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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20
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Longchamp
Avery, Jill; Junker, Tonia; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-316086-EMarketingLongchamp's Le Pliage is one of the fashion world's most successful products, a cultural icon across the globe. But managing the low priced, nylon handbag is challenging as Longchamp tries to move its brand upmarket into higher priced, luxury leather goodStarting at €8.20
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L'Oreal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-311118-EMarketingWorldwide, and in the U.S. marketplace in particular, the French cachet of L'Or al was one of its most powerful marketing tools. However, with the opening up of emerging markets, L'Or al had to cater to a diverse customer base: an aging population in thStarting at €8.20
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How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create--or Destroy--Your Company's Strategy
Bower, Joseph L.; Gilbert, ClarkArticle HBS-R0702C-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Senior executives have long been frustrated by the disconnection between the plans and strategies they devise and the actual behavior of the managers throughout the company. This article approaches the problem from the ground up, recognizing that every time a manag...Starting at €8.20
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High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital (A)
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-312007-ELate in 2010, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan and his team closed in on the decision of whether or not to issue contingent capital, which Swiss regulators would require by 2019. There were a number of substantial issues facing Dougan and his team, including whether contingent capital would provide sufficient loss absorption when called upon, would there be sufficient demand for this new instrument, would it be cost effective capital, and what were...Starting at €8.20
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High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital (B)
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-312008-EThe B case describes the process and terms of the very successful offerings of contingent capital in February 2011, as well as The Basel Committee's preliminary decision not to allow contingent capital to count as Tier 1 equity.Starting at €5.74
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-312034-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one ofStarting at €8.20
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (B)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-312035-EThe case describes Albert "Jack" Stanley's response to actions initiated against him by the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC.Starting at €5.74
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Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. - The Belle of the Ball
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-313017-EIn November of 2011 Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a global property and casualty reinsurance company, announced it had agreed to sell itself to Alleghany Corporation, ending "the most frenzied takeover battle" of 2011, which involved competitors, Warren Buffett's National Indemnity, and private equity investors. The agreement with Alleghany came after Transatlantic's failed effort at a merger of equals, and a several other unsuccessful bids for t...Starting at €8.20
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (C)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-313019-EThe international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one of the JV partners. The (A) case discusses the JV's "business as usual" approach to doing business in the context of Nigeria's political culture and the involvement of Albert "Jack" Stanley, the JV'...Starting at €5.74