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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
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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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COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd.
Bell, David E.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-508079-EMarketingIn 2005, COFCO Ltd., one of China's largest and most successful companies, acquired Xinjiang Tunhe, a tomato processing firm, which had been, in recent years, poorly managed. COFCO changed Tunhe's management team and set out to create a culture of professionalism and impressed upon the employees that the customer came first. Qin Yelong, Tunhe president, had ambitious goals for the company. he wanted Tunhe to be the world's largest supplier of tom...Starting at €8.20
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PureCircle
Bell, David E.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-510032-EStrategyIn December 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA determined that high-purity Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircie manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a table top sweetener in the U.S.-the largest market for sugar and sweeteners in the world. While the FDA's determination was the breakthrough the company had hoped for, much remained un...Starting at €8.20
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OSI in China
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-513045-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. OSI, one of the world's largest suppliers of processed meats to McDonald's and other QSRs, was in the middle of a $400M expansion in China that included backward integration into poultry production. However, its current customers took only a portion of each bird produced and OSI had to develop a go-to-market strategy for the rest. The case describes the opportunities and cha...Starting at €8.20
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Phil's Haulage
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Brian LangenCase IVEY-9B15B002-EAccounting and ControlThe president and CEO of a commercial group must assess his options after his company’s recent acquisition of a small hauling company. This new company transported construction materials and aggregates from one location to another. After a few successful years of growth in the hauling business, the CEO wondered whether the new company should expand into the excavating business. He needed to evaluate the health of the current operations from a pro...Starting at €8.20
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Smith Commercial Developments
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Brian LangenCase IVEY-9B16B001-EAccounting and ControlIn 2014, the president of a commercial development company needed to secure investor financing to develop a retail plaza. He must analyze the development’s costs and benefits in order to convince investors to finance the project. The president wanted to create value while reducing risk for both the company and the investor group when deciding whether to move forward with this opportunity. He had a week to perform his qualitative analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Totally Tidy by Tilly
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Brian LangenCase IVEY-9B16B009-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSpring cleaning season 2015 was about to begin in a small community north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and a prospective business owner was deciding whether to launch a new business. Totally Tidy by Tilly would provide cleaning services, professional organizing services, or both. Before moving forward, this new entrepreneur first needed to understand the environment for her new venture. Based on that understanding, she needed to decide what servi...Starting at €8.20
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Yum! China (Spanish version)
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-517S06StrategySince the first KFC opened in China in 1987, Yum--under Sam Su's leadership--had built the largest restaurant company by far in mainland China. Averaging one new restaurant opening a day for the past five years, in 2010 Yum ran over 3,600 restaurants in 650 cities and employed over 250,000 people, many of them college students in their first jobs. In the third quarter of 2010, Yum China's revenues surpassed U.S. revenues for the first time and ma...Starting at €8.20
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COFCO
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-516057-EMarketingIn 2015, COFCO, China's state-owned agribusiness giant, was working to protect China's food security (a key national security priority) by extending its control of the global food system through overseas acquisitions. At the same time, COFCO sought to grow its market share in China's fiercely competitive branded foods market. To help achieve these goals, COFCO Chairman Frank Ning was driving internal reforms to make COFCO's management more compet...Starting at €8.20