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Whole Foods and JANA Partners
Srinivasan, Suraj; Pitcher, QuinnCase HBS-118076-EFinanceIn 2017, JANA Partners decided to launch an activist campaign at struggling supermarket chain Whole Foods Market. The company had struggled for the past several years, and JANA thought the presence of new directors could help turn around its operations, while Whole Foods resisted, adding new directors and announcing ambitious new financial targets. Facing continued pressure from JANA despite the new changes, Whole Foods accepted an acquisition of...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise and Rise (?) of Walmart (A): Battling Kmart
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Van Den Steen, Eric; Elterman, KarenCase HBS-718431-EStrategyThis case, set in 1990, describes the history of Walmart and asks what competitive strategies Kmart might adopt in response to Walmart's success. It discusses the strategy and organization of both companies in terms of HR practices, store location, distribution, information technology, procurement, pricing, and company culture. This (A) case is the first in a multi-part series that goes on to describe the results of Kmart's competition with Walma...Starting at €8.20
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Mipuf.es: Managing for Growth
Villafuerte Martin, AntonioCase IIST-MI-153-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn January 2016, Francisco (aka Paco) Mirasol, director general and founder of MiPuf.es, which made over 70% of its sales through the online channel, was considering how to boost sales. Despite the significant growth achieved since its establishment in 2005, Paco noticed it had been slowing down over the last few months. He felt there were still opportunities both online and offline, but was not clear on which of these possibilities to prioritize...Starting at €8.20
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Plug Power, Inc. (B): Q1-2021 Evolution and News
Vera, Juan; López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1717-EInnovation and ChangePlug Power illustrates the potential for innovation in business models. The company takes advantage, at a very early stage, of the emergence of hydrogen as an essential emerging vector in the energy transition to a decarbonized society. Green hydrogen is emerging as the fuel and raw material that will make decarbonization viable when, for technological or competitive reasons, electrification isn't possible in end uses (transportation, industry an...Starting at €5.74
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Walmart Ecommerce (A): Picking up the Pace
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Elterman, KarenCase HBS-720425-EStrategyThis case is an abridged version (part 1 of 2) of "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" HBS Case 720-370. The (A) case discusses Walmart's early forays into online retail, as well as improvements made under Doug McMillon beginning in 2014. The case describes Walmart's physical stores, delivery options, grocery business, online marketplace, and distribution system. It also discusses the ecommerce startup Jet.com, which Wa...Starting at €8.20
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Cinépolis S.A. de C.V. and KLIC: Rising to the Streaming Challenge
Francisco Gil-WhiteCase IVEY-9B19A010-EMarketing, StrategyCinépolis S.A. de C.V. (Cinépolis), an innovative private Mexican firm—and one of the largest movie theatre companies in the world—had developed an over-the-top (OTT) streaming product, KLIC, and launched it in Mexico. But by late 2017, the Mexican OTT market had become competitive and crowded, with Netflix, Claro Video, Blim, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, and others in the space. KLIC initially faced challenges with finding a proper niche and had ...Starting at €8.20
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HourlyNerd
Avery, Jill; Fuller, Joseph B.Case HBS-316134-EEntrepreneurshipHourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for matching freelance consultants with small companies looking for help, struggles to define a growth plan for the future. The company, started as a class project in HBS' FIELD 3 course, is assessing three growth paths: shifting their target from small and medium sized businesses to enterprise customers, expanding into new verticals to become the Amazon of freelance labor, and transforming its busines...Starting at €8.20
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Oakberry: The Gracia Store Decision
Soler, Edi; Eduardo Bork AlvoCase ASN-90-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2019, just two days before his final MBA exams, Edison was contemplating if he should become a shareholder of an Oakberry franchise store in Barcelona. Oakberry was a one-product fast food chain specialized in healthy and natural drinks based on frozen açaí, a unique fruit from an Amazon palm tree. Three years after its launch in Brazil, the chain had more than 200 stores worldwide. He believed this entrepreneurial experience could be...Starting at €8.20
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AMC Networks Inc.: The Walking Dead Problem
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B18M203-EStrategyIn August 2017, AMC Networks Inc. (AMCN), a New York City–based cable television provider, faced a lawsuit from the creative talent behind the hit show The Walking Dead. The lawsuit charged that AMCN used its vertical integration into content development to reduce the profits available for distribution to participants. For AMCN, which was originally a content distributor, expanding into content creation through its AMC Studios had several benefit...Starting at €8.20
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Plug Power, Inc. (A)
Vera, Juan; López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1715-EInnovation and ChangePlug Power illustrates the potential for innovation in business models. The company takes advantage, at a very early stage, of the emergence of hydrogen as an essential emerging vector in the energy transition to a decarbonized society. Green hydrogen is emerging as the fuel and raw material that will make decarbonization viable when, for technological or competitive reasons, electrification isn't possible in end uses (transportation, industry an...Starting at €8.20