HBSP (USA)
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The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717424-EStrategyIn 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held company revealed little about its future plans or its operations, leading one journalist to write of "the quiet ascension of LA Fitness." However, it continued to expand aggressively...Starting at €8.20
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Clear Channel (A): The Rise, 1972-2003
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717476-EStrategyAt the end of 2003, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a diversified media group with revenues of $8.9 billion, could claim leadership positions in all three of its main businesses. Clear Channel Broadcasting was the largest radio-station operator in the world, with sales of $3.7 billion and EBITDA of $1.6 billion. Clear Channel Outdoor was the largest outdoor advertiser in the world, with revenues of $2.2 billion generating EBITDA of $581 milli...Starting at €8.20
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Cantel Medical
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717482-EStrategyCantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier. Chief Executive Officer J rgen B. Hansen, appointed on August 1, 2016, was aiming to double the size of the business again. Cantel operated in three major vertical market segments...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (A): Democratizing Furniture in Morocco
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719420-EStrategyThe case opens in 2013 as Amine Benkirane, founder and CEO of the leading Moroccan furniture company KITEA, contemplates the loss his company has incurred for the first time in its 20-year history. The case then describes KITEA's origins and provides a detailed overview of the business plan that enabled Benkirane to bring affordable modern furniture in flatpacks to the Moroccan market, which had previously been dominated by unorganized artisans. ...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719421-EStrategyThe case opens in September 2015, when IKEA is about to open its first store in Morocco. It then chronicles the efforts of KITEA CEO Amine Benkirane and his son Othman between 2013 and 2015 to prepare KITEA for IKEA's entry. After incurring losses for the first time in 2013, KITEA had bounced back and recorded profits and growth in 2014 and 2015. The improvements in supply chain management, product range, and relationships with stakeholders that ...Starting at €5.74
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MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha
Kerr, William R.; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-819019-EEntrepreneurshipThe case opens in 2017 with two of the five co-founders of MISHA telling the company's CEO Michal Portz that they believe it is time for the global venture to shut down its operations and cease investments. Portz and another co-founder believe MISHA can still work. The case describes the origins of the ready-to-use capsule solution for shisha smokers and the evolution of MISHA from idea to product design, manufacturing, marketing, and distributi...Starting at €8.20
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Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005-2016
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717422-EStrategyBy many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, in 2014 Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting fraud which indicated that it had never made a profit, several groups of investors tried to rescue the company, but their efforts were to no avail. It was an ignominious end.Starting at €5.74
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The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717459-EStrategyIn September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc., completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco effectively acquired U.S.-based Johnson Controls in a tax inversion deal that saved $150 million a year in taxes. Operating synergies were estimated at $500 million over three years. ...Starting at €8.20
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Danaher Corporation, 2007-2017
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-717464-EStrategyOn July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher's stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation businesses, leaving the "new Danaher" focused on life sciences, diagnostics, dental, water quality, and product-identification businesses. It was hardly the first industrial conglomerate ...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (D): Further Changes
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719489-EStrategyThe case opens in February 2016, when the official date of IKEA's store opening (March 16, 2016) is announced after a five month delay. It reviews the changes that Amine and Othman Benkirane had made to KITEA's workforce in the extra five months afforded by the delay, and asks if KITEA is now ready to compete successfully against IKEA.Starting at €5.74