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Tesco: From Troubles to Turnaround
Anupam Mehta; Utkarsh Goyal; Sanchit TanejaCaso IVEY-9B17B004-EContabilidad y control, Dirección estratégica, FinanzasIn 2016, Tesco PLC, a leading U.K. retail chain, had undergone tremendous financial turmoil. Profitability had been decreasing since 2013 with heavy losses registered during fiscal year (FY) 2014/15. Net profit had decreased by 304 per cent from 2012 to 2015. However, after the appointment of a new chief executive officer in 2014, Tesco managed to register a net profit of £138 million in FY 2015/16: an astonishing turnaround. Evidently, Tesco was...Desde 8,20 €
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Pret A Manger
Frei, Frances X.; Goldberg, RIck; van Sice, StephanieCaso HBS-612033-EServicios y operacionesPret A Manger, a London-based chain of sandwich shops, was known for its fast, genuine service and pre-packaged sandwiches prepared on-site daily. Instructed by its board to grow at 15 percent per year, Pret considered opening "twin" shops in locations too small to contain kitchens; these shops would receive sandwich deliveries throughout the day from a nearby "parent" shop. Would Pret's employees and customers accept twin shops or view them as c...Desde 8,20 €
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Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
Chu, Michael; Dessain, Vincent; Maslauskaite, KristinaCaso HBS-315109-EAn in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a profitable and scalable basis. With Pearson's overall strategy shifting from the developed to the developing world and from a supplier of books to a host of other learning products and servi...Desde 8,20 €
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Floodgate: On the Hunt for Thunder Lizards
McDonald, Rory; Burke, Alix; Franking, Emma; Tempest, NicoleCaso HBS-617044-EIniciativa emprendedoraFounded in 2008, Floodgate pioneered the "micro-VC" category, a new type of investment firm that raised smaller funds and made earlier, smaller investments in technology startups than traditional venture-capital firms. By 2015, Floodgate had raised three funds totaling $225 million and achieved outsize success with investments in high profile startups like Twitter, Twitch, Cruise Automation, and Lyft. Floodgate measured success in terms of its co...Desde 8,20 €
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCaso IVEY-9B08M002-EDirección estratégicaThe year 2007 had to have been one of the worst in the history of British Petroleum plc (BP). In the span of four months, two separate independent reports (the first one commissioned by BP itself) had identified a deeply rooted "culture of risk" within BP where money and profits were valued above worker and environmental safety. These reports were in response to an explosion in 2005 at an oil refinery in Texas City, in the United States, which ki...Desde 8,20 €
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Brown: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A) (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCaso IVEY-9B08MS02Dirección estratégicaEl ano 2007 tuvo que haber sido uno del peor de la historia de British-Petroleum plc (BP). En el palmo de cuatro meses, dos informes independientes separados (el primero comisionado por BP si mismo) habian identificado una “cultura profundamente arraigada del riesgo” dentro de BP donde el dinero y los beneficios fueron valorados sobre trabajador y seguridad ambiental. Estos informes estaban en respuesta a una explosion en 2005 en una refineria de...Desde 8,20 €
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Ahold versus Tesco - Analyzing Performance, Teaching Note
Srinivasan, SurajNota del Instructor HBS-114036-EContabilidad y controlTeaching Note for 113040.Desde 0,00 €
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Brexit, Teaching Note
Alfaro, Laura; Schreger, Jesse; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandNota del Instructor HBS-718004-EEconomíaTeaching note for case 717028.Desde 0,00 €
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Betfair vs. UK Bookmakers, Teaching Note
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Campbell, NeilNota del Instructor HBS-709418-EDirección estratégicaTeaching Note for [709417].Desde 0,00 €
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Sanctuary Soft: International Expansion Strategies, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Hull, OliviaNota del Instructor HBS-419008-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasTeaching note for case 409104.Desde 0,00 €