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Turnaround to Growth (Spanish version)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Collins, ElizabethCase HBS-810S22Leadership and People ManagementDescribes IBM's decade of transformation. Provides background on the company's history and the factors that led to its near death in the early 1990s and to its remarkable turnaround during Lou Gerstner's reign as CEO. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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The Brink of Bankruptcy (Spanish version)
Applegate, Lynda M.Case HBS-815S01EntrepreneurshipEnables a thorough analysis of the Amazon.com business model and its evolution from 1994 to 2001. The case ends with the company poised on the brink of bankruptcy, and enables discussion of how to turnaround the company and leverage proprietary assets.Starting at €8.20
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Nestl : Nutrition, Health, and Wellness
Bell, David E.; McLoughlin, Damien P.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-517052-EMarketingStarting at €8.20
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Zespri Grows
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-519047-EMarketingControlling about a third of global kiwifruit exports by volume and nearly half by value in 2018, Zespri was a grower-owned "corporatized cooperative" with the exclusive right to export New Zealand-grown kiwifruit (except to Australia). Zespri did not grow fruit, but rather managed an integrated marketing system across the value chain. This coordinated structure enabled Zespri to control quality, build a brand, and command premium prices in expor...Starting at €8.20
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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
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U.S. Food Retail During the Pandemic: March 2020
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-520098-EMarketingThis note, written in late March 2020 and mainly U.S. focused, looks at the unfolding impact of the coronavirus pandemic on food retailers and their suppliers. It allows student to consider the challenges facing food retail executives as they navigate urgent supply chain challenges amid rapidly changing information and circumstances. It touches on developments in various segments of the supply chain, including farms, manufacturers, the trucking i...Starting at €8.20
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care
Huckman, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.; Gordon, Rachel; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-609016-EStrategyDescribes the Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a multidisciplinary unit that offers patients suffering from spinal problems "one-stop" access to a range of providers including orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, medical specialists in physical medicine and pain management, mental health providers, and occupational and physical therapists. The Center was created to address what its founder, James Weinstein, M.D., s...Starting at €8.20
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Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fabbe, Kristin E.; Al-Amin, Safwan; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-719020-EEconomicsWith SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia's largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region, Jordan, and Egypt. Almarai employed some 42,000 people across its operations, from its massive dairy farms to its processing plants to its vast sales and distribution operation that r...Starting at €8.20