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KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA
by Gamze Yucaoglu Ramon Casadesus-MasanellThe case opens in September 2015, when IKEA is about to open its first store in Morocco. It then chronicles the efforts of KITEA CEO Amine Benkirane and his son Othman between 2013 and 2015 to prepare KITEA for IKEA's entry. After incurring losses for the first time in 2013, KITEA had bounced back and recorded profits and growth in 2014 and 2015. The improvements in supply chain management, product range, and relationships with stakeholders that the duo had been working on tirelessly seemed to be paying off. After an intense preparation period, was KITEA ready to face off against IKEA in Morocco?
KITEA (C): A Surprise Delay
by Gamze Yucaoglu Ramon Casadesus-MasanellThis case describes the delay of IKEA's store opening in Morocco in 2015. After Sweden ordered an internal review of its position on the independence of Western Sahara, a territory Morocco regarded as part of its own, the Moroccan government declared that IKEA did not have proper licensing to open its store in Morocco. The opening of its Zenata store was delayed by at least several months. What additional changes should Amine and Othman Benkirane implement at KITEA in the extra time?
KITEA (D): Further Changes
by Gamze Yucaoglu Ramon Casadesus-MasanellThe case opens in February 2016, when the official date of IKEA's store opening (March 16, 2016) is announced after a five month delay. It reviews the changes that Amine and Othman Benkirane had made to KITEA's workforce in the extra five months afforded by the delay, and asks if KITEA is now ready to compete successfully against IKEA.
KITEA (E): IKEA's Opening Day
by Gamze Yucaoglu Ramon Casadesus-MasanellThe case opens in 2016 as Amine Benkirane, CEO of the furniture retailer KITEA, observes KITEA's dormant sales on the day IKEA opens its first store in Morocco. It then provides information on IKEA's Morocco store, as well as a detailed pricing comparison between IKEA products in Morocco and elsewhere and similar products sold by KITEA. The case then asks whether KITEA had any chance to compete with IKEA under the current circumstances, taking into account its extensive preparation for the competition.
KITEA (F): Expanding in Africa
by Gamze Yucaoglu Ramon Casadesus-MasanellThe case opens in 2018 after KITEA has recorded two years of double-digit sales growth following IKEA's entry into the Moroccan market. It then traces the factors that contributed to KITEA' success and that led Tana Africa Capital Limited to acquire a minority stake in the company. In February 2018, following the acquisition, the partners announced plans to create a presence in North and West African countries through KITEA's stores. The case asks whether, after a number of frightening years, KITEA was ready to expand internationally to Sub-Saharan Africa, and if so, what the optimal structure and pace for this expansion should be.
KKR
by Jo Tango Alys FerragamoIn June of 2021, KKR's executive team convened to prepare for an upcoming board meeting. From a small, three-person partnership that started in 1976 and invested only in U.S. LBOs, the firm 45 years later was a public company that employed over 1,600 people and managed $252 billion across 21 offices around the world. As a public company, KKR needed to maintain growth to be competitive, and the executives wanted to envision what KKR would look like in 2025. A target earnings number for that year would give a tangible goal to its employees and Wall Street. What should it be? The executives also wanted to provide the Board of Directors a sense of what drove each of KKR's profit streams. Which profit streams were most attractive and why? As a result, what should be the company's strategic priorities?
KKR, Ringier Digital, and the Acquisition of Scout24 Switzerland
by Josh Lerner Nathaniel BurbankCase
KLIM
by Michael KlimAs one of Australia's most celebrated athletes, Michael Klim's impact extends far beyond the pool.Klim's journey to greatness began behind the Iron Curtain, in communist-era Poland. His family made a bid for freedom in the 1980s and immigrated to Australia, where swimming became his passport into a new culture and eventually led him to become one of his adopted country's great sporting heroes.His crowning moment came at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he captured the hearts of millions with his gold medal performances and world record-breaking swims.But being a champion athlete does not come without personal challenges. Beyond his achievements in the pool, Klim's life has been equally compelling. Through transitions in the business world, family life and major health trials, his natural buoyancy kept him afloat - until he faced a crisis that forced him to reassess his life and fight for his future.From the heights of Olympic glory to the depths of personal adversity, KLIM is a testament to the power of passion, perseverance and the unsinkable human spirit.'An inspiring and sometimes shocking insight into the man behind the medals.' IAN THORPE'Michael Klim's finest moment isn't Olympic glory - it's the courage he summoned to share himself so honestly in this sports memoir for the ages.' RICH ROLL
KMU im digitalen Wandel: Ergebnisse empirischer Studien zu Arbeit, Führung und Organisation (essentials)
by Dominic LindnerDominic Lindner zeigt in diesem essential die Ergebnisse von wissenschaftlichen Studien zur Digitalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) mit wissensintensiven Dienstleistungen unter Berücksichtigung der spezifischen Rahmenbedingungen dieser Unternehmen, wie u.a. geringere Budgets, hohe Nischenexpertise und geringere Prozesslandschaften als in Großunternehmen. Im Zuge von vier Studien hat der Autor die Digitalisierung von Arbeit, Führung und Organisation in KMU untersucht und daraus praktische Tipps für Entscheider und neue Erkenntnisse für Wissenschaftler abgeleitet. Die Studien fokussieren sich dabei auf die Themenbereiche Arbeitsplatz-IT, Arbeitsmodelle, Führung und Agilität.
KMU- und Start-up-Management: Strategische Aspekte, operative Umsetzung und Best-Practice
by Patrick HaagDas Herausgeberwerk beleuchtet theoretisch fundiert und praxisnah die strategische Planung und operative Umsetzung der Unternehmensstrategie von Start-ups und kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen. Die Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis geben einen Einblick in verschiedene Themenfelder: Von der Unternehmensgründung, über das Unternehmenswachstum, die Finanzierung, das Personalmanagement bis hin zur Unternehmensnachfolge. Die 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage enthält neue Kapitel über Private Equity, Invoice Trading, Frühphasenfinanzierung sowie der Innovationsfähigkeit von KMU und der digitalen Transformation bestehender Geschäftsmodelle. Neu sind auch Beiträge über die Bindung von Auszubildenden an das eigene Unternehmen, die performance-orientierte Personalentwicklung sowie die Datenschutzgrundverordnung. Die Unternehmen „Urlaubspiraten.de“, und „B.Tealy“ werden als neue Best Practices vorgestellt. Ein Sammelband mit wichtigen Impulsen für erfahrene Manager, junge Unternehmer, Entrepreneure auf dem Weg zur ersten eigenen Gründung sowie für Institutionen und Studierende.
KONE: The MonoSpace Launch in Germany
by Das Narayandas Gordon SwartzFocuses on the launch of a new elevator product in Germany. In 1996, global construction slumps and low differentiation among competitive offerings has led to significant price competition and margin erosion in the elevator industry. In these circumstances, KONE, one of the global players in this industry, has developed the Monospace elevator product that uses revolutionary technologies. This new product is expected to have a significant impact on the current product lines of KONE and its competitors. The firm has test marketed the product in three European country markets to varying degrees of success. The firm is now planning to launch the new product in Germany, the largest country market in Europe and vital to KONE's overall success. With little room for error and the future of the firm at stake, KONE's German subsidiary needs to develop a detailed launch plan for Monospace in Germany.
KULUNDA: South Siberian Agro-steppe as Pioneering Region for Sustainable Land Use (Innovations in Landscape Research)
by Insa Theesfeld Manfred Frühauf Georg Guggenberger Tobias Meinel Sebastian LentzThis book focuses on a representative example and one of the world’s largest steppe conversions, and provides a detailed overview of the results of the BMBF-funded research project KULUNDA. As part of the Siberian virgin land policy, the Kulunda steppe was transformed into agricultural land from 1954 to 1965. In the course of the project, a multidisciplinary research team conducted a natural, social-economic and agro-scientific cause-and-effect analysis of (agro-)ecosystem destabilisation, as well as various field trials covering tillage and crop rotation options in their socio-economic context. The ecologically and economically sound findings offer strategies for combining climate smart land utilization, ecosystem restoration and sustainable regional development, and can readily be applied to other virgin land conversion efforts. In addition, the findings on the Eurasian steppes will expand the current conversion literature, which mainly consists of the ‘Dust Bowl’ literature of the North American plains. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scientists, professionals, and students in the environmental, geo- and climate sciences.
KaBOOM! How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play
by Stuart Brown Darell HammondKaBOOM! chronicles Darell Hammond's amazing journey from a childhood spent living in a group home in Illinois to becoming the cofounder and CEO of KaBOOM!, an organization with this mission at its core: harnessing the power of community to save play for children... one playground at a time. Like The Blue Sweater and Three Cups of Tea, KaBOOM! demonstrates how one idealist can change the world and how small, civic-minded steps create a ripple effect that can precipitate change in communities and eventually change in the world at large. More than just a memoir, KaBOOM! is a call to action that will inspire readers by challenging them to rethink traditional notions of community and social change. This is the story of a man with a vision: Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more of it-it is not a luxury but a necessity for their lives. Through hard work, commitment, and the conviction that access to a safe play environment is the fundamental right of all children, Hammond built an organization that has raised almost $200 million, directly built 2,000 playgrounds with a million volunteers, and touched the lives of countless children and families. Photo captions are included after the index, starting on p. 287.
KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (A)
by V. Kasturi Rangan Sarah ApplebyA case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with strong corporate partnerships and volunteer-organizing capabilities. Over the years, KaBOOM! developed new programs, including a new web platform to enable individuals and communities to do build-it-yourself playgrounds which increased KaBOOM!'s total annual number of playgrounds built by as much as a factor of 10. The case explores how KaBOOM! evaluated its goals and determined a strategy to achieve the scale required to meet its social mission and vision of every child having a place to play.
KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (A)
by V. Kasturi Rangan Sarah ApplebyA case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with strong corporate partnerships and volunteer-organizing capabilities. Over the years, KaBOOM! developed new programs, including a new web platform to enable individuals and communities to do build-it-yourself playgrounds which increased KaBOOM!'s total annual number of playgrounds built by as much as a factor of 10. The case explores how KaBOOM! evaluated its goals and determined a strategy to achieve the scale required to meet its social mission and vision of every child having a place to play.
KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (Abridged)
by V. Kasturi Rangan Sarah ApplebyA case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with strong corporate partnerships and volunteer-organizing capabilities. Over the years, KaBOOM! developed new programs, including a new web platform to enable individuals and communities to do build-it-yourself playgrounds, which increased KaBOOM!’s total annual number of playgrounds built by as much as a factor of 10. The case explores how KaBOOM! evaluated its goals and determined a strategy to achieve the scale required to meet its social mission and vision of every child having a place to play.
KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (B)
by V. Kasturi Rangan Tricia GreggSupplemental to case 517025. This (B) case describes the changes in the organization's strategy from one of Building Playgrounds to Influencing Play. It describes the implementation of the strategy and the challenges it faced internally and externally. It goes on to describe how the organization under its new leader, James Siegal, further adjusted the strategy and its implementation, to navigate through the initial difficulties. The case closes with the question, what else should the organization do to help the new strategy take off?
KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Pays
by Mark Victor Hansen Joel CommFor nearly fifteen years, Joel Comm has been generating revenue on the web via a number of avenues. In KaChing, he shares his five primary methods of making money online, combining traditional marketing with the new, offering detailed strategies and techniques that can be applied to any niche or market. Each of the five methods is broken down into simple, practical, duplicable steps.Praise for KaChing"Turning your passion into profit is Joel's keystone in life, and he possesses the uncanny ability to deliver a clear road map enabling precise results, again and again. Follow Joel's formulas for creating revenue streams online and you'll discover a whole new level of decisive confidence, both online and in life."--Gary W. Goldstein, Hollywood Movie Producer"If you can't make money online after reading Joel Comm's KaChing, you should not be allowed to drive a car or operate large machinery! Joel Comm could not have made your path to internet wealth more clear or simple. KaChing is a step-by-step guide to defining your niche, creating salable content, and driving paying customers to your site on a consistent and sustainable basis. It's time to hit the KaChing button! Read this book NOW and watch your money accumulate."--Joseph Michelli, PhD, author of such internationally bestselling business books as The Starbucks Experience, The New Gold Standard, and When Fish Fly; and cofounder of WOWful Connections"With Twitter Power, Joel Comm demonstrated how to build and nurture productive digital relationships. With KaChing, he teaches how to tap into your passions and create online revenue streams via several compelling models. If you're serious about creating revenue online, without having to live online, read this book and apply its best practices."--David Nour, bestselling author of Relationship Economics and ConnectAbility"If you've considered starting an online business or have one that isn't making any money, check out Joel Comm's book and find your KaChing button."--Alexis Martin Neely, AlexisMartinNeely.com"Joel Comm is a master teacher when it comes to following your passion and becoming extremely successful with your online businesses. In this book, he tells you how you can do both, and his methods are easy enough for anyone to follow. If you have been searching for a way to profit from what your are passionate about, you must read this book!"--Jen Grover, creator of the Butler Bag and author of What If? and Why Not?
Kaalam Ungal Kaaladiyil (First Edition)
by Soma. ValliappanThis book entitled "Kaalam Ungal Kaaladiyil" is a self improvement guide for all, especially the younger generation, which explains the importance of Time management to succeed in life, Time Investment and offers tips for effective use Time.
Kaggle 2019 Data Science Survey
by Paul Hamilton Steven Randazzo Yael Grushka-Cockayne Michael ParzenCase
Kaiser Permanente Colorado: Primary Care Plus
by Robert S. Kaplan Mahek A. ShahA gerontologist in Kaiser Permanente's Colorado region is concerned with the high and growing cost of treating the elderly population. She introduces a new care model, Primary Care Plus, using an interdisciplinary team of a primary care doctor, palliative care specialist, nurse coordinator, clinical pharmacy specialist, and behavioral and social service specialists. The team focuses on the highest-risk patients to see if the new, pro-active care model can improve patient, family, and provider satisfaction and lower Kaiser Permanente's total cost of care for this patient segment.
Kaiser Permanente: Innovating to Transform Healthcare
by Lynda M. ApplegateThis case enables discussion of organizational and industry transformation.
Kaiser Steel, Fontana
by John Charles Anicic Jr.In the first half of the 20th century, Fontana Farms Company operated a hog ranch on the site where Kaiser Company Incorporated later erected one of the nation's largest steel mills. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States was forced into an unprecedented escalation in the production of ships, planes, and armaments. Soon the sensational announcement came to San Bernardino County that Fontana, a railroad convergence located a safe distance from possible coastal bombardment, would become home to thousands of sweathogs in the war effort. A "gold rush" of sorts ensued, and all property south of Valencia Street to the railroad was sold in a week. This book pays tribute to the fact that, for two generations, Kaiser Steel Corporation at Fontana was among California's and the nation's industrial giants.
Kaizen Assembly: Designing, Constructing, and Managing a Lean Assembly Line
by Chris A. OrtizIt is easy to learn the philosophy and the concepts of kaizen. It is quite another challenge to translate the philosophy into action. While most books expound on the underlying principles and theory, Kaizen Assembly: Designing, Constructing, and Managing a Lean Assembly Line takes you step-by-step through an actual kaizen event. This approach demon