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Amazon: Customers and Climate Change
Veena Keshav PailwarCaso IVEY-9B20M164-EDirección estratégicaOn September 9, 2019, thousands of Amazon.com Inc. employees threatened to join the global climate strikes planned for the week of September 20–27, 2019. Employees were protesting the e-commerce giant's customer-centric approach and its lack of transparenDesde 8,20 €
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Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both - Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)
Sandino, TatianaCaso HBS-119088-EContabilidad y controlThis note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as "structured empowerment" to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the poDesde 8,20 €
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OXXO's Turf War Against Extra (B)
Sandino, Tatiana; Perez Cavazos, Gerardo; Lobb, AnnelenaCaso HBS-117022-EDirección estratégicaIn 2006, Mexican convenience store chain OXXO faced a threat from a formidable competitor, the rival convenience chain Extra. OXXO had embarked on an initiative to fortify its corporate culture and operating system, but the threat of Extra raised the quesDesde 5,74 €
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Australian Automotive Industry in Decline
Veena Keshav PailwarCaso IVEY-9B15M064-EDirección estratégicaThe 2013/14 exit announcement by Australian car manufacturers poses a threat to the survival of the country’s automotive industry, and the pull-out is expected to have a significant and adverse impact on the Australian economy as a whole. The case highlights the dilemma that government decision-makers often face: Should they provide protection to loss-making industries in order to support domestic employment and economic output, or should they le...Desde 8,20 €
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Search Engines in Search of Fair Play
Veena Keshav PailwarCaso IVEY-9B14M112-EDirección estratégicaGoogle’s plan to gear up its flight search service in India by allowing users to compare fares and book tickets made other domestic travel portals in India nervous. There were fears that this development might turn out to be discriminative as Google had the dominant share in Internet search service. Fearing a substantial reduction in their share of the search market, these domestic portals had the option of lodging a complaint against Google with...Desde 8,20 €
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Rajghat Power House: The Economy or the Environment
Veena Keshav PailwarCaso IVEY-9B16M089-EDirección estratégicaIn response to a recommendation at a government-sponsored power forum, Delhi’s aging and inefficient Rajghat Power House (RPH) was scheduled to close its doors. The coal-based plant had reached the end of its 25-year useful life, and its outdated equipment spewed toxins into Delhi’s air and water on a daily basis. Environmentalist bodies and power-distributing units in Delhi had made similar recommendations for the RPH’s closure over the years, a...Desde 8,20 €