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Caso de estudio: Un inversionista ngel con una agenda personal
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizArticle HBS-R1103MEntrepreneurshipGloria Londoño, el dueño de una cadena de centros de día innovadoras e integrales para las personas mayores en España, se ofrece 3 millones de euros por Victor Serna, un acaudalado médico-inversor. A cambio, Serna quiere una participación del 25%, un puesto en la junta, un voto en todas las decisiones estratégicas, y la posibilidad de liquidar su posición en cinco años, ya sea a través de una oferta pública o una venta. Sus términos no son negoci...Starting at €8.20
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Rise of Kmart Corporation 1962-1987 (Spanish Version)
Wells, John R.; Haglock, TravisCase HBS-716S04StrategySigue el desarrollo de la cadena de tiendas de descuento Kmart desde su creación en 1961 hasta su pico en 1990 y examina la contribución de cada director ejecutivo de Kmart para el éxito de la cadena. En paralelo, compara el rendimiento de Wal-Mart durante el mismo período a lo largo de una serie de dimensiones financieras y estratégicas.Starting at €8.20
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Madrileña Red de Gas (A): Reinventing the Company With the Motto "Our Customers Must Not Suffer"
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizCase P-1184-EService and Operations ManagementThe CEO of MRG (Madrileña Red de Gas) wanted to reinvent his company as if it existed in an open market and not in the current regulated one. Using Professor Muñoz-Seca's SPDM (Service Problem Driven Management) framework, a conceptual scheme for operations in service companies, the MRG management team changed how they structured their service by establishing their own operational structure and working with the operational structure of their part...Starting at €8.20
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Madrileña Red de Gas (B): Reinventing the Company With the Motto "Our Customers Must Not Suffer"
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizCase P-1185-EService and Operations ManagementThe CEO of MRG (Madrileña Red de Gas) wanted to reinvent his company as if it existed in an open market and not in the current regulated one. Using Professor Muñoz-Seca's SPDM (Service Problem Driven Management) framework, a conceptual scheme for operations in service companies, the MRG management team changed how they structured their service by establishing their own operational structure and working with the operational structure of their part...Starting at €5.74
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The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717424-EStrategyIn 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held company revealed little about its future plans or its operations, leading one journalist to write of "the quiet ascension of LA Fitness." However, it continued to expand aggressively...Starting at €8.20
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Clear Channel (A): The Rise, 1972-2003
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717476-EStrategyAt the end of 2003, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a diversified media group with revenues of $8.9 billion, could claim leadership positions in all three of its main businesses. Clear Channel Broadcasting was the largest radio-station operator in the world, with sales of $3.7 billion and EBITDA of $1.6 billion. Clear Channel Outdoor was the largest outdoor advertiser in the world, with revenues of $2.2 billion generating EBITDA of $581 milli...Starting at €8.20
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Cantel Medical
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717482-EStrategyCantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier. Chief Executive Officer J rgen B. Hansen, appointed on August 1, 2016, was aiming to double the size of the business again. Cantel operated in three major vertical market segments...Starting at €8.20
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CarMax: Disrupting the Used Car Market, Teaching Note
Luo, Hong; Wells, John R.Teaching Note HBS-718434-EStrategyTeaching Note for case 717506.Starting at €0.00
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Celata Bioinnovations
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-720427-EIn December 2019, Jon Hu (Harvard Business School MBA, 2019) and Dr. Samantha Dale Strasser, co-founders of Celata Bioinnovations, were raising $1 million to launch their company. They had founded Celata less than six months earlier with the aim of redefining the drug discovery process. Celata's platform used novel data types and a unique data integration process to generate hypotheses about proteins that were involved in the formation and progre...Starting at €8.20
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The Fall of Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713402-EStrategyOn January 16, 2009, after a dismal holiday season, Circuit City was forced into liquidation. Unable to meet creditors' demands, and with no acquirer in sight, Circuit City began the process of liquidating its remaining 567 U.S. stores. Circuit City had been the leader in consumer electronics retailing for nearly twenty years when its profits peaked in 2000. What led to its dramatic decline? Why did three CEOs fail to turn it around? Were these p...Starting at €8.20