Four Seasons Story
Case 9: Four Seasons The Case The Four Seasons Hotel – How far will service take you? The Four Seasons hotel was started in 1960 by Isadore Sharp in Toronto, Canada and is currently ranked as one of the most…
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DISNEY Story
Case 8: DISNEY The Case Disney Corporation – A masterclass in Diversification Disney has different meanings depending on the audience in question. To some, it is a company that produces animated films, to others, a theme park, to others a…
NETFLIX Story
Case 7: NETFLIX The Case NETFLIX – Luck or Preparedness Inspired by Amazon’s success in selling books online, Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph decided to create a similar company and chose to distribute films. This was the beginning of NETFLIX…
IKEA Story
Case 6: IKEA The Case In 1943, Ingvar Kamprad started his company, selling pens, wallets, picture frames and other such small items from his Swedish home base. Five years later, he introduced furniture as part of his product offering, using…
Ebay Story
Case 5: Ebay The Case Who would have thought a company created to allow us sell off items we no longer want would one day become one of the best-known companies in the world. I doubt Pierre Omidyar could have…
McDonald’s Story
Case 4: McDonald’s The case: Founded in 1940 by two brothers, Richard and Maurice, the McDonalds corporation, our focal company for today was sold to Ray Croc in 1955. What started as a hamburger stand is now probably one of…
Southwest Story
Case 3: Southwest Airlines The case: A couple of months ago, one of the founders of Southwest Airline, Herb Kelleher sadly passed away. Many articles have been written about his legacy, but most importantly, his revolutionization of the airline industry,…
Nokia Story
Case 2: Nokia The case: With humble beginnings from a small Finnish town, Nokia became a household name in the world of mobile phones. So successful was it that in 1991, it made a profit of $1bilion. In 1998, it…
Honda Story
Two subjects that I’m passionate about are excellence in business and excellence in life. Interestingly the more I learn about business and the more case studies I read, the more I see an intersection. I believe there’s a life lesson…
True BEAUTY
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|54px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] On 13th December 2002, my life took a completely different course… Not just because I became a Mary Kay consultant…