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Wolters Brewery (B): Traditions for the Future
Klaus MeyerCase IVEY-9B12M010-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Wolters Brewery (A): Negotiating Restructuring. It gives a debriefing of the (A) case. It is also an independent case on small- and medium-sized enterprises facing issues of local brand marketing in an industry increasingly dominated by global players, and of developing exports from scratch.Starting at €5.74
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True Fruits: A Juiced-Up Internationalization Strategy
Marc Fetscherin; Patrick SellCase IVEY-9B17A058-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2017, True Fruits, a German smoothie company, was operating in three European markets. The company had developed flash pasteurization, which was an efficient and gentle production process that made their product one of the highest quality smoothies in the world. The company successfully exported its product to premium Austrian and Swiss supermarkets, and was planning further expansion within Europe. True Fruits had strong brand loyalty, and a ...Starting at €8.20
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Wolters Brewery (A): Negotiating Restructuring
Klaus MeyerCase IVEY-9B12M009-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyPart (A) of this case series presents the situation of a multinational brewer, InBev, having acquired several breweries in Germany, and wishing to proceed with operational integration and the closure of smaller, less efficient plants. This move triggers resistance not only from the local workforce, but the local community. For InBev, this is a case of corporate restructuring and strategy implementation. Yet for a group of local entrepreneurs, thi...Starting at €8.20
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LIDL: A German Grocer in the United States
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiCase IVEY-9B19A007-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German grocery chain Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Lidl) opened its first 20 U.S. stores in the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Key target segments of Lidl were budget-conscious customers, middle-class families with children, and elderly customers on a fixed income. Lidl offered lower prices than its competitors and quickly gained a strong advantage in the marketplace. Despite high early consumer demand, ho...Starting at €8.20
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Jumbo vs. Líder. La Batalla por el Mercado Chileno
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-004MarketingEn la primavera de 2004, el mercado chileno del retail parecía no tener descanso. Las noticias de trascendentales cambios propiciados por grandes actores se sucedían unas a otras sin tregua. A vuelta de Fiestas Patrias, Almacenes París “levantaba” a Pablo Turner de la Gerencia General de Falabella. El último día de agosto, Cencosud anunció la compra de la cadena Montecarlo con 14 locales y dos en construcción, y un 2,7% de participación de mercad...Starting at €8.20
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Quatro (A): Lanzamiento en Chile
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-005AMarketingA principios de 1996, Coca Cola buscaba una nueva bebida para lanzar en Chile con el objetivo de generar un volumen incremental rentable a costa de algunos productos de la competencia. Habían escogido a Quatro, una bebida diferente con sabor a pomelo, que había tenido éxito en Argentina y Colombia. Se preguntaban si el lanzamiento que habían preparado para Chile podía alcanzar resultados similares.Starting at €8.20
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CMPC Celulosa S.A.
Martínez, J., Barchiesi, F., Campos, I., Eitner, E., Yuraszeck, F.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-07-014MarketingEn una fría mañana de agosto de 1997, Luis Llanos, Gerente de Estudios de CMPC Celulosa S.A., conducía su automóvil por las congestionadas avenidas que llevan al Centro Cívico de Santiago, donde se ubica el edificio corporativo del holding forestal más grande y tradicional de Chile. No podía dejar de reflexionar sobre las implicancias que la recomendación que debía hacer en las próximas horas al Directorio de la Matriz, tendría en la estrategia d...Starting at €8.20
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Employer branding en Siemens: ¿quién lidera la marca (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingEn 2015, Siemens se enfrentaba a una crisis de reclutamiento. En un momento en que la digitalización y la ciencia de datos eran claves para la ingeniería, se vio compitiendo con empresas como Google, Apple o Microsoft, mucho más atractivas para trabajar. De hecho, una encuesta de la propia compañía reveló que casi todos sus grupos de interés la veían como una empresa anticuada, poco atractiva y conservadora, una imagen que no reflejaba el trabajo...Starting at €8.20
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Siemens Employer Branding: Who Owns the Brand (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era in which digitization and data science were key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent against the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place to work than those hotshot companies. After carrying out a survey, Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative comp...Starting at €8.20
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L'Oréal USA: Digitally Optimizing Consumer Insights
Dennis Paris; Sheri Lambert; Amy LavinCase IVEY-9B21A012-EMarketingNima Gohil, head of the new digital and creative consumer research department at L’Oréal USA (L’Oréal), was preparing for the upcoming January 2016 board meeting at L’Oréal’s research and innovation headquarters in Clark, New Jersey. L’Oréal’s competitors were using new digital media to highlight beauty products to current and new users, and L’Oréal was under pressure to develop a better way to connect with consumers to maintain—if not grow—marke...Starting at €8.20