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Levi Strauss & Co.: Aprovisionamiento Global (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Katz, Jane PalleyCase HBS-309S43Knowledge and CommunicationEn 1993, los altos directivos en Levi Strauss & Co., el mayor fabricante de la marca de ropa del mundo, estaban decidiendo si la empresa debe tener una presencia comercial en China, teniendo en cuenta los derechos humanos y otros problemas allí. El Grupo de Política de China ha pedido a utilizar "enfoque de razonamiento de principios" de la compañía para hacer una recomendación basada en los valores éticos de la empresa y las directrices de abast...Starting at €8.20
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Women's Tennis Association Comes to China - But Who (B)
W. Glenn Rowe; Sharda PrashadCase IVEY-9B10M027-EStrategyIn 2007, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) was facing a saturated market for women's tennis and identified Asia as a growth area. Subsequently, it committed to opening a regional office in Beijing but was unsure how to approach staffing the local office. The dilemma revolved around the intricacies of determining the appropriate mix of local employees and expatriates. The goal of the staffing plan was to achieve a quick, efficient and lasting p...Starting at €5.74
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Consultancy Development Organization
W. Glenn Rowe; Unnat KohliCase IVEY-9B08M034-EStrategyThe director of Consultancy Development Organization (CDO), a not-for-profit organization that helps develop the consultancy profession in India, needs to respond to CDO's poor morale and specifically to the recent incident with the deputy director of projects. The director's encounter with the deputy director was the latest in a series of frustrating experiences that he has faced since joining CDO the previous year. The director needs to decide ...Starting at €8.20
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Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Katz, Jane PalleyCase HBS-395127-EIn 1993, senior managers at Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, were deciding whether the company should have a business presence in China, given the human rights and other problems there. The China Policy Group has been asked to use the company's "principled reasoning approach" to make a recommendation based on the company's ethical values and newly-adopted global sourcing guidelines.Starting at €8.20
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Yama Ribbons & Bows Co., Ltd.: Where to Next
Zhiduan Xu; W. Glenn RoweCase IVEY-9B14M077-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn March, 2014, the founder and chairman of the board of Yama Ribbons & Bows Co., Ltd., the world's largest polyester ribbon manufacturer based in Xiamen, China, was reflecting on the awards, accolades, victories and revenue growth that he had achieved over the past 16 years. In spite of the problems that beset the Chinese ribbons industry — intense competition, rising labour and production costs and strict international regulation of imports — t...Starting at €8.20
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Women's Tennis Association in Asia - But Where (A)
W. Glenn Rowe; Sharda PrashadCase IVEY-9B10M026-EStrategyIn 2007, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) was facing a saturated market for women's tennis and identified the emerging middle-class in Asia as a growth area. The chief operating officer (COO) of the WTA was faced with a dilemma: He had to decide the new location of the Asian regional office of the WTA and present his recommendation at both the next board meeting and the WTA Global Advisory Council. The COO's presentation had to include the ra...Starting at €8.20
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Victory Bank Limited (A)
W. Glenn Rowe; Unnat KohliCase IVEY-9B08M096-EStrategyThe vice-president of corporate and institutional banking at Victory Bank Limited (VBL) finds himself in a political imbroglio. He needs to respond to the request by VBL's head of retail and private banking to join his team, even though the vice-president shares an excellent relationship with his current boss and is a star performer within the organization. The vice-president needs to decide his next steps: whether to accept that new role or to d...Starting at €8.20
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Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (B) (Spanish Version)
Paine, Lynn Sharp; Katz, Jane PalleyCase HBS-309S45Knowledge and CommunicationDescribe la decisión tomada por el CEO de Levi Strauss & Co..Starting at €5.74
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Fara Management Organization (FMO): The Fara System Decision
W. Glenn Rowe; Pouya SeifzadehCase IVEY-9B13M043-EStrategyThe founder and CEO of a management company needs to address the future of its joint venture in Iran with a U.S. developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The joint venture partners need to decide whether to pursue a potential client’s request for a custom version of the ERP system that the joint venture sells. The two partners disagree regarding the strategic direction forward, but must make a decision.Starting at €8.20
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XiamenAir in 2014: The Dreamliner Decision
W. Glenn Rowe; Xiaomei GuoCase IVEY-9B14M054-EStrategyIn spring 2014, XiamenAir is the most profitable of the five largest airlines in China. With bases in Xiamen, Fuzhou and Hangzhou, its flight network covers major cities in China with international service to Macao, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian countries. The company prides itself on its differentiation strategy: customer service, building a brand and reputation that its customers trust and providing a service for which its custome...Starting at €8.20