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Amazon Go: Venturing into Traditional Retail
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Aurelia KarpCase IVEY-9B17M092-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2016, Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), the largest online retailer, entered the offline retailing industry by launching its first Amazon Go store in Seattle. Previously, the company had entered the food, diaper, and housekeeping product manufacturing industries with its Amazon Elements brand. The company had not been profitable until 2001 and was still facing some financial difficulties, but it was named the fourth most valuable public comp...Starting at €8.20
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Yves Saint Laurent: Strategic Leadership of Creative Directors
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Léo Guilbert; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B17M137-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn April 1, 2016, fashion house Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) announced the departure of its creative director who had been responsible for successfully reviving the struggling YSL brand since 2012. Three days after this surprising departure, the company announced that its next creative director would be a relatively inexperienced, 36-year-old designer. After decades of leadership turmoil and financial instability at YSL, the incoming creative directo...Starting at €8.20
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Mazda Motor Corporation: Surviving by Partnering with the Giants - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Tae Kyung Lee; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M117-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M117.Starting at €0.00
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Yves Saint Laurent: Strategic Leadership of Creative Directors - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Léo Guilbert; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M137-EStrategyTeaching Note for product 9B17M137.Starting at €0.00
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JinJiang Group: Globalization through State Ownership and Political Connection - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Qiannan ShiTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M019-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M019.Starting at €0.00
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EuropaCorp S.A.: A Second Attempt at a Turnaround
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Pierre JullienCase IVEY-9B18M174-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2017, the French film producer and distributor EuropaCorp S.A. (EuropaCorp) announced a historical record loss of €119.9 million. The company had almost doubled its revenues between 2001 and 2010 by using an integrated studio model, but the recent lossStarting at €8.20
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Tesla, Inc.: The Strategic Partnership for a New Gigafactory in China
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Viktor Johann WinklerCase IVEY-9B19M083-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn October 2018, Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), an American automotive and energy company, received an approval from Shanghai’s mayor to acquire a plot of land to build a new electric-vehicle (EV) factory, which was expected to produce its first cars in three years, and to have initial capacity of about 250,000 vehicles a year. This move was in response to a significant rise in the Chinese EV market and the additional tariffs imposed by the Chinese governm...Starting at €8.20
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: The Agile Transformation - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Teeta ErikateTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M006-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M006.Starting at €0.00
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The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Bucheli, MarceloCase HBS-807S06EconomicsExamines the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. Over the previous half century, United Fruit had built a large vertically integrated tropical fruit business that owned large banana plantations in the "banana republics" of Central America, including Guatemala. Examines the impact and role of United Fruit in the Guatemalan economy, one of the poorest in the world, and t...Starting at €8.20
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Global Beauty Made in Brazil (Spanish version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-807S26EntrepreneurshipExplores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and became characterized by high ethical and environmental standards. Natura began to seek international markets in 1982, but experienced many setbacks until surviving the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. The company opene...Starting at €8.20