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Best-Selling Strategy Cases (as of December 2024)

We would like to thank representatives of the case study publishers listed below for providing lists of their best-selling strategy teaching cases.  The lists are provided as a quick reference guide for STR members looking to find popular cases for use in the classroom.

Harvard Business Publishing Education

Product Name Disciplines Authors
Taj Hotels: Jewel in the Crown? Strategy Rajiv Agarwal
Wii Encore? Strategy Andrei Hagiu
Epic Games: Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite Strategy Andy Wu, Miaomiao Zhang, Christopher Zhang
Toronto Transit Commission: Service Quality and Customer Perception Strategy Jana Seijts, Dino Pupulin, Ken Mark
Coursera Strategy Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Hyunjin Kim
Leadership Online (A): Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon.com Strategy Pankaj Ghemawat, Bret Baird
Tesla in 2023: "Electrified" Competition Strategy Eric Van Den Steen, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman
Building a Global Omni-channel Commerce Ecosystem: The Shopify Story Strategy Xuesong Geng, Andrew Chin, Jovina Ang, Jonathan Chang
AI Wars Strategy Andy Wu, Matt Higgins, Miaomiao Zhang, Hang Jiang
Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022 Strategy David B. Yoffie, Daniel Fisher
Alexa: A Pandora's Box of Risks Strategy Russell Walker
Haier's U.S. Refrigerator Strategy 2005 Strategy Pankaj Ghemawat, Thomas M. Hout, Jordan Siegel
Beyond Meat: On the Route to Profitability? Strategy Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya
Danaher Corporation (Abridged) Strategy Bharat N. Anand, David J. Collis, Sophie Hood
Oracle's Hostile Takeover of PeopleSoft (A) Strategy Robert M. Daines, Vinay B. Nair, Davina Drabkin
Transforming Blue Bird: Indonesia's Top Mobility Provider's Push for Sustainable Growth and Digitalisation in the Post-COVID Era Strategy Yuanto Kusnadi, Wee-Kiat Lim
Negotiating for Success in Asia: Adapting to a Multipolar World Strategy Stephen Grainger, Per Hintze
Fuyao Glass America: Sourcing Decision Strategy Willy Shih
Adidas: How To Keep Running Fast in a Post-COVID-19 World? Strategy Niccolò Pisani, Ornella Lupoi
NVIDIA: Winning the Deep-Learning Leadership Battle Strategy Michael D. Watkins, Lisa Duke, Sonia Tan, Christopher Read, Rathan Kinhal
Stakeholder Analysis Tool Strategy Lynda M. Applegate
CarMax Inc.: Disrupting the Used-Car Market Strategy John R. Wells, Hong Luo
Intercorp Strategy By: Michael E. Porter, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo, Marcela Merino Dominguez
Digital Transformation at GE: Shifting Minds For Agility Strategy Stephane J.G. Girod, Lisa Duke
Amazon.com, Inc. Strategy Frank T. Rothaermel

The Case Centre - Best-Selling Cases

Product Name Disciplines Authors
Beyond Meat: On the Route to Profitability? Strategy and General Management Arpita Agnihotri (School of Business Administration, Penn State Harrisburg); Saurabh Bhattacharya (University of Newcastle Business School)
ChatGPT vs Google and the Future of Search Strategy and General Management Harris Kyriakou (ESSEC Business School)
Design Thinking: Key to Airbnb's Success Strategy and General Management Munmun Samantarai (IBS Center for Management Research); Indu Perepu (IBS Center for Management Research)
Future-proofing HEINEKEN: The EverGreen Strategy Strategy and General Management Munmun Samantarai (IBS Center for Management Research); Indu Perepu (IBS Center for Management Research)
General Electric's Corporate Strategy Strategy and General Management Andrew C Inkpen (Thunderbird School of Global Management)
Honda (B) Strategy and General Management Evelyn T Christiansen (Harvard Business School); Richard Tanner Pascale (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
HP at a Strategic Crossroad: 2005 Strategy and General Management Ali Farhoomand (HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong); Kavita Sethi (HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong)
LEGO Strategy and General Management Jan W Rivkin (Harvard Business School); Stefan Thomke (Harvard Business School); Daniela Beyersdorfer (Harvard Business School)
Personal Training at the New York Health Club Strategy and General Management Constantinos Maglaras (Columbia Business School, Columbia University)
SHEIN vs Zara: Digital Transformation in the Fast-fashion Industry Strategy and General Management Shuqing Luo (HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong); Guoli Chen (INSEAD)
Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A) Strategy and General Management Michael Y Yoshino (Harvard Business School); Christopher A Bartlett (Harvard Business School); Perry L Fagan (Harvard Business School)
Tesla, Inc Strategy and General Management Frank T. Rothaermel (Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology)
The Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean Strategy and General Management W Chan Kim (INSEAD); Renee Mauborgne (INSEAD); Michael Olenick (INSEAD)
The Walt Disney Company and Pixar, Inc: To Acquire or Not to Acquire? Strategy and General Management Juan Alcacer (Harvard Business School); David J Collis (Harvard Business School); Mary Furey (Harvard Business School)
Will 'Linkedin Learning' Disrupt the Education Landscape? Strategy and General Management Stefan Michel (International Institute for Management Development (IMD)); Maxim Kolesnik (International Institute for Management Development (IMD)); Mario Perez (International Institute for Management Development (IMD)); Dominik Reinhard (International Institute for Management Development (IMD))

Ivey Publishing - Best-Selling Strategy Cases

Disciplines Authors
Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard: Beating Sony in Gaming and the Metaverse Strategy; Sustainability Rajiv Agarwal
Tim Hortons: Bringing Canada's Iconic Coffee to China International Business; Strategy Lucas Liang Wang
Star Alliance in 2020 International Business; Strategy; Sustainability Benjamin Gomes-Casseres; Jacob Judd
Intel Corporation: Outsourcing Dilemma Strategy Saurabh Bhattacharya, Arpita Agnihotri
Turbulent Times for TikTok?s Platform Strategy Information Systems; Strategy Nicole Haggerty, Vivian Zhang
Zoom Video Communications: Flash in the Pandemic or Enduring Success? General Management; Strategy Malay Krishna, Gursimran Gambhir
DoorDash: In Search of Profitability Entrepreneurship; Strategy Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh Bhattacharya
Ford Motor Company: Struggle in India International Business; Strategy Sudhir Naib
PepsiCo Inc.: Establishing a Role in a Sustainable Society Strategy; Sustainability Michael Valente
Paramount: RuPaul's Drag Race - from Subculture to Mainstream Marketing; Strategy Chris Beless, Penny Dolan, April C. Hughes, Kelly Goldsmith
Dropbox: A Digital Firm's Journey Abroad International Business; Strategy Noman Ahmed Shaheer Siddiqui; Mirea Woo; Max Stallkamp; Sali Li; Liang Chen
Rappi: the Latin American Super App? Entrepreneurship; Strategy Enrique Ramirez R., Andres Gonzalez R.
HCL Technologies: Driving Innovation Through Ecosystem Innovation Platform Entrepreneurship; Strategy Sabyasachi Sinha, Naveen Kumar Malik
Uber and Cornershop: An Acquisition in the Multi-sided Platform Space General Management; Strategy Jorge Tarzijan
DBS Bank Ltd.: How to Accelerate Digitalization Information Systems; Strategy Ning Su, Ramasastry Chandrasekhar
Workplace Safety Trainers: Staying Agile in the Midst of a Pandemic Operations Management; Strategy Julie Gosse; Anthony Mccreery
Hell's Basement Brewery: Surviving a Pandemic Entrepreneurship; Strategy Tyler Case, Darren Howes
Harry Rosen: Digitizing Customer Relationships Information Systems; Strategy Vania Sakelaris, Nicole R.D. Haggerty
Robinhood Markets Inc.: Business Model Challenges General Management; Strategy Ram Subramanian
IKEA Korea Ltd.: Renewing Success in a Turbulent Environment International Business; Strategy Taehoon Park, Martin Hemmert
HP Inc.: Poised to Lead in 3D Printing? General Management; Strategy Andreas Schotter; Ramasastry Chandrasekhar
Air France-KLM: A Strategy for the European Skies International Business; Strategy Paul Marchand, Gwyneth Edwards
General Motors: Mary Barra's Leadership in the Electric Vehicle Era Strategy; Sustainability Ning Su, Areeb Athar
Where Have You Been? An Exercise to Assess Your Exposure to the Rest of the World's Peoples (2023) Marketing; Strategy Paul W. Beamish
Fairphone: Dialing Up Sustainability in Smartphones Strategy; Sustainability Malay Krishna, Hardik Budhiraja

Ivey Publishing - New Strategy Cases Published in 2024

Product Name

Disciplines

Original Publication Date

Authors

Apple Inc.: Should It Diversify Its Supply Chain Outside Of China?

Economics & Public Policy; Strategy

14/08/2023

Veena Keshav Pailwar

Beznoska: Sell Me Your Stocks

Strategy

25/07/2023

Martin Jurek, Mohit Srivastava, Karel Pernica, Jiri Hnilica

Bone Brox: From a Startup to an Established Business

Entrepreneurship; Strategy

13/06/2024

Christoph Engl, Sophia Pauer

BYD Cars in India: Can They Make a Dent?

Marketing; Strategy

6/10/2023

Makrand Manjul Shandilya, Parijat Upadhyay, Prabin Kumar Panigrahi

EatSure: Bringing Surety From the Clouds

Marketing; Strategy

16/10/2023

Ashima Vardhan, Paaras Bhardwaj, Sourav Garg, Jatin Pandey

Exide Industries Limited: The Metaverse Decision Dilemma

General Management; Strategy

22/08/2024

Sandip Pradhan, Manojit Chattopadhyay

Fairphone: Dialing Up Sustainability in Smartphones

Strategy; Sustainability

11/7/2023

Malay Krishna, Hardik Budhiraja

From Mug to Mike: The Scale-Up Puzzle

Entrepreneurship; Strategy

5/9/2023

Abhilash G. Nambudiri, Minnu F Pynadath

Fugumobile: Setting Up a Local Digital Marketing Company in China

Marketing; Strategy

5/9/2023

Venkat Raman G, Bhavani Shankar Saripalli, Huirong Ju, Ramakrishna Velamuri

HUL's Acquisition of GSK Consumer Healthcare: A Hefty Rise in Intangible Assets

Accounting; Strategy

1/9/2023

Shernaz Bodhanwala, Ruzbeh Bodhanwala

IKEA Korea Ltd.: Renewing Success in a Turbulent Environment

International Business; Strategy

27/09/2023

Taehoon Park, Martin Hemmert

Intel Corporation: Outsourcing Dilemma - Simplified Chinese version

Strategy

5/12/2024

Saurabh Bhattacharya, Arpita Agnihotri

Ka Shui: Digital Transformation

Operations Management; Strategy

26/06/2023

Chi Hung Ng, Yuen Wing Catherine Wong, Chun Ho Wu, Hoi Yan Lam, Chun Man Kwok, Yee Lok Yvonne Li

Triovest Bets on the Future of Office Space

Strategy; Sustainability

11/12/2023

Andrew Klein, Maziar Raz

WhatsApp: Creating and Communicating Value for WhatsApp Payments

Marketing; Strategy

7/7/2023

Bikramjit Rishi, Harvinder Singh, Agniv Bhattacharya


Do you have a suggestion for a new strategy teaching case resource that would benefit the STR community or an update to any of the information above? You can email your materials to STR Teaching Committee member Paul Seaborn (ps7wx@virginia.edu).