Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg

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 …

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Analyzing Inventory Cost and Service in Supply Chains

Supply chains consume a large amount of capital and are responsible for most of the cost of goods and operations of a company. Supply chains also create significant value and can be the determining factor for a business to retain its customers. Using concrete examples, this case presents students with an inventory model that shows …

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BRAC and Aarong Commercial Brands

BRAC is the world’s largest NGO and has recently founded a number of profitable and successful business ventures ranging from milk processing to vegetable export, as well as a university. Explore the stresses and benefits of a large nonprofit entering the business arena and the ramifications for the organization.

The Freelancers Union (B)

One month after the start of Freelancers Insurance Company, Sara Horowitz, founder and CEO, holds a staff meeting to discuss the outcome. The discussion focuses in particular on the reaction of the members. With the workforce divided, Horowitz thinks about the next steps to take.

Takeda: The Governance of Strategic Transformation (B)

The case series describes the strategic transformation at Takeda, the largest Japanese pharmaceutical company, with a special focus on the R&D function. Since 2015, the 237-year-old industry dean has reduced his strategic focus from six to three. therapeutic areas, has reorganized its global R&D presence into one Japanese location and two in the US, and …

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Nanxi Liu: Finding the Keys to Sales Success at Enplug

In 2012, Nanxi Liu and her four co-founders founded Enplug, a digital signage company that specializes in providing businesses with customizable interactive digital displays. After a few years with the company, Enplug went from an installation-based service model that relied heavily on digital advertising for revenue, to a product-oriented company that developed and sold downloadable …

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The Whiz Kids

In October 1945, at his Ford Motor Company office in Dearborn, Michigan, Henry Ford II received a telegram from Charles “Tex” Thornton, a colonel in the United States Air Force. The telegram gave Ford the opportunity to employ a statistical control system that had been developed and successfully applied in the management of the Army …

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