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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting at €8.20
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Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd. (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Rangan, U. SrinivasaCase HBS-318S12StrategyDescribes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful. In doing so, Weston ignores or circumvents policies and control from KFC's headquarters and becomes very upset when more sophisticated planning, coordination, and control systems be...Starting at €8.20
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The SK-II Globalization Project (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-305S03StrategyTraces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management. In the context of these changes introduced by Durk Jager, P&G's new CEO, Paolo de Cesare is transferred to Japan, where he takes over the recently turned-around beauty care business...Starting at €8.20
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StarTech.com: Globalizing Hard-to-Find Made Easy
Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B13M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founder and CEO of StarTech.com is reviewing his firm’s strategic plan, including an aggressive target of $150 million in sales in three years. To achieve this goal, the company needs to leverage its knowledge to develop a meaningful presence in Europe. The challenge is to identify the best way to go to market, given country and regional differences in how people buy computer parts. The company can capitalize on several favourable trends: ...Starting at €8.20
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EvelineCharles: Sizing Up Opportunities
Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10M045-EStrategyEveline Charles, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of EvelineCharles (a chain of upscale salon and spas focused in western Canada) was planning the next growth phase of her company. It was currently well positioned for growth: it had nine locations, a 26,000-square foot training facility, a warehouse and its own line of over 1,800 different spa and salon products. Despite these advantages, EvelineCharles was a small company and the CE...Starting at €8.20
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Amanda Tremblay at Citrine Solutions (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Myers, Paul S.Case HBS-921S16Knowledge and CommunicationThe case focuses on Amanda Tremblay, a recent MBA with a technical background who was recruited by Citrine Software Solutions (CSS). CSS, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, develops, implements, and supports software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for human resource management and associated business processes. Soon after joining, Tremblay distinguishes herself through her work on a project that analyzed the possibility of accessing a lower-priced m...Starting at €8.20
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Amanda Tremblay at Citrine Solutions, Teaching Note
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Myers, Paul S.Teaching Note HBS-920562-ETeaching note for case 920561.Starting at €0.00
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Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-916414-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Teach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman los...Starting at €8.20
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Komatsu Ltd. (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Rangan, U. SrinivasaCase HBS-302S35StrategyReviews and updates the structure and characteristics of the earth-moving equipment industry presented in the companion case, Caterpillar Tractor Co. After revealing that CAT has suffered major financial losses during the period from 1981 through 1984, the case describes how Komatsu grew from a $170 million local manufacturer in 1963 to become CAT's major challenge in the emerging global competitive battle. The case traces the strategy followed b...Starting at €8.20
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Komatsu Ltd.: La Globalización del Proyecto G
Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-305S12Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso describe la gran transformación estratégica y organizativa a Komatsu dirigida a cambiar desde un productor con sede en Japón de equipo de construcción a una empresa verdaderamente global, con la posibilidad de aprovechar su cartera de todo el grupo de recursos y capacidades en una nueva, más diversa base de negocios. Detalles esfuerzos para construir y operaciones en el extranjero adquirir, para especializarse e integrar unidades en el ...Starting at €8.20