HBSP (USA)
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DuPont Kevlar: Commercializing a Miracle Fiber (Spanish Version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; McDonald, RoryCase HBS-608S24Service and Operations ManagementDescribe los esfuerzos de Dupont para construir mercados comerciales por su fibra milagro, Kevlar. Inicialmente, se trató de crear un mercado para cuerdas de neumáticos de Kevlar, principalmente debido a que su negocio para cuerdas de neumáticos existentes languidecía. Este mercado nunca se desarrolló, incluso después de Dupont pasó varios cientos de millones de dólares. Un reescrito versión de un caso anterior.Starting at €8.20
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"Little Cool," Big Opportunity (Spanish version)
McDonald, Rory; van Bever, Derek C.M.; Ojomo, EfosaCase HBS-617S12StrategyIn 2013, a team led by Gopalan Sunderraman, vice president of corporate development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.-one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate-was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly for the approximately 80% of Indians who lacked access to refrigeration (a market Godrej had never before targeted), the chotuKool represented a technological marvel-a small, inexpe...Starting at €8.20
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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20
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The New-Market Conundrum
McDonald, Rory; Eisenhardt, Kathleen M.Article HBS-R2003D-EEntrepreneurshipBrand-new markets are like the wormholes of science fiction, where the usual rules of time and space do not apply. When a market has just been born, the forces of competition there are constantly in flux, it's unclear who your customers really are, and conventional strategies just don't make sense. How then can you navigate this constantly shifting terrain? Over the past few years, two business school professors have interviewed entrepreneurs and...Starting at €8.20
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Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream
McDonald, Rory; Kotha, SureshCase HBS-615048-EService and Operations ManagementCase traces the design and development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Emphasis is on executive leadership and firm strategy in coordinating across a global network of partners in the production of a new aircraft.Starting at €8.20
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chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity
McDonald, Rory; van Bever, Derek C.M.; Ojomo, EfosaCase HBS-616020-EStrategyIn 2013, a team led by Gopalan Sunderraman, vice president of corporate development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.-one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate-was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly for the approximately 80% of Indians who lacked access to refrigeration (a market Godrej had never before targeted), the chotuKool represented a technological marvel-a small, inexpe...Starting at €8.20
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AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market, Teaching Note
McDonald, RoryTeaching Note HBS-617043-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 615013.Starting at €0.00
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Marcus by Goldman Sachs
McDonald, Rory; Junnarkar, Samir; Lane, DavidCase HBS-620005-ELeadership and People ManagementFive years on from the 2008 financial crisis, Goldman Sachs remained wounded. Revenues at the global investment bank had stagnated below pre-crisis levels, and the firm had yet to rebound from a substantial decline in securities-trading revenues. Marcus by Goldman Sachs was one response-an effort that operated as a start-up but was sponsored by senior Goldman executives-to grow the firm's revenues by entering consumer banking with digital-only of...Starting at €8.20
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Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-715403-EStrategyDow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fa...Starting at €8.20
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Discovery Limited
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-715423-EStrategyDiscovery Ltd. is a South-African based insurance company. Started in the early 1990s, Discovery used behavioral economics and data collection to innovate in the health care insurance industry. Its founder Adrian Gore believed that the company's products needed to not only make money but have a positive impact on society. Using its Vitality Wellness program as its strategic lynchpin, Discovery expanded into other insurance areas and financial ser...Starting at €8.20