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Surviving M&A
Marks, Mitchell Lee; Mirvis, Philip; Ashkenas, RonArticle HBS-R1702M-EIf your company is undergoing a merger or acquisition, you're apt to feel anxious. Roughly 30% of employees are deemed redundant when firms in the same industry merge. But you needn't dread the outcome, say the authors, who draw on their experience as academics and consultants. They've found that employees usually reap great rewards if they embrace the M&A process as a chance for introspection and growth. Your first step should be to figure out w...Starting at €8.20
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PI-188-I L Gruppo Agro Sevilla e la Sfida del Mercato Americano
Llano Irusta, M. A.Case IIST-PI-188-I-ITService and Operations ManagementAgro Sevilla è stata fondata in Andalusia nel 1977 come cooperativa di secondo grado e nel 2017 è diventata una delle principali realtà produttive, confezionatrici ed esportatrici di olive in tutto il mondo. Nel 1994 si è guadagnata il titolo di primo esportatore spagnolo nel settore. Il 22 giugno del 2017, le due più grandi aziende americane produttrici di olive nere, Musco Family Olive e Bell-Carter Foods, hanno presentato ricorso al Dipartimen...Starting at €8.20
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Banorte M vil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth
Israeli, Ayelet; Larangeira, Carla; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-520068-EMarketingIn mid-2019, Carlos Hank, was deliberating over the results for Banorte M vil - the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico's most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had overseen Banorte's transformation (and multi-million-dollar investment) from a product and client volume-focused bank into a customer-centric, technology and data-driven organizati...Starting at €8.20
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The New M&A Playbook (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Alton, Richard; Rising, Curtis; Waldeck, AndrewArticle HBS-R1103BStrategyCompanies spend more than $2 trillion on acquisitions every year, yet the M&A failure rate is between 70% and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase their odds of success, the authors argue, if they understand how to select targets, how much to pay for them, and whether and how to integrate them. The most common reasons for making an acquisition include holding on to a premium position or cutting costs. But to realize those benefits, the acqui...Starting at €8.20
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H&M, China, and Cotton: Sourcing a Solution?
Mani, Vidya; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, Jenny; Liu, YusiCase DARDEN-OM-1781-EService and Operations ManagementIn December 2021, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), the Swedish fast-fashion clothing retailer, found itself in a difficult position regarding its business in China, one of the retailer’s important markets. H&M was a member of the sustainability organization, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which in March 2020 had suspended activities with licensed farmers in the Xinjiang province of China because of allegations of forced labor and human rights abuses a...Starting at €8.20
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Robert Krups GMBH & Co. KG: Brand Transfer into East Germany (B)
Hickman, E.; Joachimsthaler, Erich A.Case M-927-EMarketingProvides detailed market information about East Germany as a background for the decisions that have to be made in the (A) case (M-926-E).Starting at €5.74
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The Leaders Who Make M&A Work
Dunbar, J. KeithArticle HBS-F1409C-ESome 40% to 80% of mergers fail to meet objectives--and new research shows that human factors, especially collective leadership capability, are a key driver of M&A success.Starting at €8.20
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GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative
Tushman, Michael L.; Raisch, Sebastian; Welling, ChristianCase HBS-410052-ELeadership and People ManagementThe M-Budget Card case study is about mastering the challenges of an exploratory strategic initiative in a context marked by time pressure and frequent change. M-Budget was the first of a series of highly successful projects that established GE Money Bank as a leader in the Swiss credit card market. The business concept was to cooperate with the country's leading retailer MIGROS to develop an innovative credit card offering, the M-Budget card. Th...Starting at €8.20
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GLOVO: Q-commerce, the evolution of E-commerce (Italian version)
Audicana Arcas, J.; Martínez Jiménez, M.Case IIST-PI-219-I-ITService and Operations ManagementNel giugno 2021, Glovo, la società di consegne spagnola per eccellenza, aveva appena raccolto 450 milioni di euro di finanziamento e aveva sfiorato i 2.000 milioni di valutazione, in 5 anni di vita. Tuttavia, la strada non era stata facile per un'azienda che stava trasformando il tradizionale concetto di "fattorino" integrando la tecnologia. Il suo modello di business era cambiato più volte per competere in un mercato dominato dai giganti e trova...Starting at €8.20
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E-Cigarettes: The Wild, Wild West
Farris, Paul W.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Abbott, KatherineCase DARDEN-M-0876-EMarketingIn 2014, tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) had to confront the rapidly evolving global tobacco industry landscape. E-cigarettes, once considered a fad, were becoming increasingly popular. Facing uncharted territory, tobacco companies were uncertain about how to most successfully enter this market and how to do so rapidly.Starting at €8.20