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Superdry: un japonés de Cheltenham - Nota del instructor
Ferraro, Fabrizio; Domínguez de la Maza, ManuelTeaching Note SMT-118StrategyEl caso se centra en la situación de la firma de ropa Superdry en 2016, año en el que enfrenta diversas oportunidades de crecimiento y la necesidad de decidir cuál seguir. La firma, fundada en el Reino Unido en 2003, había experimentado una década de rápido crecimiento, a través de tiendas propias y franquiciadas. El caso, que recoge su evolución, permite discutir los desafíos del crecimiento en el sector de la confección.Starting at €0.00
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Metro Bank: The British Banking Revolution Begins
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1112-EFinance, Service and Operations Management, StrategyVernon W. Hill has created quite a unique bank fully focused on delivering great customer service. Previously, in the United States, his approach has been highly successful. The question is: will he be able to replicate the success in the U.K. and lead to a banking revolution? But to answer this question, one first has to fully understand what the business model is all about.Starting at €8.20
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Creatively Solving Complex Problems at Great United Bank
Vilà, Joaquim; Doval, HismaelCase SM-1651-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, StrategyWorking at the U.K. subsidiary of Great United Bank's private banking services division, Henry Duval needs to produce a comprehensive project brief for the Steering Committee about a design thinking project aimed at creating a banking mobile phone application for millennials.Starting at €8.20
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Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited: Talent Management
Albert Wöcke; Hayley PearsonCase IVEY-9B20M160-EStrategyIn October 2019, the interim chief executive officer of Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS) in South Africa faced a dilemma regarding talent management. ATNS’s talent pipeline was unbalanced, and there was insufficient progression intoStarting at €8.20
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South African Chefs Association: Maintaining a Non-Profit Organization
Anastacia Mamabolo; Charlene LewCase IVEY-9B20M222-EStrategyIn February 2020, the president of South African Chefs Association was exploring ways to ensure a sustained revenue stream for the association, which relied primarily on membership fees for survival. As a non-profit organization, South African Chefs Association had a rich history of representing chefs, enabling them to compete on the international stage, supporting their training and education, and providing members with networking opportunities ...Starting at €8.20
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GE South Africa: Londvolota’s Contextual Leadership for Creating Shared Value
Caren Scheepers; Abdullah Verachia; Ingrid TruslerCase IVEY-9B21M007-EStrategyIn January 2019, one of the founding members and current board members of Londvolota, a South African trust formed by General Electric South Africa (GESA) in 2015, faced a challenge. Londvolota needed to improve the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial South African businesses as part of GESA’s development of local suppliers, which aimed to enable the best of these businesses to supply the global GE network. The initiative represented a ma...Starting at €8.20
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Sasol Fuel Retail Franchise: Contextualizing Entrepreneurship’s Role in Women Empowerment
Caren Scheepers; Motshedisi MathibeCase IVEY-9B21M070-EStrategyIn 2018, the owner of a Sasol Limited (Sasol) fuel retail franchise in Pretoria, South Africa, was facing the challenge of how to continue growing her business by retaining her existing customers and offering the products and services they expected. A woman entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry, the franchisee had worked her way up the corporate ladder in the financial services industry and, after being retrenched from her position at a bank,...Starting at €8.20
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Inverroche Gin: Taking African Sophistication Global
Albert Wöcke; Danie PetzerCase IVEY-9B19M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Inverroche Distillery established a viable business incorporating fynbos, the unique flora growing around the remote community of Still Bay, South Africa, into her premium gins. She grew Inverroche Distillery into the dominant brand in the artisanal gin segment of the South African gin market and beyond. In 2018, she was facing key decisions about taking her business forward. Should she grow Inverroche Distillery by actively focusing...Starting at €8.20
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Fancam: A New Channel Management Strategy
Michael Goldman; Maximillian DuranCase IVEY-9B19A037-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn its first four years, Fancam Pty Ltd. (Fancam), a high-definition, 360-degree crowd-imaging business based in Cape Town, South Africa, had enjoyed considerable growth that was driven in part by its network of resellers around the world. However, the stStarting at €8.20
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Primark Stores Limited: Low-cost Strategy and Sustainability Initiatives
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M059-EStrategyPrimark was a low-cost, fast-fashion clothing retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom. The company’s low-priced clothing enticed consumers, but it also attracted criticism for exploitative labor practices in the low-cost economies where Primark’s manufacturing was outsourced. However, Primark believed that it created jobs in low-cost economies, and its low prices were the result of efficient initiatives such as no online presence and limited...Starting at €8.20