Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Streaming the Future: Netflix's Global Expansion
Harris, Jared D.; Kim, Dennie; Vasquez, RenzoCase DARDEN-S-0345-EStrategyIn a rapidly changing and technologically emerging industry like on-demand streaming video, there are a number of strategic choices to be made. For instance, strategies can involve choices about hosting infrastructure, consumer pricing, and other issues related to a streaming service’s business model. In order to achieve global competitiveness, however, some of those choices also involve internationalization. In which foreign markets should a fir...Starting at €8.20
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Whole Foods: Digesting Amazon’s Offer
Loutskina; Elena; Bickwit; GrantCase DARDEN-F-1923-EFinanceAs the cofounder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey had spent the better portion of his life rapidly growing the company from a niche natural grocery store in Austin, Texas, into the premier natural-foods grocer in the United States. Highly regarded as industry leader, Whole Foods contributed to the explosion in health-conscious eating sweeping the country. But not all good things lasted forever. Whole Foods had been treading increasingly chopp...Starting at €8.20
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Streaming the Future: Netflix's Global Expansion
Harris, Jared D.; Kim, K. Dennie; Vasquez, RenzoCase DARDEN-S-0345StrategyThis case is set in the rapidly changing and technologically emerging industry of on-demand streaming video, which offers Netflix a number of strategic choices. For instance, strategies can involve choices about hosting infrastructure, consumer pricing, and other issues related to a streaming service’s business model. In order to achieve global competitiveness, however, some of these choices also involve internationalization. In which foreign mar...Starting at €8.20
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Debt-for-Control Investing in Asia: Nine Entertainment Company
Fleming; Grant; Von Reibnitz; Anna; Smith; David C.Case DARDEN-F-1800-EFinanceIn October 2012; Australian media giant Nine Entertainment Company (NEC) was in the midst of a major debt renegotiation that would determine whether the company received a renewed chance to survive and thrive or faced a long and potentially costly insolvency proceeding. Six years earlier; private equity firm CVC Partners (CVC) had taken a controlling position in NEC; culminating by 2008 in one of the largest leveraged buyouts (LBOs) in the Asian ...Starting at €8.20