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Shelby Division 2012
Christopher Williams; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M126-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.’s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming plastic gasoline tanks for global automotive companies such as General Motors, Ford and Toyota. The vice-president is looking at ways to restart growth at Shelby, a division that has been the subject of a turnaround effort from 2007 to 2010. In fact, the vice-president has committed to his ...Starting at €8.20
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Montana Plastics Inc.: The Shelby Division in 2014
Christopher Williams; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B15M037-EStrategyIn May 2014, the newly installed director of global operations for Montana Plastic's Shelby Division, a producer of plastic gasoline tanks for global automotive brands such as General Motors, Ford and Toyota, is trying to turn the division around as it is suffering waste rates of 30 per cent. At the same time, topline growth is slowing dramatically, profitability is dropping, competition from Asia-based companies is heating up and employee turnov...Starting at €8.20
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Xerox Innovation Group - From Products to Services
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M034-EStrategyThe world's leading documents company is in a transformation mode. From being a provider of cutting-edge technology products for decades, it is moving towards providing product-service combinations. As a person driving this enterprise-wide change, the head of Xerox Innovation Group (XIG) is facing two specific issues. How should XIG become more customer-centric? How should the company build new competencies to provide consistent services across d...Starting at €8.20
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A.T. Kearney Inc.: The Push to become a Management Consulting Titan
Florian Wiesner; Jonathan Chen; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B20M180-EStrategyIn the first quarter of 2019, A.T. Kearney Inc.’s managing partner had to find a strategy that would help the company move into the top tier of the world’s management consultancy firms. The new leader was only the ninth managing partner in the firm’s histStarting at €8.20
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Tesco's Fresh & Easy: Learning from the U.S. Exit
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13M126-EStrategyIn mid-April 2013, the chief executive officer of Tesco PLC, the world’s third largest global retailer headquartered in London, United Kingdom, must explain to shareholders his decision to close down the operations of the fully owned subsidiary, Fresh & Easy Neighborhoods Market Inc., in the United States. Following a December 2012 strategic review that reported that the subsidiary was not delivering acceptable returns, operations have already be...Starting at €8.20
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Resuming Internationalization at Starbucks
Mario Koster; Rob Alkema; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B10M073-EStrategyStarbucks enjoyed tremendous growth over the previous two decades. In 2007, it had a global reach of over 17,000 stores in 56 countries. Between 2007 and 2009, however, Starbucks' relentless march was slowed by three forces: increasingly intense competition, rising coffee bean prices and a global economic recession. In order to remain profitable, the company started to scale back its overseas operations. In 2010, Starbucks was faced with a critic...Starting at €8.20
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Merchant Bank: Dundee Community (RP-3): Role Play for Bob Kruger, Branch Manager (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS11Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente de sucursal se encuentra preparando la reunión de despidos por redundancia de puestos. La persona que está por ser despedida es la sugerente de sucursal con 24 años de servicio. El gerente también atenderá la reunión como apoyo moral y consejero, de ser necesario. (Este es el cuarto en una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS08 al 9A95CS11).Starting at €8.20
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Merchant Bank: Palliser Community (RP-2): Role Play for Chris Langford, Community Manager (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS14Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente del banco debe despedir al gerente de sucursal. Posee una copia de la carta de despido y ya ha recibido un llamado telefónico del director de recursos humanos informándole que prosiga con el despido. (Este es el tercero de una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS12 al 9A95CS15).Starting at €8.20
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Merchant Bank: Dundee Community (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS08Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente debe discutir con el gerente de sucursal el inminente proceso de despido en el que se incluye el despido de la sugerente de sucursal. (Este es el primero de una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS08 al 9A95CS11).Starting at €8.20
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Business Process Outsourcing at Apollo Health Street
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B11M041-EStrategyThe managing director of Apollo Health Street (AHS), a health care business process outsourcing (BPO) company headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States, was pondering two dilemmas: achieving short-term growth for his company, and finding new ways to compete in a changing industry. AHS was itself a subsidiary of Apollo Health Enterprises Ltd., an integrated health care company located in Hyderabad, India. AHS had been growing at an 80 per cent ...Starting at €8.20