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Beyond Meat: Changing Customer Behaviour in Food Consumption
Chris Laszlo; Katherine Gullett; Peter Rezk; Nilesh RautCase IVEY-9B19A053-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2014, the founder and chief executive officer of Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown, reflected on the question that had led him to start the company: “How difficult can it be to change what you eat for dinner?” The small start up based in Los Angeles, California, had faced considerable challenges in changing customer perceptions and attitudes since it was founded in 2009. Its intention was to address both health and environmental problems related to mea...Starting at €8.20
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Transition at DataCo (Spanish Version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-818S06EntrepreneurshipEl fundador de una compañía de análisis de datos, Stefan Brecht, tiene varios problemas con su desarrollador de negocios clave y el jefe de marketing y ventas, Tamara Smithson. Smithson, un alquiler principios que habían sido fundamentales en la construcción de la empresa funciona como un miembro, no se atreve a delegar tareas y clientes, y, como Brecht lo ve "a menudo pone los asuntos del cliente por delante de las necesidades y procedimientos d...Starting at €8.20
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Ecovative Design LLC: A Biological Materials Startup
Chris Laszlo; Abdel Latif Ladki; Abraham WeinerCase IVEY-9B13M125-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyEcovative Designs (Ecovative), a start-up company in upstate New York, uses an innovative process to combine agricultural waste and mycelium (mushroom “roots”) to grow forms for use in a wide variety of applications, especially a protective packaging material. Not only does this new product replace the need for the environmentally harmful alternative, extruded polystyrene, but the production process is less energy intensive. It exemplifies the cr...Starting at €8.20
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La Vaca Independiente: Should a Social Enterprise Adopt a For-Profit Business Model
Chris Laszlo; Anya BriggsCase IVEY-9B13C033-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case presents a social enterprise considering whether a for-profit model might be an effective way to scale its impact. Mexico City-based La Vaca Independiente (The Independent Cow) was founded to bring art to underprivileged children. The founder observed that many global problems are caused by humanity’s increasing state of isolation, with individuals disconnected from the planet and from each other. She concluded that most benefit corpora...Starting at €8.20
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Clarke: Transformation for Environmental Sustainability
Chris Laszlo; Katey McCabe; Eric Ahearn; Indrajeet GhatgeCase IVEY-9B12C012-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyClarke, a mosquito abatement company seen as having a core business that is environmentally harmful by its very nature — selling pesticides — faces unique challenges in its transformation into a sustainable enterprise. Should it shift its focus entirely towards offering “green” pesticides and risk losing some of its customers, or should it keep offering its less expensive, more toxic products? This case shows how even when innovation leads to new...Starting at €8.20
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Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy
Fuller, Joseph B.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-316154-EEntrepreneurshipOn a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the comStarting at €8.20
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Amylin Pharmaceuticals B
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-813091-EEntrepreneurshipSupplement for case 809011Starting at €8.20
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Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle, Teaching Plan
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelTeaching Note HBS-817140-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 816072.Starting at €0.00
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Storehouse Tea: Cultivating Options for Growth
Chris Laszlo; Katherine Gullett; Stephanie HagenCase IVEY-9B18M202-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2017, the owner and founder of Storehouse Tea based in Cleveland, Ohio, was considering the company’s next move. Storehouse Tea focused on providing organic, fair trade certified teas, and the founder was committed to operating her business in a way that would have a positive impact in the world by providing work to local refugees. However, she wondered how she could scale this impact. Among her options, she could introduce product ext...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming Singapore's Public Libraries (Spanish Version)
Hallowell, Roger; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Neo, Boon SiongCase HBS-810S06EntrepreneurshipEl sistema de Singapur Biblioteca Pública se transformó de ser mediocre en el mejor de clase mundial utilizando la tecnología de la información, gestión progresiva de recursos humanos, y la comercialización se acerca inusual para las agencias gubernamentales.Starting at €8.20