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• Case | HBS Case Collection | January 2018 (Revised October 2018)

  The Rise and Rise (?) of Walmart (A): Battling Kmart

  Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Eric Van den Steen and Karen Elterman

  This case, set in 1990, describes the history of Walmart and asks what competitive strategies Kmart might adopt in response to Walmart's success. It discusses the strategy and organization of both companies in terms of HR practices, store location, distribution, information technology, procurement, pricing, and company culture. This (A) case is the first in a multi-part series that goes on to describe the results of Kmart's competition with Walmart, as well as Walmart's later grappling with ecommerce and Amazon.

  Keywords: walmart; Kmart; organization; company culture; pricing; procurement; Supercenter; Strategy; Competition; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; United States; Bentonville; Arkansas;

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  Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Eric Van den Steen, and Karen Elterman. "The Rise and Rise (?) of Walmart (A): Battling Kmart." Harvard Business School Case 718-431, January 2018. (Revised October 2018.)  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | July 2018

  Hilti (A): Fleet Management?

  Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jan Rivkin

  This Teaching Note accompanies the case HBS No. 718-419, “Hilti (A): Fleet Management.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan and transcripts of the associated videos, Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements.
  The associated case explores the strategic decision-making process of premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 1999, when the company was considering implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would substantially differentiate the company from its competitors. While fleet management had the potential to significantly improve the customer experience, Hilti was already a successful firm under its extant model and had to decide whether the restructuring of its business model was worth the risk.

  Keywords: business model innovation; total customer value; decision making; leasing; restructuring; innovation; Inventions; business models; Value chains; customer relationship management; Transformations; strategy; focusing on customers; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Liechtenstein; Switzerland; Europe;

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  Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jan Rivkin. "Hilti (A): Fleet Management?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-404, July 2018.  View Details

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | June 2017 (Revised May 2018)

  Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements

  Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer

  This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new business model contributed significantly to the success of Hilti, since it sustainably differentiated the company from its competitors. For instance, the adoption of fleet management resulted in customer loyalty levels five times higher than under the dominant business model Hilti had formerly employed, and over-proportioned profit contribution at Hilti. Hilti’s Chief Technology Officer described the importance of the innovation as follows: “Hilti developed many very innovative and successful products over the years, but they paled in comparison with the fleet management business model, which was the most important innovation in Hilti’s history.” All told, Hilti, which had about 22,000 employees and made about 4.5 billion Swiss Francs (or $4.589 billion USD) in sales in 2015, managed 1.5 million tools under fleet management contracts in 40 countries, resulting in a contract value of more than 1.2 billion Swiss Francs (approximately $1.4 billion USD).
  
  Case A describes the strategic decision-making process regarding the introduction of fleet management in its early planning stages.

  Keywords: Hilti; business model innovation; fleet management; decision-making; decision making; Implementation; power tools industry; Construction industry; Construction; Europe; Switzerland; strategy; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Construction; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; North America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong;

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  Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Oliver Gassmann, and Roman Sauer. "Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-808, June 2017. (Revised May 2018.)  View Details

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