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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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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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Yves Saint Laurent: Strategic Leadership of Creative Directors - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Léo Guilbert; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M137-EStrategyTeaching Note for product 9B17M137.Starting at €0.00
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Brooks Sports: Competing against the Giants - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M150-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M150.Starting at €0.00
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: The Agile Transformation - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Teeta ErikateTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M006-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M006.Starting at €0.00
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JinJiang Group: Globalization through State Ownership and Political Connection - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Qiannan ShiTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M019-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M019.Starting at €0.00
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Mazda Motor Corporation: Surviving by Partnering with the Giants - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Tae Kyung Lee; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M117-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M117.Starting at €0.00
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EuropaCorp S.A.: A Second Attempt at a Turnaround
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Pierre JullienCase IVEY-9B18M174-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2017, the French film producer and distributor EuropaCorp S.A. (EuropaCorp) announced a historical record loss of €119.9 million. The company had almost doubled its revenues between 2001 and 2010 by using an integrated studio model, but the recent lossStarting at €8.20
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Amazon Go: Venturing into Traditional Retail
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Aurelia KarpCase IVEY-9B17M092-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2016, Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), the largest online retailer, entered the offline retailing industry by launching its first Amazon Go store in Seattle. Previously, the company had entered the food, diaper, and housekeeping product manufacturing industries with its Amazon Elements brand. The company had not been profitable until 2001 and was still facing some financial difficulties, but it was named the fourth most valuable public comp...Starting at €8.20
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Midea Group China: The Acquisition of German Robotics
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Ines Sanso CodinaCase IVEY-9B19M070-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2017, the Midea Group Co. Ltd. (Midea), a China-based large manufacturer of electrical appliances, completed its acquisition of German-based KUKA AG (KUKA), a large manufacturer of industrial robots. To ease concerns about technologies fallingStarting at €8.20