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Tata Motors Limited: Ratan's Next Step
Biladeau, Andrew; Yemen, Gerry; Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-S-0184-EStrategySuitable for MBA, EMBA, and executive education programs, this case uses Tata Motors' move to acquire Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) from Ford to analyze a growth-through-acquisition strategy. It offers a discussion about the firm’s overall strategy to acquire instead of growing organically. The case begins when Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, unveils the world’s cheapest car—the Nano. He had challenged the people around him to design and produce...Starting at €8.20
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Zappos.com, Inc., and the Warehouse Decision
Lenox, Michael; Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0227-EStrategyAmazon.com had purchased Zappos in 2009 and was making significant investments in warehouse infrastructure. By early summer 2012, Zappos, a dominant player in the crowded online retail apparel and footwear arena must decide whether to retain its warehouse complex in Kentucky, which it had maintained since 2002, or turn over the operations to Amazon. Should Zappos continue to operate as an entity external to its parent company? Or would advancemen...Starting at €8.20
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Invesco Ltd.: Asset Management in Transition - Teaching Note
Allayannis; George (Yiorgos); Fernstrom; AaronTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1856TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1856Starting at €0.00
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A Global Fintech Overview
Allayannis; George (Yiorgos); Becker; Joseph M.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1860-EFinanceThis technical note discusses the various financial services segments in which technology solutions have been used to solve problems; including lending; payments; wealth/investment management; insurance; and regulation. For each of the segments; the note identifies key issues facing the segment; why and how fintech might provide an answer to the challenges faced; and the potential difficulties fintech may experience in doing so. For example; in l...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341-EStrategyThe evolution of the video game console industry illustrates how industry dynamics can shift and change over time, as different phases of the competitive lifecycle place different demands upon firms. Historically, different generations of video game console competition illustrate how different strategies have become dominant at different times. All these insights have implications for future strategy. How will video game console makers effectivel...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341StrategyThis case presents the evolution of Nintendo’s gaming technology and discusses the history of the video gaming sector over eight generations of releases. It illustrates how industry dynamics shift over time and how different phases of the competitive life cycle place different demands upon those firms that are all vying for the top position. The case provides history and context for students to discuss an age-old question: How do firms sustain a ...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington: New Digs, New Strategy?
Lenox, Michael; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-S-0323-EStrategyWhen Brian Huseman, vice president of public policy for the Seattle-based internet retailer and technology company Amazon.com (Amazon), prepared to meet economic-development officials and community leaders from Arlington, Virginia, in the wake of the compStarting at €8.20
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Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington: New Digs, New Strategy? - Teaching Note
Lenox, Michael; Calandra, TroyTeaching Note DARDEN-S-0323TN-EStrategyTeaching note for product S-0323Starting at €0.00
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Invesco Ltd.: Asset Management in Transition
Allayannis; George (Yiorgos); Fernstrom; AaronCase DARDEN-F-1856-EFinanceThis case is used in Darden's second-year "Financial Institutions and Capital Markets;" elective. Using Invesco Ltd. (Invesco) as an example; the case examines the strategic challenges facing the asset management industry. Marty Flanagan; Invesco's CEO; must position Invesco to compete in an industry undergoing systemic change; including active and passive products and flows; lower levels of organic growth; fee compression; softening revenues and...Starting at €8.20
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BP: Beyond Petroleum
Yemen, Gerry; Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-S-0182-EStrategySuitable for MBA, EMBA, and executive education programs, this case uses the complexities of the oil industry to set the stage to unfold a stakeholder analysis on BP’s growth and opportunity in the renewable energy sector. This public sourced case offers a discussion about the firm’s overall strategy, post Gulf Oil spill, moving forward. The case describes how within a single decade, BP had emerged as one of the largest energy companies in the wo...Starting at €8.20