Corporate strategy

In FY2018-19, Prabhu Bank, an 'A' class Nepalese commercial bank, reported its operating profit of Rs1.74 billion, a significant decrease of 34 per cent...

On November 17, 1997, Jon T. Elsasser, then vice-president of The Timken Co. bearings business for Europe, Africa, and West Asia, reviewed the company's...

In 2009, after six years of operation and two negative audits, the president of the Canada Border Services Agency is thinking about initiating a reorganization...

Although Blaser Swisslube (Blaser)'s market share in the coolant space in the Indian industry is relatively low as compared to other players, India is...

CSX, America's largest eastern railroad, is heavily dependent on coal shipments, for revenues and profits. Environmental pressures, relating to coal-fired...

NonStop Yacht S.L. is a Web site that provides e-commerce service to the mega-yacht industry. Originally, the founder had planned to run NonStop Yacht...

SoJo is an online resource hub - optimized for web and mobile - focused on helping early-stage social innovators turn their ideas into action. Founded...

Supplements the (A) case.

Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, LKQ Corp. became the leading aftermarket auto parts distributor in the U.S. by the early 2000s....

The Gaylord Division of Americhem, a large chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager...

By July 2012, the founder of Clover Food Lab (Clover) had created a profitable business that served locally sourced, organic, vegetarian fast food. Over...

Founded in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) was one of 90 online marketplaces in the health care industry....

In June 2010, Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services operator, acquired the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion-the...

The focus of the case is on understanding firms' campaign contributions and lobbying strategies - and their limits. The case centers on controversy facing...

This note provides an overview of the snacking industry in 2017.

The founder, president, and CEO of a leading software security company has just announced the $5.1 million cash acquisition of a key competitor. As a...

In 1998, BAESA, PepsiCo's largest bottler and distributor outside North America, experienced severe financial difficulty and had to restructure its debt...

Create new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs.

Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity,...

No researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now.

For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which...

In a volatile world, think of your strategy as a portfolio of options, not a roadmap.

The huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive...

By aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard...

Most executives believe that competing through business models is critical for success, but few have come to grips with how best to do so. One common...

A top-down approach doesn't work anymore.

In health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,...