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The case describes the lead-up to the offer to acquire Baxalta Inc by Shire PLC in the summer of 2015, weeks after Baxalta was spun out of Baxter’s BioScience business. The setting is the biopharmaceutical sector – the fastest-growing in the global pharmaceutical industry in 2014, when M&As reached a record $219.4 billion.
Reference 6690
Published 17 Jan 2022
Length 19 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Pharmaceuticals
The case describes the lead-up to the offer to acquire Baxalta Inc by Shire PLC in the summer of 2015, weeks after Baxalta was spun out of Baxter’s BioScience business. The setting is the biopharmaceutical sector – the fastest-growing in the global pharmaceutical industry in 2014, when M&As reached a record $219.4 billion.
The case describes General Electric’s transformation from an industrial manufacturer to an industrial analytics giant. It opens in 2009 when CEO Jeff Immelt decides that GE, a hardware maker, needs to be more capable in software. The narrative traces his early efforts to consolidate and coordinate software capabilities in a central unit (GE Software Center) headed by Bill Ruh in Silicon Valley.
Reference 6313
Published 24 Jul 2017
Length 15 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Industrial Automation, Internet
The case describes General Electric’s transformation from an industrial manufacturer to an industrial analytics giant. It opens in 2009 when CEO Jeff Immelt decides that GE, a hardware maker, needs to be more capable in software. The narrative traces his early efforts to consolidate and coordinate software capabilities in a central unit (GE Software Center) headed by Bill Ruh in Silicon Valley.
This case describes the strategy of a renewable energy charity in Peru attempting to transition to a social enterprise. The charity uses a combination of strategies, including a multi-tiered pricing strategy and using local entrepreneurs to adapt the business model for local conditions.
Reference 6231
Published 28 Oct 2016
Length 5 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Renewables & Environment
This case describes the strategy of a renewable energy charity in Peru attempting to transition to a social enterprise. The charity uses a combination of strategies, including a multi-tiered pricing strategy and using local entrepreneurs to adapt the business model for local conditions.
This case describes the strategy of a renewable energy charity in Peru attempting to transition to a social enterprise. The charity uses a combination of strategies, including a multi-tiered pricing strategy and using local entrepreneurs to adapt the business model for local conditions.
Reference 6231
Published 28 Oct 2016
Length 3 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Renewables & Environment
This case describes the strategy of a renewable energy charity in Peru attempting to transition to a social enterprise. The charity uses a combination of strategies, including a multi-tiered pricing strategy and using local entrepreneurs to adapt the business model for local conditions.
Case A reviews the history of IMAX Corporation from its founding until the introduction of Digital Media Remastering (DMR) technology in 2002. Since its founding, IMAX had struggled to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. The case explores IMAX's difficulties in attracting movie studios and theatres to its platform.
Reference 5836
Published 26 Nov 2012
Length 21 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Case A reviews the history of IMAX Corporation from its founding until the introduction of Digital Media Remastering (DMR) technology in 2002. Since its founding, IMAX had struggled to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. The case explores IMAX's difficulties in attracting movie studios and theatres to its platform.
Case A reviews the history of IMAX Corporation from its founding until the introduction of Digital Media Remastering (DMR) technology in 2002. Since its founding, IMAX had struggled to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. The case explores IMAX's difficulties in attracting movie studios and theatres to its platform.
Reference 5836
Published 26 Nov 2012
Length 9 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
Case A reviews the history of IMAX Corporation from its founding until the introduction of Digital Media Remastering (DMR) technology in 2002. Since its founding, IMAX had struggled to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. The case explores IMAX's difficulties in attracting movie studios and theatres to its platform.
This case is excellent for teaching both MBAs and executives how to create a blue ocean strategy that is hard to imitate and sustainable. It focuses on Wikipedia versus Britannica.com in the online encyclopedia industry.
Reference 5694
Published 28 Sep 2011
Length 11 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Online Media
This case is excellent for teaching both MBAs and executives how to create a blue ocean strategy that is hard to imitate and sustainable. It focuses on Wikipedia versus Britannica.com in the online encyclopedia industry.
Case A describes how Rodrigo Baggio in 1995 developed the first computer and citizen schools in Brazil to address the problem of digital exclusion. By 2005 the CDI network included almost 1,000 schools throughout Latin America. However, with the rapid growth came quality control problems and organisational complexities.
Reference 5597
Published 30 Apr 2009
Length 12 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Civic & Social Organization
Case A describes how Rodrigo Baggio in 1995 developed the first computer and citizen schools in Brazil to address the problem of digital exclusion. By 2005 the CDI network included almost 1,000 schools throughout Latin America. However, with the rapid growth came quality control problems and organisational complexities.
Case A describes how Rodrigo Baggio in 1995 developed the first computer and citizen schools in Brazil to address the problem of digital exclusion. By 2005 the CDI network included almost 1,000 schools throughout Latin America. However, with the rapid growth came quality control problems and organisational complexities.
Reference 5597
Published 30 Sep 2009
Length 6 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Civic & Social Organization
Case A describes how Rodrigo Baggio in 1995 developed the first computer and citizen schools in Brazil to address the problem of digital exclusion. By 2005 the CDI network included almost 1,000 schools throughout Latin America. However, with the rapid growth came quality control problems and organisational complexities.
