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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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Domino’s Pizza Japan: Fortressing or Market Expansion? - Teaching Note
Paul W. Beamish; Colette Southam; Alex BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-8B21M028-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B21M028.Starting at €0.00
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Shanghai Euclid Printing Machine Co.: Navigating through Layoffs and Closure
Huiwei Cai; Wansi Chen; Vanessa Hasse; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-9B19M051-EStrategyIn late 2012, Shanghai Euclid Printing Machine Co. (Shanghai Euclid), a joint venture between a Chinese state-owned enterprise and an American multinational enterprise, was in the process of closing down. Established in December 1993, the joint venture haStarting at €8.20
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The Qingdao International Beer Festival - Teaching Note
Su Liu; Alex Beamish; Hailing LiuTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M081-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M081.Starting at €0.00
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White Gold In Benin: Chinese Investment In Cotton
Zhangfeng Fei; Xiaokang Zhao; Kejing Zhang; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-9B18M003-EStrategyIn mid-June 2011, the Chinese president of the China–Benin joint venture Benin Textile Company (Compagnie Béninoise des Textiles, or CBT) was deeply worried about the supply of cotton in Benin. Since 2009, CBT had faced significant challenges in obtaining a reliable cotton supply. In 2010, the company had already placed its cotton orders, but local Beninese cotton producers were unwilling to deliver cotton at the earlier agreed-on price due to th...Starting at €8.20
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Can One Business Unit Have 2 Revenue Models? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Bertini, Marco; Tavassoli, NaderArticle HBS-R1503K-EStrategyPeter Noll, a pharmaceutical company division chief, ponders the varying business models of two units that have just merged. Both have for years employed flexible, inventive strategies to good effect, but Noll is inclined to impose a single model on the combined entity. The two unit heads, however, make compelling arguments for being left to do their business as usual. What choice should Noll make? Expert commentary comes from Bodo Eickhoff, of R...Starting at €8.20
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Can One Business Unit Have Two Revenue Models (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Bertini, Marco; Tavassoli, NaderArticle HBS-R1503Z-EStrategyPeter Noll, a pharmaceutical company division chief, ponders the varying business models of two units that have just merged. Both have for years employed flexible, inventive strategies to good effect, but Noll is inclined to impose a single model on the combined entity. The two unit heads, however, make compelling arguments for being left to do their business as usual. What choice should Noll make? Expert commentary comes from Bodo Eickhoff, of R...Starting at €8.20