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Mavi: Fashioning a Path to Brand Growth
Avery, Jill; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-517075-EMarketingThis case examines the strategic choices and business model with regards to branding at Mavi, a leading Turkish apparel retailer. The case is presented from the perspective of the company CEO and its global brand director who is also part owner. In 2015, Mavi had sales of $419 million, up 20% from the previous year. Growth rates like these were becoming routine at Mavi. But, the path to growth was getting more challenging, and Turkven, Mavi's pri...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (A): Democratizing Furniture in Morocco
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719420-EStrategyThe case opens in 2013 as Amine Benkirane, founder and CEO of the leading Moroccan furniture company KITEA, contemplates the loss his company has incurred for the first time in its 20-year history. The case then describes KITEA's origins and provides a detailed overview of the business plan that enabled Benkirane to bring affordable modern furniture in flatpacks to the Moroccan market, which had previously been dominated by unorganized artisans. ...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719421-EStrategyThe case opens in September 2015, when IKEA is about to open its first store in Morocco. It then chronicles the efforts of KITEA CEO Amine Benkirane and his son Othman between 2013 and 2015 to prepare KITEA for IKEA's entry. After incurring losses for the first time in 2013, KITEA had bounced back and recorded profits and growth in 2014 and 2015. The improvements in supply chain management, product range, and relationships with stakeholders that ...Starting at €5.74
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Eólica de Composites, S.A. (ECSA) - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-12-EService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €0.00
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Jesús de Benito at S&P (B): The sale and subsequent integration in Gedas
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-54-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipJesús decided to sell the company. Due diligence started in February 2000. The first predictions suggested that the deal would be closed in the fall, as the German partners had to give its approval. Jesús urged the buyer to speed up the process, as, according to him, the company was completely sound, with no debt or hidden liabilities. He faced the future without neglecting the commitment he had acquired to a workforce that had helped him get to ...Starting at €5.74
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Starbucks Corporation: Fighting Racial Bias - Teaching Note
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M001-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M001.Starting at €0.00
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Contributor Funding And The Turnaround of The Guardian - Teaching Note
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M138-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M138.Starting at €0.00
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Corona Beer: Ambiguous Brand Association during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20A063-EMarketingIn early 2020, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Google Trends data revealed a surge in the use of the search terms “Corona beer virus” and “beer virus” by users of the Google search engine. A survey conducted around that time also seemed to suggest that consumers were less likely to buy Corona beer, which led various major media outlets to misrepresent the accuracy of the findings regarding consumer beliefs about the association between ...Starting at €8.20
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Boeing 737 MAX: Dethroned by Competitive Rivalry - Teaching Note
Saurabh Bhattacharya; Arpita AgnihotriTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M035-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M035.Starting at €0.00
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The WeWork Company: Internationalization of a Born Global Firm - Teaching Note
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M045-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M045.Starting at €0.00