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United Airlines: Frequent Flyer Program
Won-Yong OhCase IVEY-9B16M037-EStrategyFrom 1980 to 2010, frequent flyer programs (FFPs) had evolved from simple customer reward programs to independent profit-generation business models. The airline industry had seen enormous success with FFPs, which had become businesses of their own. In June 2014, however, United Airlines announced that as of March 1, 2015, it would move from awarding miles based on distance flown to awarding miles for dollars spent per ticket, following in the foo...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon.com: Evolving Into Offline Retail
Won-Yong OhCase IVEY-9B18M026-EStrategyIn late 2015, Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) opened its first brick-and-mortar Amazon Books store in the United States. Amazon had invested heavily in expanding in the United States through new projects, from establishing Amazon Prime Now to setting up Amazon Books and Amazon Go locations. By 2017, a rumour suggested that Amazon might acquire Whole Foods Market Inc., a natural and organic foods supermarket. Could Amazon be as successful in offline ret...Starting at €8.20
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Sprint: Turnaround in the U.S. Telecom Industry
Won-Yong Oh; Duane MyerCase IVEY-9B16M092-EStrategySprint Corporation, a major U.S. wireless carrier, had been losing customers and suffering financially since its merger with Nextel in 2005. Sprint was also ranked the lowest among major U.S. carriers in terms of network speed and data performance. But a new opportunity emerged when the SoftBank Group acquired Sprint in 2013. The new chief executive officer (CEO), appointed in August 2014, publicly gave himself three to five years to turn around ...Starting at €8.20
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Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, LisaCase HBS-812013-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fiancee, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he acquiesce to the other forces in his life and take the "safer" ...Starting at €8.20
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HubSpot: Lower Churn though Greater CHI
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Steenburgh, Thomas; Avery, Jill; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110052-EAccounting and ControlHubSpot, a web marketing startup is under pressure from VCs to rapidly acquire new customers and to maintain a low level of customer churn. In the case, students explore the drivers of customer churn and uncover opportunities to increase customer retention across the customer selection, selling, and training processes. Students assess a metric, CHI (Customer Happiness Index) which HubSpot uses to predict which customers will churn, and suggest al...Starting at €8.20
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La cadena de suministros en primer plano: The Video Vault
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-116S10Accounting and ControlLos propietarios de la lucha Video Vault para determinar los niveles óptimos de siembra de videos caseros en una industria plagada con las nuevas tecnologías, los nuevos paradigmas de fijación de precios, y la fuerte presión competitiva de las grandes cadenas nacionales. La enseñanza de Propósito: Para demostrar el papel de los contratos de incentivos en el logro de coordinación de la cadena de suministro.Starting at €8.20
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Las Vegas Construction: Ethical Contracting
Won-Yong Oh; Youngkyun ChangCase IVEY-9B17M047-EStrategyIn December 2015, the head of supply chain management (SCM) at Las Vegas Construction Inc. was tasked with reducing operating costs by 25 per cent in order to deal with the fallout in Nevada’s construction industry from the global economic downturn. The SCM head had engaged the manager in charge of subcontracting to help with cost reductions. The subcontracting manager did find a way to reduce costs, but it turned out to be a questionable way. He...Starting at €8.20
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Apple: Corporate Governance and Stock Buyback
Won-Yong Oh; Seoyeon ParkCase IVEY-9B14M165-EStrategyAn activist shareholder who invested a significant amount in Apple’s stock proposed a share repurchase program. If this proposal were approved at the annual shareholder’s meeting, Apple would be in a position to buy back a significant number of its shares on the stock market, which would drive up the stock price. However, the executives and board of directors opposed the proposal and recommended that the shareholders vote against it. Apple’s subs...Starting at €8.20
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Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B)
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110005-EAccounting and ControlAs the recession lingered on into 2009, the U.S. government sought to limit executive pay and excessive risk. The debate raged over what constituted excessive risk and how best to mitigate it. This case describes the government restrictions on executive pay for TARP recipients and delves into the debate on executive compensation and incentives that encourage excessive risk.Starting at €5.74
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Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110063-EAccounting and ControlOwens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its alpha vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model called the total supply chain costs (TSCC), which incented both companies to be more efficient and to streamline their distribution activities. After beta testing the TSCC for one year, V...Starting at €8.20