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Yves Saint Laurent: Strategic Leadership of Creative Directors
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Léo Guilbert; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B17M137-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn April 1, 2016, fashion house Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) announced the departure of its creative director who had been responsible for successfully reviving the struggling YSL brand since 2012. Three days after this surprising departure, the company announced that its next creative director would be a relatively inexperienced, 36-year-old designer. After decades of leadership turmoil and financial instability at YSL, the incoming creative directo...Starting at €8.20
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Canon Inc.: Ambitious Acquisitions in the Video Surveillance Market
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B16M101-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFacing a decline in the company’s core camera business as a result of the aggressive entry of smartphones, Canon identified the network security industry as a potential growth market, with expected revenues of US$23 billion by 2020. Canon opted to pursue this kind of growth potential outside its core competency by acquiring Milestone Systems in 2014 and Axis Communications in 2015. Canon paid a 50-per-cent premium to acquire Axis in a cash-only o...Starting at €8.20
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Brooks Sports: Competing against the Giants
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B16M150-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBrooks Sports, Inc. (Brooks) strove to inspire and promote an active lifestyle through its innovative gear, enabling its customers to run longer, farther, and faster. The shoe company had endured a number of growths and declines in its 100 years of operations. Nearly bankrupt by 2000 because of its attempt to compete with diversified athletic brands, Brooks had finally found a strategy to compete in the sports market. Operating as an independent ...Starting at €8.20
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Mazda Motor Corporation: Surviving by Partnering with the Giants
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Tae Kyung Lee; Andrew Jiro PoplawskiCase IVEY-9B17M117-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFor 30 years, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) partnered with Ford Motor Company (Ford), helping Ford in small-car engineering and lean manufacturing in exchange for finance and marketing know-how; however, this alliance was terminated due to the global financial crisis in 2008. In 2015, Mazda entered into another long-term partnership to share technologies and cope with cost pressures—this time with Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota). According to...Starting at €8.20
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Dani García: Lujo accesible en la cocina de vanguardia
Hidalgo, Antonio; Quintanilla, Javier; Hernández, CarmenCase DPO-222Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl joven andaluz Dani García está destinado a ser uno de los grandes cocineros del mundo según el maestro Ferrán Adrià. Dos Estrellas Michelín, tres Soles Repsol, el Premio Nacional de Gastronomía y una multitud de reconocimientos más lo avalan. Desde que comenzara su andadura en el mundo de la alta cocina de la mano de Martín Berasategui, Dani ha desarrollado su propio modelo de negocio. Sin dejar de lado la constante innovación en su restaurant...Starting at €8.20
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La receta mágica de elBulli
Prats, Mª Julia; Quintanilla, Javier; Mitchell, JordanCase E-116EntrepreneurshipA principios de 2008, Juli Soler y Ferran Adrià, compañeros de trabajo en uno de los más renombrados restaurantes del mundo, elBulli, que se encuentra en Cala Montjoi, a las afueras de Rosas, en la Costa Brava de España, estaban a unas cuantas semanas para la apertura de la nueva temporada. Como siempre, las reservas se completaron de forma inmediata para la temporada de 2008. Cada año elBulli sirve a 8.000 personas, de aproximadamente un millón ...Starting at €8.20
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elBulli's Magic Recipe
Prats, Mª Julia; Quintanilla, Javier; Mitchell, JordanCase E-116-EEntrepreneurshipEarly in 2008, Juli Soler and Ferran Adrià, co-owners of one of the world's most renowned restaurants, elBulli, located at Cala Montjoi outside Roses on Spain's Costa Brava, were weeks away from opening for another season. As usual, the reservation lines had been inundated immediately for the 2008 season. Each year, elBulli served 8,000 people from nearly one million reservation requests. How could you explain such unassailable demand? Perhaps th...Starting at €8.20