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How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create--or Destroy--Your Company's Strategy
Bower, Joseph L.; Gilbert, ClarkArticle HBS-R0702C-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Senior executives have long been frustrated by the disconnection between the plans and strategies they devise and the actual behavior of the managers throughout the company. This article approaches the problem from the ground up, recognizing that every time a manag...Starting at €8.20
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Distribution Strategy at Mango
Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase OIT-33-EService and Operations ManagementAntonio Pascual, director of Supply Chain at Mango, was reviewing the initial supply chain indicators for 2021 and reflecting over the struggles of recent months. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered a global health crisis and caused a severe downturn that had been particularly difficult for fashion retailers, due to the forced closure of stores for many months. Fortunately, Mango had stood strong, with online sales growing signific...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: Separating the shower from the bathtub - Teaching note
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisTeaching Note MT-61-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2022, Mercadona, along with its e-commerce division, was looking for ways to continue growing. They had developed what was probably the only profitable online supermarket in Spain up to the moment. The hive logistics model was operating in just three cities: Valencia, Madrid, and Barcelona. After six years, the time had come to expand domestically. Mercadona invoiced 510 million euros in e-commerce, but half of those sales (263 million eur...Starting at €0.00
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Glovo - Teaching Note: From Startup to Unicorn
Ricart, Joan Enric; Carenzo, Mathieu; Tapia, AlbertTeaching Note SMT-138-EInnovation and Change, StrategyIn the context of the digital revolution and the mass use of smart devices connected to the Internet, consumer habits have changed radically. Now a large proportion of the population shops from home, and consumers can compare and choose products from a wider variety of options and sellers. So competition is fierce. Local businesses, such as restaurants, no longer compete with only the business next door but also with other businesses located else...Starting at €0.00
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Integration Project. GALP in Spain
Caldart, Adrián A.; Leão, PedroCase AESE-DG-A-958(I)-EStrategyThe case refers to Galp´s decision to strengthen significantly its competitive position in the Iberian Peninsula through the acquisition of the operations of Agip and Exxon in 2008. The singularity of the case results from the fact that, as both acquisitions were done almost simultaneously, the process of integration involved three firms with rather different organizational cultures at the same time. The case documents how the integration process...Starting at €8.20
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Nelson Pereira - Teaching note (Portuguese)
Fonseca Pires, JoséTeaching Note AESE-FH-A-1004 TN-PPStrategyNelson Pereira é Director Comercial da Green Trip, Agência de Viagens portuguesa, líder de mercado no sub-sector "empresas", e que está a sofrer as consequências da crise financeira de 2008. O Presidente da Green Trip, sogro de Nelson, homem metódico e organizado, contratou o há cerca de 1 ano ciente da sua capacidade de trabalho, da sua dedicação e empenho. Para Nelson, as 24 horas do dia não são suficientes para comportar todas as actividades a...Starting at €0.00
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Ametller Origen: más allá del retail
Nueno, José LuisCase M-1376Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyAmetller Origen es una cadena de distribución que ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial de 0 a 111 tiendas, basadas en un posicionamiento de Km0, producto ecológico y con un modelo de integración vertical, junto con un posicionamiento Premium orientado a proporcionar una compra de productos sanos, con una pedagogía sobre cómo ha de ser la alimentación de las personas con una serie de actividades comerciales multicanal dirigidas a vender en ...Starting at €8.20
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Aire vs Calor: Negotiating at UCM (Team Aire)
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Baschwitz, AlejandroCase NEG-38-EStrategyThe case focuses on a multivariable negotiation related to a new heating project to be carried out at a university. Calor is a multinational company that is a European leader in the design and manufacture of heating systems. Aire is a multinational company that is a European leader in the construction of large facilities. The project involves multiple variables and offers an opportunity for a complex but interesting negotiation.Starting at €8.20
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Michelin: Building a Digital Service Platform
Gupta, Sunil; Godwin, ChristianCase HBS-520061-EStrategyMichelin, a tire company with over a century of experience, attempts to develop a digital service platform for its fleet and dealer customers. The case focuses on the challenges of bringing a large, well-established company into the digital age. Concerned about the slow growth in the tire market, Florent Menegaux, Michelin's CEO, set out to redefine the company as a mobility company. As part of this growth strategy, Michelin started offering a ho...Starting at €8.20
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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20