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Universal Print Systems Limited: Exploring Operations Strategy Options
Sivakumar AlurCase IVEY-9B15D016-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyUniversal Print Systems Limited, located in Southern India, provides self-adhesive label printing for such end-user businesses as the passenger car and alcoholic beverages industries. Although larger markets exist in Western and Northern India, 80 per cent of its customers are located in Southern India. Because of the company’s low capacity utilization, management is contemplating its operations strategy options, including aggressively pursuing b...Starting at €8.20
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Primacy: Global Design from India
Ajith J. Kumar; Sivakumar AlurCase IVEY-9B13M027-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Best case in the Innovation Management category, 2012 ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition. An Indian company was planning to set up a Global Design Competence Centre (GDCC) in India. The company offered scented candles and holiday and gift products primarily for the U.S. market. Through its two American subsidiaries, it made and sold its products to large American mass-merchandisers and independent retailers. In-house design cap...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sinha, JayantArticle HBS-R0506CEconomicsThey lack specialized intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract-enforcing methods. These gaps have made it difficult for multinationals to succeed in developing nations; thus, many companies have resisted investing there. That may be a mistake. If Western companies don't come up with good strategies for engaging with emerging markets, they are unlikely to remain competitive. Many firms choose their markets and strategies for the wrong rea...Starting at €8.20
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Tata Nano - The People's Car (Spanish version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Anand, Bharat N.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-711S33StrategyThe case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (Chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, Managing Director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price - quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionar...Starting at €8.20
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Dou Group: Evaluación de Socios para el Garanti Bank
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Bullock, Richard J.Case HBS-714S02Knowledge and CommunicationEn agosto de 2005, la dirección del Grupo Dogus de Turquía considera oportunidades para su empresa insignia, Garanti Bank, asociarse con una institución financiera extranjera. El caso describe el sector bancario turco y la posición de Garanti Bank dentro de ella, y le pide a los estudiantes a considerar si la asociación tiene sentido para Garanti y, si es así, qué licitador se debe seleccionar.Starting at €8.20
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Scotty Smiley
Snook, Scott A.; Crandall, DougCase HBS-412058-ELeadership and People ManagementU.S. Army Lieutenant Scotty Smiley faces the biggest challenge of his young life. What will he do after learning that the wounds he received from a car bomb in Iraq have left him permanently blinded? On April 6, 2005, Lieutenant Scotty Smiley was grievously wounded by a suicide bomber while leading his infantry platoon during a combat patrol in Iraq. This is a biographical case that outlines who Scotty was prior to this incident and asks readers ...Starting at €8.20
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Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Andrews, PhillipCase HBS-712408-EStrategyIn 2011, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $20 billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. This case describes Haier's rise over three decades, from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Shandong province to an international player with $5.5 billion in overseas sales. Haier had followed a nontraditional expansion strategy of entering the developed markets of Europe ...Starting at €8.20
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Bharti Tele-Ventures, Teaching Note
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Teaching Note HBS-707467-EStrategyTeaching note to 704426.Starting at €0.00
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Teaching Note
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Teaching Note HBS-708419-EStrategyTeaching note to 707441.Starting at €0.00
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Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank, Teaching Note
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Teaching Note HBS-709490-EStrategyTeaching Note for [709401].Starting at €0.00