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Sysco Corporation
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-S-0140-EStrategyAs a major player in a $200-billion market with only a 15% market share, SYSCO outperforms its industry competition. This execution champion and organic growth winner has figured out how to balance and manage tensions between decentralized entrepreneurial autonomy and centralized controls. But what makes SYSCO different is that its leaders have figured out, on a daily basis, how to keep everyone, from the CEO to the truck driver, focused on the d...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald's Corporation
Hess, Edward D.; Modica, ShizukaCase DARDEN-S-0147-EStrategyIn December 2007, McDonald’s had a market capitalization of $69.5 billion, and its stock price was hovering around its all-time high of $58-$60 since the last split, in February 1999. While McDonald’s was enjoying its five-year consecutive sales increases and high stock price, the management team was determined to improve customer experience, foster customer loyalty, and pave an enduring growth path into the future. Its big challenge remained how...Starting at €8.20
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Growth Is Much More Than Just A Strategy: It's A System
Hess, Edward D.Technical Note DARDEN-S-0197-EStrategyThis note states that growth research demonstrates that growth is much more than a strategy and it happens when the right kind of leadership, internal environment and processes come together to create a small-company-entrepreneurial soul in a large-company body. The Growth System Assessment Tool that illuminates the presence of growth inhibitors, nonalignment, and bad growth behaviors is discussed, and students are provided with a mini-assessment...Starting at €8.20
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United Parcel Service, Inc.: The Challenge of Protecting Organizational DNA
Hess, Edward D.; Ludwig, KatherineCase DARDEN-S-0238-EStrategyThis case explores the nature and strength of the UPS organization and presents the following question: With the increasing speed of change and competition in today’s global, digital economy, can UPS continue to pursue its dual strategies of operational excellence and adaptation while maintaining adherence to the employee-centric cultural policies that have been the foundation of its success for so long?Starting at €8.20
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GAS GAS
García Pont, Carlos; García Solé, CarlosCase ASN-51-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyKTM, an international leader in off-road motorcycles, proposed for GAS GAS to manufacture trial motorcycle models for its company. The brand, GAS GAS, which has 50% of the global trial motorcycle market, considers the strategic pros and cons of entering into this agreement.Starting at €8.20
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Internacionalización de Telefónica España, S.A.
Knief C.; García Pont, Carlos; Ricart, Joan EnricCase DG-1136Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl caso describe la competitividad y la estrategia del proveedor español de servicio de telecomunicación. Inicialmente, la compañía tenía un monopolio y operaba en el mercado español. Debido a la innovación tecnológica y a la desregulación del sector en muchos países, el entorno competitivo ha cambiado radicalmente. Esta nueva situación ha conducido a más competencia y a la aparición de compañías multinacionales. También se ha observado una proli...Starting at €8.20
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Real Club Deportivo Espanyol de Barcelona: Football Under the Shadow of the Pandemic
García Pont, Carlos; Rosenberg, MikeCase ASN-85-EDecision Analysis, MarketingDue to the outbreak of Sars-CoV-2, Spain's professional football teams were barred from playing and even training in the Spring of 2020. The Management of one of the clubs, El Espanyol, needs to decide if it should lower the player's salaries using a government-sponsored mechanism during the emergency.Starting at €8.20
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Estrategia corporativa
García Pont, Carlos; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note DGN-530Leadership and People Management, StrategyEsta nota describe los distintos enfoques al concepto de estrategia corporativa entendida como la forma en que la empresa decide relacionarse con los distintos estamentos sociales para crear valor a través de la configuración y coordinación de actividades en múltiples mercados. Se presenta un modelo integrador basado en cuatro elementos: La visión de la empresa; sus activos estratégicos; su configuración de negocios; y su coordinación organizativ...Starting at €8.20
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Internacionalización de Telefónica España, S.A. - Nota del Instructor
Ricart, Joan Enric; García Pont, Carlos; Knief C.Teaching Note DGT-15Leadership and People Management, Strategy(See case DG-1136)Starting at €0.00
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Alcatel-Lucent: Marketing the Cell Phone as a Mobile Wallet - Teaching Note
Camacho, Nuno; Verniers, Isabel; García Pont, Carlos; Stremersch, StefanTeaching Note MT-34-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingAlcatel-Lucent (ALU) was preparing itself for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves transactions between consumers and merchants, or among consumers, using their mobilie phones, and the emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. Yet, ALU...Starting at €0.00