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Hormel Foods
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-520045-EMarketingIn 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known for its legacy meat-based brands such as Hormel Pepperoni and Spam. It also owns brands (many acquired recently) that consumers might not associate with Hormel, such as Wholly Guac...Starting at €8.20
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Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fabbe, Kristin E.; Al-Amin, Safwan; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-719020-EEconomicsWith SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia's largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region, Jordan, and Egypt. Almarai employed some 42,000 people across its operations, from its massive dairy farms to its processing plants to its vast sales and distribution operation that r...Starting at €8.20
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Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil, Teaching Note
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieTeaching Note HBS-512014-EMarketingTeaching Note for 511015.Starting at €0.00
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BabbaCo
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Jain, GauravCase HBS-813107-EEntrepreneurshipHaving just raised a Series B financing, the case protagonist is faced with a tough decision: should she "step on the gas" and scale the customer base, or continue focusing on fine-tuning the product and business model. The case describes the various marketing channels employed by the BabbaCo team (Search, Email, Social Media, Deal Sites, Affiliates, etc.), including the strategy and effectiveness for each. Readers can use this knowledge to evalu...Starting at €8.20
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-313016-EStrategyShanghai Pharmaceuticals (SPH), a vertically integrated Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate, was considering its strategic options in the context of a rapidly evolving industry, policy, and economic environment. The company-essentially a collection of subsidiaries operating under a unified management structure-was formed through the 2009 merger of several state-owned enterprises, part of a broad policy effort in China to streamline state assets, ...Starting at €8.20
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Acibadem Healthcare Group
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, Natalie; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-315120-EThis case focuses on Ac badem Healthcare Group's, Turkey's only premium nationwide hospital network, potential expansion strategies after it was acquired by International Healthcare Holdings Berhad (IHH) in 2011, the world's second-largest publicly listed health care group and a private hospital leader in Singapore and Malaysia. By providing perspectives on both Ac badem and IHH-Parkway-Pantai's operational models, growth aspirations, collabora...Starting at €8.20
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Growth Hacking at Bazaart (B)
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-815077-EEntrepreneurshipGrowth Hacking at Bazaart (B)" provides a brief update of what has transpired at Bazaart since the timing of "Growth Hacking at Bazaart (A).Starting at €5.74
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C16 Biosciences: Lab-Grown Palm Oil
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-820008-EEntrepreneurshipSynthetic biology start-up C16 Biosciences wants to solve a big problem: replace palm oil, a major contributor to deforestation and climate change, with a lab-grown substitute. CEO Shara Ticku has ambitious plans to supply her lab-grown palm oil to food manufacturers, who use palm oil liberally in a variety of products from ice cream to margarine. In bringing her product to market, Ticku faces a tough decision. Should she roll out the product fir...Starting at €8.20
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C16 Biosciences: Lab-Grown Palm Oil, Teaching Plan
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Hull, Olivia; Martin, MelTeaching Note HBS-820071-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching plan for case 820008.Starting at €0.00
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Measures to Improve Performance (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-117S10Accounting and ControlThe widespread cheating scandal that rocked the Atlanta public school system in 2010 and 2011 illustrates how high-stakes performance pressure, without sufficient risk controls, can drive dangerous behavior. After becoming superintendent of the low-income and academically struggling Atlanta, Georgia school system in 1999, Beverly Hall implemented new measurement systems-many of them derived from business best practices-to motivate and evaluate th...Starting at €8.20