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"We Need People to Lean into the Future"
McMillon, Doug; Ignatius, AdiArticle HBS-R1702F-EFor years, Walmart's unrivaled customer research capabilities helped it dominate retailing. Then along came the internet, and Walmart suddenly found itself playing catchup to e-commerce pioneers like Amazon. In 2014 the board appointed Doug McMillon as CEO and gave him an imperative: Bring Walmart into the future--without sacrificing its longtime strengths. McMillon, who began his career unloading trucks at a neighborhood Walmart, respects tradit...Starting at €8.20
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"They Burned the House Down"
Lynton, Michael; Ignatius, AdiArticle HBS-R1507J-EIn 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment was subjected to the most devastating hack in corporate history. Highly sensitive data--salary details, private e-mails (some of them harshly critical of top Hollywood talent), unreleased movies--was leaked for all the world to see. For good measure, the hackers wiped out everything on Sony Pictures' servers. Then they threatened retaliation against any theaters that proceeded with the release of "The Interview...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Interview: eBay CEO John Donahoe
Donahoe, John; Ignatius, AdiArticle HBS-R1103G-EJohn Donahoe took over for Meg Whitman, eBay's celebrated longtime CEO, just under three years ago. The core business was slipping, and eBay's acquisition of Skype had gone wrong. The challenge facing him was how to keep the company strong despite enormous changes in consumer behavior. He talks about capitalizing on mobile technology-eBay's iPhone application, "by far the largest m-commerce application in the world," went from $600 million in vol...Starting at €8.20
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Red Star Macalline: Strategic Evolution
Jie Li; Jean-Louis SchaanCase IVEY-9B17M086-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, the founder and chief executive officer of Red Star Macalline, China’s largest furniture shopping mall operator, was finalizing the company’s new growth plan—the “1001 Strategy.” The plan was to be implemented in two phases: first, building 1,000 brick-and-mortar shopping malls, focused on home improvement products, and then integrating the malls into a seamless ecosystem through a single overarching Internet platform. The company faced ...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo eBay desarrolló una cultura de la experimentación
Donahoe, John; Ignatius, AdiArticle HBS-R1103GKnowledge and CommunicationJohn Donahoe se hizo cargo de Meg Whitman, CEO de eBay desde hace mucho tiempo célebre, hace poco menos de tres años. La actividad principal se deslizaba, y la adquisición de Skype de eBay tenía mal se ha ido. El reto frente a él era cómo mantener la empresa fuerte a pesar de enormes cambios en el comportamiento del consumidor. Habla de la capitalización de la tecnología de eBay aplicación móvil de iPhone "con mucho, el más grande de aplicaciones...Starting at €8.20
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Tecnología, tradición y el ratón Mickey
Iger, Robert A.; Ignatius, AdiArticle HBS-R1107JKnowledge and CommunicationBob Iger, CEO de Disney se convirtió en 2005, después de una áspera cinco años para la compañía que incluía un intento de toma de control hostil, una revuelta de accionistas, y una batalla con dos prominentes miembros de la junta. En su agenda estaba terminando la guerra interna y recuperar el entusiasmo y la admiración de los empleados. También necesitaba para ayudar a la tecnología see empresa como una oportunidad más que una amenaza y para log...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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Hopax (B)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Yung-Chien LouCase IVEY-9B10M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Hopax (A), product number 9B10M004, explains that, unlike the other players, Hopax decides to fight in court after Staples, Hopax's largest customer in the United States, decides to cancel its contract.Starting at €5.74