA-Tenco...Starting at €8.20
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: The Agile Transformation
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Teeta ErikateCase IVEY-9B20M006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn May 2019, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) had paused rapid expansion of its massive agile organizational transformation, trying to make the existing program work better. ANZ announced the decision to take the bank agile in May 2017, moving from the traditional command-and-control, risk-based, and process-driven hierarchy to collaborative teamwork. Such decisions came after not only competitive pressures from the disruptive entry ...Starting at €8.20
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Ferrero Group: Achieving Sustainability Through Supply Chain Integration
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Ottavia CurcuraciCase IVEY-9B17M081-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFerrero Group (Ferrero) operated in the chocolate confectionery industry. The industry was facing challenges with changes in consumer needs, and price volatility and scarcity of raw ingredients. To achieve its ambitious economic goals in this environment, Ferrero integrated various sustainability initiatives in its supply chain and grew the company through vertical and horizontal integration. Advocating a vision of “sharing values to create value...Starting at €8.20
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Yves Saint Laurent: Strategic Leadership of Creative Directors
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Léo Guilbert; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B17M137-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn April 1, 2016, fashion house Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) announced the departure of its creative director who had been responsible for successfully reviving the struggling YSL brand since 2012. Three days after this surprising departure, the company announced that its next creative director would be a relatively inexperienced, 36-year-old designer. After decades of leadership turmoil and financial instability at YSL, the incoming creative directo...Starting at €8.20
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Brooks Sports: Competing against the Giants
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B16M150-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBrooks Sports, Inc. (Brooks) strove to inspire and promote an active lifestyle through its innovative gear, enabling its customers to run longer, farther, and faster. The shoe company had endured a number of growths and declines in its 100 years of operations. Nearly bankrupt by 2000 because of its attempt to compete with diversified athletic brands, Brooks had finally found a strategy to compete in the sports market. Operating as an independent ...Starting at €8.20
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Banro Corporation: Recapitalization for Sustainability In the Congo’s Gold Mining
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Kabi Olivier KatabarukaCase IVEY-9B18M031-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2017, Banro Corporation, a Canadian gold mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo, underwent recapitalization to cope with financial distress, and to optimize its operations of mining assets. Since the commencement of commercial mining in 2009, unexpected social conflicts and operational challenges had led to significantly lower production than expected, with a large cost overrun, while the price of gold declined sharply from...Starting at €8.20
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Tesla, Inc.: The Strategic Partnership for a New Gigafactory in China
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Viktor Johann WinklerCase IVEY-9B19M083-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn October 2018, Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), an American automotive and energy company, received an approval from Shanghai’s mayor to acquire a plot of land to build a new electric-vehicle (EV) factory, which was expected to produce its first cars in three years, and to have initial capacity of about 250,000 vehicles a year. This move was in response to a significant rise in the Chinese EV market and the additional tariffs imposed by the Chinese governm...Starting at €8.20
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Huawei-Leica Alliance: Reinventing Smartphone Photography or Building Brand Image
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Freddy Rocky MasonCase IVEY-9B17M025-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, Chinese telecommunications equipment firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) aspired to be the world’s top smartphone manufacturer. The company had identified German camera company Leica Camera AG (Leica) as a long-term partner to reinvent Huawei’s smartphone photography to beat an influx of domestic rivals and the market leaders, Apple and Samsung. The flagship dual camera smartphone that was co-engineered by Huawei and Leica, the P9...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo Wii U: Lessons Learned for New Strategic Directions
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Gary GilletCase IVEY-9B14M166-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in 1889 in Kyoto, Japan, Nintendo has always operated in the entertainment business, beginning with playing cards and, in the 1970s, entering the electronics and video game industry with a small handheld console. By investing in innovation to ensure continuing delivery of new recreational experiences, Nintendo was dominant until the mid-1990s when the two multinational giants, Sony and Microsoft, entered the market with large investment c...Starting at €8.20