HBSP (USA)
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Shifting the Diversity Climate: The Sodexo Solution
Thomas, David A.; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-412020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles the evolution of Sodexo's diversity initiative. Diversity became a key priority for Sodexo, North America in 2001 after a class-action lawsuit was filed and certified in Washington, D.C. against Sodexo Marriot Services, Inc., the food services division that Sodexo had merged with in 1998. In 2002, Dr. Rohini Anand was hired by Michel Landel, CEO of Sodexo, North America. Soon thereafter, Anand was instated as chief diversity of...Starting at €8.20
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Automating the Paris Subway A , B Teaching Note
Anteby, Michel; Cavicchi, AynTeaching Note HBS-413093-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 413061 and 413062Starting at €0.00
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Marquis, Christopher; Yang, ZoeCase HBS-414065-EStrategyA company with a strong commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing coffee communities-seasonal starvation. Company leaders are driven to re-assess their social impact and address this widespread problem while aligning their efforts with their broader, rapidly expanding business of selling...Starting at €8.20
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Marie Trellu-Kane at Unis Cit : Establishing Youth Service in France, Teaching Note
Battilana, Julie; Khan, FeliciaTeaching Note HBS-415056-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 415035.Starting at €0.00
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-613003-EService and Operations ManagementThis case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assessed the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through informal knowledge marketplaces and sharing networks, Danone had helped managers connect with each other and share good practices peer-to-peer, rather than relying on traditional hierar...Starting at €8.20
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Tequila Patr n
Deshpande, Rohit; Castellanos Rodriguez, Carlos; Cacho-Elizondo, Silvia; Rullan, Samantha; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-517108-EMarketingTequila Patr n was one of the most successful tequila marketers in the United States. Patr n needed to grow and in Mexico, the second largest market for tequila, the brand was perceived as American. What portfolio and branding strategy would best serve Patr n to conquer the Mexican market? Furthermore, what would expanding in Mexico imply for the company's marketing operations?Starting at €8.20
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Sigfox: Building a Global IoT Network
Lal, Rajiv; Hjortshoej, Mette Fuglsang; Billaud, EmilieCase HBS-519032-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2018, Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet, co-founders of the French tech startup Sigfox, reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. Founded in 2009, Sigfox was a company that provided a global connectivity network for devices connected to the internet. As the startup was scaling rapidly, the founders made the strategic decision to target fewer industry verticals and to focus on asset tracking as the common denominator...Starting at €8.20
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Michelin: Building a Digital Service Platform
Gupta, Sunil; Godwin, ChristianCase HBS-520061-EStrategyMichelin, a tire company with over a century of experience, attempts to develop a digital service platform for its fleet and dealer customers. The case focuses on the challenges of bringing a large, well-established company into the digital age. Concerned about the slow growth in the tire market, Florent Menegaux, Michelin's CEO, set out to redefine the company as a mobility company. As part of this growth strategy, Michelin started offering a ho...Starting at €8.20
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Banorte M vil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth
Israeli, Ayelet; Larangeira, Carla; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-520068-EMarketingIn mid-2019, Carlos Hank, was deliberating over the results for Banorte M vil - the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico's most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had overseen Banorte's transformation (and multi-million-dollar investment) from a product and client volume-focused bank into a customer-centric, technology and data-driven organizati...Starting at €8.20
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Mexico's Energy Reform
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-717027-EEconomicsEnergy - both petroleum and electricity - had been terribly managed for decades in Mexico. The two national monopolies - PEMEX and CFE - were inefficient, overstaffed, corrupt, rife with subsidies, and losing money. Finally, in 2012, President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his intent to drastically reform both. Over the next two years, the Mexican constitution was amended, and a dozen implementing laws were passed, to break up the CFE, reorgani...Starting at €8.20