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Developing Software through Crowdsourcing (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Garvin, David A.; Lonstein, EricCase HBS-610S21StrategyTopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who compete to write software modules for its over 40 clients. Provides details of a unique innovation platform where complex software is developed through ongoing online competitions. B...Starting at €8.20
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Prediction Markets at Google (Spanish version)
Coles, Peter A.; Lakhani, Karim R.; McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-612S12Information TechnologiesIn its eight quarters of operation, Google's internally developed prediction market has delivered accurate and decisive predictions about future events of interest to the company. Google must now determine how to increase participation in the market, and how to best use its predictions.Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Nivea (B) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Fuller, Johann; Bilgram, Volker; Friar, GretaCase HBS-615S08Service and Operations ManagementEste caso suplementaria da seguimiento a un innovador enfoque de I + D por Beiersdorf, una compañía de cuidado de la piel y cosméticos. El caso se relaciona lo que pasó con el producto lanzado por Beiersdorf, a su línea Nivea, a raíz de los acontecimientos del caso A, y cómo el éxito comercial del producto informó el pensamiento de los líderes en I + D para el futuro.Starting at €5.74
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Atlantic Aviation Corporation: División Westwind
Bonoma, Thomas V.Case HBS-505S05MarketingPlantea cuestiones sobre el control y controlar los costos de demostración de vuelo para el avión de negocios Westwind. vicepresidente de marketing de Atlántico está preocupado por el aumento de los costos de demostración, pero no desea negar sólidas perspectivas de un paseo de evaluación. Se le pide al gerente general de la división de formular una política de cumplir ambos objetivos. Previsto para el uso en la sección de política de marketing d...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Whaler, Incorporated: gestión de la red de distribuidores
Bonoma, Thomas V.; Kane, Margaret L.Case HBS-512S16MarketingSr. Joseph Lawler, presidente de Boston Whaler, Inc. (BWI) recién nombrado, considera que una mejor gestión de concesionarios es la clave para el crecimiento continuo de su empresa. BWI fabricó un alto precio, el rendimiento de la línea de alta potencia y otros barcos para los mercados recreativas, comerciales y de otro tipo. Sus 250 distribuidores eran servidos por una pequeña fuerza de los directores regionales. La mayoría de los comerciantes n...Starting at €8.20
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Escuela Outward Bound Hurricane Island
Bonoma, Thomas V.; Clark, Bruce H.Case HBS-515S18MarketingEl huracán Island Outward Bound, una pequeña escuela, sin fines de lucro que ayudó a la educación experimental pionero en los Estados Unidos, se ha recuperado recientemente de una crisis financiera. Los estudiantes toman el papel de la nueva gerente de marketing de la escuela, que está preparando su primer plan de marketing para la organización. Frente a un presupuesto de marketing apretado, los estudiantes deben elegir entre varios programas de ...Starting at €8.20
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IDS Financial Services (Spanish version)
Bonoma, Thomas V.; Drumwright, Minette E.Case HBS-520S14MarketingScarce managerial talent, sales force turnover, and client attrition were potential problems underlying IDS' disappointing performance at mid-year 1987. The marketing vice president had three potential "fixes": 1) increasing or decreasing the $35 million budget for marketing programs, 2) accelerating the expansion of the 6,746-person sales force numerically, and 3) emphasizing the strategic geographical expansion of the sales force. The teaching ...Starting at €8.20
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Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner
Boudreau, Kevin; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R1304C-EFrom Apple to Merck to Wikipedia, more and more organizations are turning to crowds for help in solving their most vexing innovation and research questions, but managers remain understandably cautious. It seems risky and even unnatural to push problems out to vast groups of strangers distributed around the world, particularly for companies built on a history of internal innovation. How can intellectual property be protected? How can a crowdsource...Starting at €8.20
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Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration
Lakhani, Karim R.; Carlile, Paul RCase HBS-610074-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for multiple sclerosis based on a novel scientific approach. The case provides details on how norms of academic rese...Starting at €8.20