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Zappos.com, Inc., and the Warehouse Decision
Lenox, Michael; Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0227-EStrategyAmazon.com had purchased Zappos in 2009 and was making significant investments in warehouse infrastructure. By early summer 2012, Zappos, a dominant player in the crowded online retail apparel and footwear arena must decide whether to retain its warehouse complex in Kentucky, which it had maintained since 2002, or turn over the operations to Amazon. Should Zappos continue to operate as an entity external to its parent company? Or would advancemen...Starting at €8.20
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The Basque Country: Strategy for Economic Development, Teaching Note
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.Teaching Note HBS-717462-EStrategyTeaching note for case 713474.Starting at €0.00
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341-EStrategyThis case presents the evolution of Nintendo’s gaming technology and discusses the history of the video gaming sector over eight generations of releases. It illustrates how industry dynamics shift over time and how different phases of the competitive life cycle place different demands upon those firms that are all vying for the top position. The case provides history and context for students to discuss an age-old question: How do firms sustain a ...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341StrategyThis case presents the evolution of Nintendo’s gaming technology and discusses the history of the video gaming sector over eight generations of releases. It illustrates how industry dynamics shift over time and how different phases of the competitive life cycle place different demands upon those firms that are all vying for the top position. The case provides history and context for students to discuss an age-old question: How do firms sustain a ...Starting at €8.20
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Apple (Computer) Inc: Whither the Mac?
Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0202-EStrategyA product manager at Apple examines the past, present, and future of the PC industry in September 2011 in the wake of Steve Jobs’s resignation and HP’s announcement that it was exiting the PC industry in favor of enterprise software solutions and consulting. The protagonist thinks through current forces in the PC industry, including market share trends, mobile computing, ultrabooks, and cloud computing services-as well as the position of the Mac ...Starting at €8.20
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Redhook Ale Brewery
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0230-EStrategyIn 1995, Paul Shipman, CEO of Redhook Ale Brewery, and his management team prepared to enter uncharted territory by taking their craft-brewing operation public in the United States. Although there already were massive large-batch breweries that were profitable, publicly traded firms, Redhook was different: it embodied the ethos and grassroots beginnings of the microbrew movement. Still, Shipman wondered about the potential of the craft-brewing in...Starting at €8.20
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US–China Tensions in Class (B): Balancing the Professional, Political, and Personal - Teaching note
Chen, Ming-Jer; Goldberg, RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-S-0333TN-EStrategyTeaching note for product S-0333Starting at €0.00
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European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge, Teaching Note
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.Teaching Note HBS-717461-EStrategyTeaching note for case 714405.Starting at €0.00
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Estonia: Transition, EU Membership, and the Euro
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.; Solvell, OrjanCase HBS-713479-EStrategyThe case discusses the economic development of Estonia, covering specifically the period from regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 until 2015. It tracks the process from the initial transition towards a market economy to becoming an EU member country, including the 2007 crisis and the government's response to it. The overall performance of the economy, the profile of its key clusters, and the quality of its business environment in...Starting at €8.20
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Vietnam: Sustaining the Growth of an Asian Tiger
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.Case HBS-713480-EStrategyThe case tracks Vietnam's economic policy choices and performance from the end of the Vietnam war to the Doi Moi economic reforms and the economic transformation that followed. Throughout this period, the country had become a darling of the international aid community. As the country was preparing for the 2011 Party Congress, however, signs of growing economic frictions were becoming increasingly visible. The case closes by setting the scene for ...Starting at €8.20