Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Johnson Controls, Inc. - Automotive Systems Group The Georgetown, Kentucky Plant
Roberts J; Milgrom PCase SGSB-BE9-EEconomicsThis case focuses on the auto supply industry and especially the relations between Johnson Controls (JCI) Automotive Systems Group's Georgetown plant and its main customer, Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Toyota's U.S. assembly plant, for which JCI supplies seats on a just-in-time basis. It can be used to investigate the differing patterns of supplier relations that were traditional in the U.S. and Japanese auto industries, to examine the adaptations...Starting at €8.20
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Andrea Jung: The Challenge of Letting Go
Dobson, David; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-E648-EEntrepreneurshipAndrea Jung became CEO of Avon Products Inc. in 1999 - the first woman to ever hold the position since the foundation of the iconic cosmetics company, in 1886. In a few years at the helm, Jung tripled the company’s profits, modernized its culture and was elected one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes. By 2005, however, Avon had become bloated with too many hierarchical layers and profits came up flat for the first time in five yea...Starting at €8.20