In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-chairs Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had created specialized in managing digital risk and discovering evidence. digital and had grown very rapidly. Together with the company’s chief financial officer, they believed the company could grow from …
This case focuses on the impact of a new regulatory pathway, the biosimilars pathway, on the strategy of a large pharmaceutical company that sees its largest product (60% of sales) at risk. In the case, it explores the rationale for the measure, emerging biosimilars market participants, and a number of negative financial outlooks for AbbVie. …
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By the mid-2000s, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) had built a national reputation as an innovative and effective agency. But beginning in 2005, when Governor-elect Christine Gregoire introduced a performance management system at the state level, the Government Management, Accountability and Performance Health Department (GMAP) and other government agencies had to regularly explain …
After CEO Natarajan proposed a fourth business unit to expand the market for zensar’s innovative technology, led by Dilip Ittyera, CEO Natarajan introduced a new organizational structure focused on vertical industries.
The case describes how Quantopian, a Python-based trading algorithm development and backtesting platform, uses its community of quantitative traders (“Quants”) to develop a novel crowdsourcing hedge fund model. The case provides an overview of the existing hedge fund industry and illustrates some potential issues that startups should address. The case also presents crowdsourcing as a …
When Stefan Oschmann became CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in 2016, the company had begun its transformation from a traditional mid-size German industrial company to a modern, global science and technology company. The portfolio restructuring and reorganization spearheaded by Oschmann’s predecessor, Karl-Ludwig Kley since 2007, had been approved …
The Director of Logistics for Walmart Canada developed plans for a new distribution center in Alberta. Management had challenged them: Why not build the most sustainable distribution center in the world? However, it was not very clear how this challenge would translate into concrete actions, taking into account corporate sustainability goals. His team now examined …
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Sai Marine Exports Pvt. Limited. (SMEPL) had been in business for 20 years and established itself as one of India’s largest shrimp exporters with the United States and the European Union as its main sales markets. Indian companies enjoyed a competitive advantage after unprecedented market conditions due to the early mortality syndrome that affected exports …