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Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion? (Spanish version)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Tarzijan, Jorge; Mitchell, JordanCase HBS-706S35StrategyCelulosa Arauco is a major Chilean producer of market pulp and wood products. Owning over 1.2 million hectares of forest in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, the company's key advantage is the ideal growing conditions in which the company's forests are located. As of early 2004, Arauco is the third largest producer of market pulp (pulp sold on the open market) and is considering increasing its capacity, tying it with Brazilian competitor Aracruz as ...Starting at €8.20
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Walmart around the World (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Agrawal, Abhishek; Vaish, HarshitCase HBS-716S11StrategyAfter reaching the limits of its successful expansion in the United States in the early 1990s, Walmart sought growth opportunities in markets abroad. This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, the U.K., and Africa. Students reflect on the mixed results of these ventures and identify elements in the company's locat...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación IDEL: Building Dignity for Argentinians with Disabilities
Moriah Meyskens; Roxanne Miranda; Karolina RzadkowolskaCase IVEY-9B17M077-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFundación Inclusión y Desarrollo Laboral (IDEL) was a not-for-profit organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose mission was to enhance the dignity of and improve the quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities by promoting their inclusion in the formal labour market. IDEL did this by providing a sheltered work environment, projects, and wages for participants in its programs. In 2016, IDEL was seeking to increase the number of i...Starting at €8.20
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Chauvco Resources Ltd.: The Argentina Decisions (C)
David W. ConklinCase IVEY-9B12M084-EStrategyThis follow-up to Chauvco Resources Ltd.: The Argentina Decisions (A) and (B) encourages students to analyze Argentina’s macroeconomic policies in 2012. Of particular interest are the lessons for Greece if it exits from the Eurozone, with the perhaps inevitable pursuit of the Argentine paradigm.Starting at €5.74
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Yildiz Holding: Global Expansion Strategy
Saul Estrin; Christine Cote; Katherine NunnerCase IVEY-9B18M191-EStrategyIn 2014, Yildiz Holding, a Turkish conglomerate, had just acquired the UK-based biscuit maker United Biscuits, the premium chocolate maker Godiva Chocolatier Inc., and the US-based company DeMet’s Candy Company. As Yildiz Holding moved forward in pursuitStarting at €8.20
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Turkish Airlines: Widen Your World
Alcacer, Juan; Cekin, EselCase HBS-716408-EStrategyThis case tracks Turkish Airlines' transition from regional player to global powerhouse. With an order for 212 aircraft in the first half of 2013, the airline had moved to double its size and become one of the industry's top-ten players. Growing its fleet would allow Turkish Airlines to fly many more destinations, boost revenues, increase aircraft utilization, and achieve higher cost efficiency. But it would also increase the already intense comp...Starting at €8.20
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Turkcell
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Cekin, EselCase HBS-715009-EStrategyThis case centers around the shareholder dispute between three major shareholders of Turkcell, and how its management vied against increasing regulatory intervention and market competition in the absence of a fully-functioning board. The battle for control of the Turkish telecom giant led to several years in which the company could not hold annual shareholder meetings, renew its board of directors, or pay dividends, and lacked a board-approved op...Starting at €8.20
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TAV Airports Holding (A)
Alcacer, Juan; Cekin, EselCase HBS-715449-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 €8.20
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SomPack: If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them
Sema Dube; Manu DubeCase IVEY-9B10M071-EStrategyThis case considers attempts by a Turkish manufacturer of cosmetics packaging to trade off quality for cost, in order to compete with the influx of low-cost products from China. It describes the challenges faced by SomPack management in their effort to survive in the face of low-cost Chinese competition as well as the credit crisis. The company had grown because of its focus on quality and customer relations, but had to slash costs first in respo...Starting at €8.20
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La información: etapa clave del proceso de ventas
Alegre, Pablo José; González Manzur, Silvina MaríaTechnical Note IAE-IAE-N116-05215-SPStrategyAntes de comenzar a desarrollar la etapa de la información, etapa que se considera la de mayor importancia y central en el proceso, se darán unas breves nociones a las etapas del proceso para poder contextuar lo dicho. Un tema clave que impacta en la eficiencia de los vendedores tiene que ver con la definición y la gestión del proceso de ventas. La definición de este proceso es un componente de la estrategia de ventas, ya que se relaciona con la ...Starting at €8.20