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Embraer: Shaking Up the Aircraft Manufacturing Market
Chen, Ming-Jer; Zimath, Alexandre; Maat, Andrea; Lopes, Fabiano; Reynolds, William; Silva, Nivaldo; Vaughters, Charles; Watt, AaronCase DARDEN-S-0135-EStrategyThe CEO of Embraer, reflects on his company’s dramatic ascent to its position as the world’s leading regional aircraft manufacturer. Since becoming a private company, Embraer had successfully introduced seven commercial aircraft models to the market, including its latest, the 118-seat EMBRAER 195. Now, he is concerned because Embraer does not know what to expect from Bombardier, Boeing, and Airbus regarding their competitive response to his compa...Starting at €8.20
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Williams Controls (A)
Chen, Ming-Jer; Rettig, TonyCase DARDEN-S-0190-EStrategyWilliams Controls CEO, John Easton, has outlined the new strategic plan he wants to put in place to improve the company’s market opportunities and accelerate its growth. The plan involves embarking on an expansive acquisition spree designed to vertically integrate the company’s supply chain and simultaneously expand its product offering beyond the core electronic throttle control (ETC) business. Easton’s plan sounded compelling but complicated an...Starting at €8.20
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The Power of One
Chen, Ming-Jer; Tucker, CharlesTechnical Note DARDEN-S-0204-EStrategyEach of us possesses an inner force that enables us to be optimally effective in all aspects of life. The power of one is much more than an abstraction that animates our actions. It has practical applications for day-to-day life, from school to work, and throughout our personal lives. The power of one provides a way to converse with ourselves, to crystallize what is important, thereby enabling us to make coherent decisions. And because it emanate...Starting at €8.20
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Ambiculture: Seeking the Multicultural Middle
Chen, Ming-Jer; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-S-0266-EStrategySeries of scenarios each presenting a situation that asks the student to decide how to proceed.Starting at €8.20
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LEGO Bricks: Fit for the Big Screen
Chen, Ming-Jer; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-S-0296-EStrategyFor years Danish toymaker LEGO had turned down multiple attempts from directors and producers to make a LEGO movie. Now the CEO of the Danish toymaker has gotten a movie pitch from Warner Brothers. The entire LEGO brand is at risk if the movie is poorly eStarting at €8.20
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"Why Should I Care?"
Chen, Ming-Jer; Tucker, CharlesCase DARDEN-S-0301-EStrategyA scholar in the area of organizational behavior has just learned that her paper on gender diversity has been accepted by a top management journal. She is looking forward to today’s class because her new paper, which she had assigned as reading for class, could serve as a test run to discovering what kind of response her research would elicit from practical-minded business students. But instead she must make a case for the relevance of research i...Starting at €8.20
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Zara: moda rápida
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1152MarketingInditex, minorista de ropa en España, ha establecido un sistema extremadamente rápido de respuesta para su cadena de Zara. En vez de predecir con una antelación de meses lo que desearán usar las mujeres en la temporada, Zara observa qué está vendiendo y qué no, y ajusta continuamente lo que produce y comercializa sobre esa base. Impulsado por el éxito de Zara, Inditex se ha expandido a 39 países, convirtiéndose en uno de los minoristas más global...Starting at €8.20
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Santander-Serfín: Revitalizing the Payment Systems Business
Díez J.; Villanueva, Julian; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1190-EMarketingIn June 2001, Ramón Tellaeche, director of products and marketing at Banco Santander Serfín in Mexico, was considering the commercial strategy which the means of payments division should follow over the following months in order to achieve its ambitious commercial objectives. Marcial Portela, general manager of Grupo Santander's Americas Division, had set the objective of doubling the credit card market share in a year and a half, and capturing 2...Starting at €8.20
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The Challenge of Multichannel Marketing Management
Clemares, Fuencisla; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1346-EMarketing, StrategyIt had been five years since Jordi Catalá, the founder and CEO of Sleeping (a manufacturer and distributor of sleep-related products and bedding), had launched his company's online channel. E-commerce now accounted for 10% of total sales and was about to reach breakeven in terms of the income statement. Tension between the traditional and online marketing teams was high, and Jordi felt like they were unable to work together and take advantage of ...Starting at €8.20
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AJE GROUP: en busca del crecimiento perdido
Nueno, José Luis; Bazán, MiguelCase M-1350Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyActualización del caso "Aje: vendiendo refrescos a la base de la pirámide" (M-1254), con los hechos de 2016. Durante el ejercicio 2015, convergieron una serie de tendencias macroeconómicas adversas (un entorno económico global incierto y la apreciación del dólar frente a las demás monedas) que, junto un incremento de la competencia y una caída de las ventas en sus mercados claves, provocó que la empresa tuviera que adoptar una serie de medidas ne...Starting at €8.20