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The Fall of Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713402-EDirección estratégicaOn January 16, 2009, after a dismal holiday season, Circuit City was forced into liquidation. Unable to meet creditors' demands, and with no acquirer in sight, Circuit City began the process of liquidating its remaining 567 U.S. stores. Circuit City had been the leader in consumer electronics retailing for nearly twenty years when its profits peaked in 2000. What led to its dramatic decline? Why did three CEOs fail to turn it around? Were these p...Desde 8,20 €
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ASOS PLC
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCaso HBS-716449-EDirección estratégicaLaunched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world's largest online fashion specialists in 2016. Focusing on young consumers aged 16-25 years, the company offered over 80,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand new lines every week. Based in the United Kingdom, ASOS shipped products to 240 countries and territories, and international sales represented more than 50% of total revenues. But whe...Desde 8,20 €
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Babcock International Plc.
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-714496-EDirección estratégicaIn 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over 3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited from increased public sector outsourcing. In 2012, for the UK's Ministry of Defense (MOD), Babcock trained over 50,000 troops, maintained the nuclear submarine fleet, provided engi...Desde 8,20 €
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IC Group A/S
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCaso HBS-716446-EDirección estratégicaIC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on e-commerce? Where should the Group focus its international expansion? How could it best leverage its operating platform to drive the profitability of its brands? Should it acquire existing br...Desde 8,20 €
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Tencent
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCaso HBS-718426-EDirección estratégicaTencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China's largest social networking service provider with several of the largest social networking applications in the world, and China's favorite Internet portal. It was challenging Alibaba's Alipay as the leader in online payments systems, and it had esta...Desde 8,20 €
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713509-EDirección estratégicaIn 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999, when H&M announced plans to enter the U.S., sales had grown 20% per year and operating profits, 30%, for a decade. After the August announcement of U.S. expansion plans, its share pr...Desde 8,20 €
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Amazon.com, 2016, Teaching Note
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielNota del Instructor HBS-718441-EDirección estratégicaTeaching Note for HBS No. 716402.Desde 0,00 €
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Tencent, Teaching Note
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielNota del Instructor HBS-718457-EDirección estratégicaTeaching Note for HBS No. 718426.Desde 0,00 €
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The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988-2016
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCaso HBS-716426-EDirección estratégicaIn October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company's stock price dropped 10% on the news, the largest one-day decline since 1998. In February 2016, Walmart reported that revenues for 2015 had dropped 0.7% to $482.1 billion, the first decline in Wal...Desde 8,20 €
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713512-EDirección estratégica"In 2012, Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M) was the second-largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $18.1 billion and operating profits were $3.3 billion. H&M operated 2,776 stores, 93% of them outside its home base of Sweden. Over the past decade, H&M had passed Gap in sales, but the company had failed to keep up with Inditex's growth and its Spanish rival had larger sales and greater profitability than H&M. H&M had also ...Desde 8,20 €