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Gould, Inc.: Graphics Division (Spanish version)
Sorenson, Ralph Z.; Wiechmann, Ulrich E.Case HBS-520S10MarketingDescribes the decision of a battery manufacturer to diversify into the computer field through acquisition and the development of a new product. Among the issues to be discussed are the company product fit, phases in new product introduction, product positioning, and distribution strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Engineered Products Division--1980 (Spanish version)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Sherman, Jeffrey J.Case HBS-503S46MarketingCumberland Metal Industries has developed a new product to help contractors drive piles faster. They are trying to decide how to price it. Provides substantial information on the industry, competition, etc. Students must decide what factors are relevant in making an industrial pricing decision. Decisions must also be made about promotion and distribution channels. Software for this case is available (9-589-528).Starting at €8.20
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Alloy Rods Corp. (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Hattemer, Ellen R.Case HBS-520S06MarketingIn July of 1985 the managers of Alloy Rods (who recently purchased the company through a leveraged buyout arrangement) find that their chief competitor (a company more than 6 times as large as Alloy Rods) has introduced a new product clearly aimed at Alloy's most profitable market segment. Management must frame a response, and a prime focus of the battle will be among distributors. Provides an excellent vehicle for comparing very different channe...Starting at €8.20
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Manac Systems International Ltd. (Spanish version)
Kosnik, Thomas J.Case HBS-520S12MarketingManac Systems International is confronting a decision about how best to market one of its computer software product lines to small law firms. In the past, Manac has focused on traditional personal selling approaches to market software products that ran on IBM minicomputers. With the advent of increasingly powerful microcomputers, they now have the opportunity to market a new software product line and must decide how to market it. Should they rely...Starting at €8.20
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Pizza Hut, Inc. (Spanish version)
Kaufmann, Patrick J.Case HBS-506S07MarketingPizza Hut, Inc. is a franchisor of eat-in pizza restaurants. It has decided to enter the home delivery market and is in the process of implementing that strategy. The case traces the development of the home delivery concept at Pizza Hut and the interaction between the franchisor and its powerful franchisees as it attempts to achieve system-wide rollout. Focuses on the management of significant change in a franchise system and on the strategy deci...Starting at €8.20
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Ring Medical (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Fay, ChristopherCase HBS-520S11MarketingDescribes the progress of a new product launch (HCS-100, a hospital communication system). Ring Medical has sold only five systems in six months against an annual target of 30. There is a lack of agreement internally on how the new product effort should be organized. In addition, there are differences of opinion on which distribution channels are most appropriate. These issues must be resolved before the board meeting scheduled for the following ...Starting at €8.20
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The Transit Point Experiment (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Kelly, MauraCase HBS-615S09Service and Operations ManagementMerloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory, the company conducts a "transit point" experiment. Each day, a truckload of products from the company's central warehouse is sent to Milano, where it is immediately transferred to ...Starting at €8.20
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The Aquatred Launch (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.; Isaacson, BruceCase HBS-503S56Marketingwhether to launch the Aquatred and whether to expand Goodyear's distribution network. Also explores issues involved in managing a complex distribution structure during a time of rapid change.Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Spanish version)
Bradley, Stephen P.; Ghemawat, Pankaj; Foley, SharonCase HBS-706S15StrategyThe case 'Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.' focuses on the evolution of Wal-Mart's remarkably successful discount operations and describes the company's more recent attempts to diversify into other businesses. The company has entered the warehouse club industry with its Sam's Clubs and the grocery business with its Supercenters, a combination supermarket and discount store. Wal-Mart experienced a drop in the value of its stock price in early 1993, which it ...Starting at €8.20
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Designing Channels of Distribution (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-506S35Marketing1) disaggregating and prioritizing a distribution channel by customers' channel function requirements; 2) obtaining and combining customers' (and key informants) evaluations of the channel functions; 3) benchmarking existing channels (own as well as competitors'); 4) identifying and constructing effective channel alternatives; 5) quantifying the short-term and long-term benefits and costs of each alternative; and 6) selecting the appropriate cha...Starting at €8.20