HBSP (USA)
-
Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals (Spanish version)
Kumar, NirmalyaArticle HBS-R0612FStrategySlashing prices usually lowers profits for incumbents without driving the low-cost entrants out of business. Companies take various approaches to competing against cut-price players. Some differentiate their products--a strategy that works only in certain circumstances. Others launch low-cost businesses of their own, as many airlines did in the 1990s--a so-called dual strategy that succeeds only if companies can generate synergies between the ex...Starting at €8.20
-
How Emerging Giants Are Rewriting the Rules of M&A (Spanish version)
Kumar, NirmalyaArticle HBS-R0905KStrategyThis 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. While Western companies struggle with mergers and acquisitions, emerging giants like Indian aluminum producer Hindalco are using M&A as their main globalization strategy. That's partly because developing economies grew at near double-digit rates in the past 15 year...Starting at €8.20
-
Staples, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Bell, David E.Case HBS-503S59MarketingGrapas no está satisfecho con el merchandising de su mobiliario de oficina. El caso analiza la situación, permitiendo a los estudiantes a tener en cuenta si la categoría se debe dejar caer o ser cambiado. Permite la consideración de la cartera de productos de un posicionamiento implica, y alienta un debate sobre merchandising esta categoría en particular.Starting at €8.20
-
7-Eleven, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Bell, David E.; Hogan, HalCase HBS-507S03MarketingPuede 7-Eleven Estados Unidos replicar la experiencia exitosa de 7-Eleven Japón en la venta de alimentos frescos a través de tiendas de conveniencia? Describe el sistema japonés y muestra los pasos que la compañía está tomando para tratar de lograr el mismo éxito en los Estados Unidos.Starting at €8.20
-
Don't Be Undersold!
Steenkamp, Jan-Benedict E.M.; Kumar, NirmalyaArticle HBS-R0912K-EMarketing"Aldi" is a word that strikes fear in the hearts of brand managers across Europe. A chain of low-budget retail stores with sales of $73.5 billion in 2008, Aldi invented what is commonly referred to as the hard-discount store, a format that is destroying between a quarter and a half trillion dollars in brand sales annually. Brand executives at major consumer packaged goods companies have mostly been caught off guard by this success. The authors' r...Starting at €8.20
-
Hormel Foods
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-520045-EMarketingIn 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known for its legacy meat-based brands such as Hormel Pepperoni and Spam. It also owns brands (many acquired recently) that consumers might not associate with Hormel, such as Wholly Guac...Starting at €8.20
-
Diamond Foods
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-510013-ECEO Michael Mendes has transformed a grower-owned cooperative into a publicly traded top marketer of snack foods. Diamond's organization, culture, product development process, advertising and promotion strategy, and specifically its marketing department have been built "from the ground up" to address fundamental changes in retail structure and consumer behavior. Can the Diamond model be successfully applied to other food categories?Starting at €8.20
-
Diamond Foods, Teaching Note
Bell, David E.; Kindred, Natalie; Shelman, MaryTeaching Note HBS-510067-ETeaching Note for 510013..Starting at €0.00
-
Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World, Teaching Note
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryTeaching Note HBS-510101-EStrategyTeaching Note for [510025].Starting at €0.00
-
Los Grobo: Farming's Future
Bell, David E.; Scott, CintraCase HBS-511088-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550 million in annual sales, Los Grobo also operated in Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay--usually with local partners. Los Grobo had an unusual business model: it did not own land nor farm machinery. Instead, it created a network of ...Starting at €8.20