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Regional Strategies for Global Leadership (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R0512FStrategyhome base, portfolio, hub, platform, and mandate. Some companies adopt the strategies in sequence, but the most nimble switch from one to another and combine approaches as their markets and businesses evolve. At Toyota, for example, exports from the home base continue to be substantial even as the company builds up an international manufacturing presence. And as Toyota achieves economies of scale and scope with a strong network of hubs, the comp...Starting at €8.20
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ZARA: Fast Fashion
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Nueno Iniesta, Jose LuisCase HBS-703497-EStrategyFocuses on Inditex, an apparel retailer from Spain, which has set up an extremely quick response system for its ZARA chain. Instead of predicting months before a season starts what women will want to wear, ZARA observes what's selling and what's not and continuously adjusts what it produces and merchandises on that basis. Powered by ZARA's success, Inditex has expanded into 39 countries, making it one of the most global retailers in the world. Bu...Starting at €8.20
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Value Retail: creación de una experiencia de lujo
Alvarez, Jose B.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-513S21MarketingValue Retail PLC propiedad y está gestionado una serie de destinos de compras prima (pueblos) en toda Europa. Pronto la compañía estaría entrando en un mercado totalmente nuevo: China. Pueblos de la compañía habían demostrado ser popular entre los dos compradores (muchos de los cuales eran turistas internacionales que habían llegado a Europa específicamente para visitar uno de Valor de venta al por menor Pueblos) y las marcas, algunas de las cual...Starting at €8.20
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Bord Bia: Strategically Growing Irish Exports
Alvarez, Jose B.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-519043-EMarketingAgriculture was Ireland's largest indigenous industry. Its agri-food sector was export-driven, with almost 90% of production exported. Bord Bia was the Irish government agency charged with the promotion, trade development and marketing of the Irish food, drink and horticulture industry. Bord Bia's CEO, Tara McCarthy, was shaping the government agency's new strategy amid a volatile socio-political environment (with Brexit and other cross border tr...Starting at €8.20
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Customer Loyalty Schemes in the Retail Sector
Alvarez, Jose B.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-511077-EMarketingCustomer loyalty schemes (or programs) are explicit efforts by retailers to gain long-term patronage from customers. Loyalty schemes are developed for a variety of reasons: to reward loyal customers, to generate more robust information about customer behavior, to influence consumer behavior, and as a defensive measure to combat a competing scheme. The purpose of this note is to describe the objectives of these schemes, including their origin and ...Starting at €8.20
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VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-514055-EMarketingIn 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its vegetable and flower production beyond Kenya into Ethiopia and Ghana; exploring new products such as sugar; and vertically integrating by bringing marketing and logistics operations in...Starting at €8.20
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Tesco Group Food, Teaching Note
Alvarez, Jose B.; McLoughlin, Damien P.; Shelman, MaryTeaching Note HBS-514102-EMarketingTeaching Note for Tesco Group Food, HBS No. 514022.Starting at €0.00
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Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef
Alvarez, Jose B.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-515001-EMarketingDr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product-made entirely from muscle grown in his lab-to give it the same taste, texture and appearance of a traditional beef hamburger. A previous iteration of this product had been taste tested live, with good results, and Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, had provided Post with much of the funding to make the burgers. The next step was to form an inde...Starting at €8.20
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Ocado Group: Ready for the Future
Alvarez, Jose B.; McLoughlin, Damien P.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-521061-EMarketingDescribes the outcome of Erik Peterson's meetings over the course of two days with a number of senior executives from the parent company. Students should have read the (A) and (B) cases. The (C) case may be assigned with the (D) case. A redisguised and updated version of earlier case 494-007.Starting at €8.20
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La adquisición de Abbey por Banco Santander: banca transfronteriza
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Ballarin, Eduardo; Campa, Jose ManuelCase HBS-707S15StrategyBanco Santander, el mayor banco comercial de España, anunció en julio de 2004 la adquisición de Abbey National Bank, el quinto mayor banco comercial U.K.. Esta transacción fue el mayor adquisición transfronteriza de la banca europea y resultaría en el banco décimo más grande en el mundo. Discute las principales fuentes de creación de valor de expansión y adquisiciones internacional en la industria de la banca comercial. Además, pone de relieve la...Starting at €8.20