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Snell, Scott A.

Marriott International: Hospitality’s Uncertain Future

Harris, Jared D. ; Snell, Scott ; Harrison, Katharine

S-0396 | Published October 05, 2022 | 22 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

When industry conditions are disrupted, planning for the future can be difficult. For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the hospitality industry, not only depressing demand duri... Read More

Apple's Design Guru: Jony Ive

Snell, Scott A.

S-0320 | Published December 04, 2019 | 14 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In a surprise notice late on Thursday, June 20, 2019, Apple announced that its chief design officer, Jonathan "Jony" Ive, would be leaving the company later in the year. With nearly 5,000 patents to h... Read More

Chalhoub Group: Transforming the Luxury Retailer

Snell, Scott A.

S-0319 | Published November 13, 2019 | 12 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

From a single boutique in Damascus, Syria, in 1955, the Chalhoub Group had grown by 2019 to operate more than 650 luxury retail stores in 14 countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. By b... Read More

AstraZeneca: Transforming How New Medicines Flow to Patients

Snell, Scott A. ; Yemen, Gerry

S-0221 | Published August 16, 2012 | 25 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case is currently taught in Darden's ""First-Year Strategy"" course. Scott Snell also teaches it in his second year elective, ""Developing Organizational Capability"". The case would be useful in... Read More

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Snell, Scott ; Keevil, Adrian

S-0187 | Published April 15, 2011 | 17 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Suitable for MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education courses, this field based case offers an opportunity to examine the scalability of a successful American advertising agency globally. In eight ye... Read More

Introduction to Strategy

Lenox, Michael ; Liedtka, Jeanne M. ; Snell, Scott A. ; Harris, Jared D.

S-0183 | Published March 22, 2010 | 4 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

Strategy is complex, requiring clarity about organizational objectives as well as the variety of external forces?competitive, economic, and technological?that come into play. Ultimately, strategy is a... Read More

Starbucks: Schultz Back in the Brew

Snell, Scott ; Lemley, Amy

OB-0970 | Published April 21, 2009 | 19 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Can the return of its founding CEO turn a lagging Starbucks around? Howard Shultz must map a strategy that addresses the company's decreasing sales and perhaps too rapid growth. Had the previous CEO's... Read More

LVMH: The Scope of Luxury

Snell, Scott A. ; Harris, Jared D.

S-0423 | Published | 2 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Suitable for MBA-level classes, this is one of several short strategy-focused "live" cases that require students to collect data and information from public sources in order to do an analysis around d... Read More

Transformation in Somaliland: Edna Adan Maternity Hospital

Yemen, Gerry ; Snell, Scott ; Meara, John G. ; McClain, Craig D. ; Raykar, Nakul P. ; Greenberg, Sarah L. M. ; Henry, Jaymie Ang

OB-1082 | Published | 13 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

There are change efforts, and there are change efforts. Edna Adan Ismail, referred to in the Western press as the Muslim Mother Teresa, created a small revolution when she founded the Edna Adan Matern... Read More