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Los Grobo: Farming's Future
Bell, David E.; Scott, CintraCase HBS-511088-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550 million in annual sales, Los Grobo also operated in Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay--usually with local partners. Los Grobo had an unusual business model: it did not own land nor farm machinery. Instead, it created a network of ...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Beta San Miguel
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-514005-EEconomicsIn November 2013, Dr. Jose Pinto, head of Grupo Beta San Miguel (BSM), Mexico's largest private sugar producer, is weighing the future prospects of the Mexican sugar industry as he considers whether BSM should bid on one of the state-owned sugar mills slated for auction. His decision will be informed by dynamics in the North American sugar market-NAFTA affords Mexico unique duty-free access to the U.S.-as well as the world sugar market and other ...Starting at €8.20
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Pattern Brands
Gupta, Sunil; Ofek, Elie; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-521009-EMarketingIn March 2020, direct-to-consumer (DTC) company Pattern Brands needed to decide how to allocate resources across its different brands. Pattern Co-Founders Nick Ling and Emmett Shine hoped to avoid the pitfalls faced by some DTC companies-such as inability to scale and lack of competitive differentiation-by relying on their previous experience running a successful branding and marketing agency. Rather than focusing on a single brand, they conceive...Starting at €8.20
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Los Grobo: El futuro de la agricultura
Bell, David E.; Scott, CintraCase HBS-511S06Knowledge and CommunicationPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Este caso describe los planes de expansión internacional de la segunda mayor productora de cereales en América Latina, Los Grobo. Con base en Argentina con US $ 550 millones en ventas anuales, Los Grobo también operaba en Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay y - por lo general con los socios locales. Los Grobo tenía un modelo de negocio inusual: no lo hizo maquinaria propia tierra ni ...Starting at €8.20
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Camposol
Bell, David E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-516111-EMarketingWith $289 million in 2015 revenues, Camposol is a Peruvian grower, exporter, and marketer of fruits and vegetables, with a focus on the high-growth, high-margin blueberry category. Camposol aspires to become Peru's first multinational branded produce company. It already has a strong foothold in the U.S.-an important market where it is refining its branding and retail-customer strategy-and it also seeks to expand in other markets, especially China...Starting at €8.20
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Ebro Puleva
Bell, David E.; de Castro, Antonio Garcia; Paniagua, Rocio Reina; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-510026-EStrategyOnce Spain's largest sugar company, Ebro Puleva has been transformed through a series of international acquisitions into the world's largest package rice company and second largest pasta company. In 2009, Chairman Antonio Hernandez Callejas must decide how to proceed now that the firm's sugar business has been sold. A specific question is whether the firm should sell its dairy business, which is limited to Spain. The case discusses the firm's bra...Starting at €8.20
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Agriculture in Mexico
Bell, David E.; Cuellar, Regina Garcia; Scott, CintraCase HBS-513065-EStarting at €8.20
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Pricing at Netflix
Ofek, Elie; Bertini, Marco; Koenigsberg, Oded; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-521004-EMarketingSince its launch in 1998 as "the Amazon.com of DVDs," Netflix had evolved from a DVD rental company to a video streaming platform and producer of original films and television shows. As the company matured, it regularly increased prices and adjusted its product offerings while continuing to add new subscribers. However, between late 2019 and mid-2020, competition within the streaming industry intensified with the launch of new entrants such as Di...Starting at €8.20
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Holaluz: Taking on The Spanish Energy Market
Ofek, Elie; Bertini, Marco; Koenigsberg, Oded; Corsi, Elena; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-521045-EMarketingIn 2020, the three cofounders of Holaluz, a newcomer to Spain's electricity retail market, are preparing to launch a new offering: installing and managing solar panels on households' roofs at no extra cost for the consumer, who would still benefit from the energy savings stemming from the panels' production. Holaluz would fund the installations via a special purpose vehicle and use the surplus energy to power neighboring Holaluz clients at lower ...Starting at €8.20
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Cresud and Argentina
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-515043-EStrategyArgentina-based Cresud managed 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of land in South America. For 20 years, the publicly traded company's strategy had been to acquire underutilized properties and turn them into productive farmland for cattle and crops. In 2014, Cresud's CEO wondered if the strategy was still correct in the face of falling commodity prices, more powerful input companies, and potentially positive changes in Argentina's political ...Starting at €8.20