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Brand Israel: Marketing in Crisis
Ilan Alon; Rommey Hassman; Meredith Lohwasser; Jennifer DugoshCase IVEY-9B13A016-EMarketing, StrategyIsrael had experienced great change since its founding in 1948 to become arguably the most prosperous nation in the Middle East. With the exception of the United States and more recently China, Israel had more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any other. It spent a larger percentage of its budget on research and development than any other country in the world. Multinational companies like Intel, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Motorola, Mitsubishi, H...Starting at €8.20
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Israeli Wines in China: Reaching for New Heights
Ilan Alon; Jennifer Dugosh; Meredith LohwasserCase IVEY-9B14M006-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2012, Golan Heights Wines wanted to take advantage of the Chinese market. In recent years, China had demonstrated incredible growth in the wine market. Consumers’ growing interest in wine products had made wineries and vineyards like Golan Heights hungry for entry. The CEO of Golan Heights Winery had gone to China with her products in 2009. She had chosen distributorships as the mode of entry because of their expertise and experience in the Ch...Starting at €8.20
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Otoyol Motor Company
Jim KayalarCase IVEY-9B09M053-EMarketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyOtoyol Motor Company, a large commercial vehicle manufacturer, is on the verge of being liquidated by its shareholders. Despite all efforts to maintain its competitive position, the company has been caught in a downward spiral. Erosion of its first mover advantages, shifts in industry core competencies and changes in consumer preferences have depreciated the company's value proposition and deteriorated its market share. Utilizing empirical data, ...Starting at €8.20
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Cherries With Charm: Turkey's Alara Agri
Michael R. Pearce; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09A019-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) and owner of Alara Agri, a major Turkish cherry and fig producer, wants to convince retailers in Belgium and Germany (and, later, other parts of Europe) to change cherries from a bulk product to a higher-end luxury product packaged in small carry bags. The move from bulk to small packages has been highly successful in the United Kingdom where retailers reduced waste and increased margins. The German and Belgian r...Starting at €8.20
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Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Chris J. Piper; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAlara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned about a recurring capacity problem at the end of the process where cherries were packed. On some of the plant's conveyor belts, piles of cherries of one size waited to be packed while other belts had too few cherries to keep workers busy, and thus delayed order fulfillment. Diverting excess che...Starting at €8.20
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Sombrero: Proposed Fruit Juice Outlet
John McLellanCase IVEY-9B09B001-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyAn entrepreneur must decide whether to proceed with the business plan for his startup business. This mini case exercise presents all startup costs to open a fruit juice outlet in a mall in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates.Starting at €8.20
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How to Jump-Start the Clean-Tech Economy
Johnson, Mark W.; Suskewicz, JoshArticle HBS-R0911D-EStrategyBillions of dollars worldwide are pumped into the search for clean technology and renewable energy. So far, however, most investment has been in companies that are using conventional business models to fit new technologies into existing systems. A far better approach, say Johnson and Suskewicz, is to create whole new systems. The authors propose a framework for thinking about clean tech that consists of four interdependent components: an enabling...Starting at €8.20
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TAV Airports Holding (B)
Alcacer, Juan; Cekin, EselCase HBS-715470-EStrategyThis case explores the strategic options available to TAV Airports Holding, a Turkish firm, after it withdraws from a bid to build Istanbul's newest airport. The new airport would eventually replace Istanbul Atat rk Airport, where TAV makes 43% of its current revenue, and losing it will leave the company without a presence in its nation's largest city. TAV weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant mark...Starting at €5.74
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Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)
Neeley, Tsedal; DeLong, Thomas J.Case HBS-409003-EStrategyGreg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc., sets out to meet with his entire 43-member customer implementation team spread across India, France, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America to resolve a dire customer system outage as required by a service agreement. Rather than finding a swift resolution to the rapidly escalating customer situation that motivated his trip, he finds himself facing distributed work, global...Starting at €8.20
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Teaching Note
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Teaching Note HBS-708419-EStrategyTeaching note to 707441.Starting at €0.00