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Light Beer Decision (Spanish version)
Cyr, Linda A.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-805S04EntrepreneurshipBoston Beer's current light-beer offering, Boston Lightship, has not been successful, and a student team is charged with investigating the problem and recommending a strategy. Highlights issues around branding, target customer selection, and cannibalization, and introduces the ZMET. Includes color exhibits.Starting at €8.20
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Case of the Profitless PC (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Blackburn, Andy; Halprin, Matt; Veloria, Ruth; Dubinsky, Donna; Keeley, Larry; Quesnelle, George; Ward, Scott; Pifer, Philip; Moore, GeoffArticle HBS-98603-EMarketingThis fictitious case written by Andy Blackburn, a Boston Consulting Group vice president based in San Francisco, explores the question of how PC companies can make money in the increasingly price-competitive consumer market. The senior staff of Praxim, a multibillion-dollar maker of desktop computers, face some tough questions: Is it possible to make money selling personal computers to consumers? And if so, how? What resources need to be mustered...Starting at €8.20
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Integrated Marketing Communications (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-504S12MarketingDescribes the major communication vehicles and the process via which they can be brought together in an integrated marketing communications plan.Starting at €8.20
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Web Site Blues (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Maruca, Regina Fazio; Siegel, David; Carpenter, Candice; Ticoll, David; Rayport, JeffreyArticle HBS-99209-EMarketingSo far, Rachel Soltanoff's instincts had been right. As CEO in this fictional case study, she had successfully navigated TradeRite Software's transition from a news service for stockbrokers to a $70 million provider of shrink-wrapped software geared toward both brokers and the growing day-trader market. Now a well-financed start-up, Stocknet.com, was testing a very competitive product that traders could download directly over the Web. And TradeRi...Starting at €8.20
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A Hole in the Pipeline (Spanish version)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Roessner, JaneCase HBS-306S18StrategyDeloitte & Touche was losing talented women, and CEO Mike Cook wanted to stop the loss, especially as the accounting and consulting fields became more competitive. The firm commissioned an analysis of the situation; now it had to consider the results and develop a plan change.Starting at €8.20
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Callaway Golf Co. (Spanish version)
Lal, Rajiv; Prescott, Edith D.Case HBS-503S06MarketingDescribes a situation faced by Mr. Ely Callaway, the 80-year-old founder, chairman, and CEO of Callaway Golf Co., in the fall of 1999. After a decade of stunning success with the marketing concept, Callaway suffered a significant loss and witnessed a steep decline in sales in 1998. Mr. Callaway had built a $800 million business by making a truly more satisfying product for the average golfer, making it pleasingly different from the competition an...Starting at €8.20
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The MonoSpace Launch in Germany (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-503S07MarketingFocuses on the launch of a new elevator product in Germany. In 1996, global construction slumps and low differentiation among competitive offerings has led to significant price competition and margin erosion in the elevator industry. In these circumstances, KONE, one of the global players in this industry, has developed the Monospace elevator product that uses revolutionary technologies. This new product is expected to have a significant impact o...Starting at €8.20
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Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. and the Prodigy Internet Plus decision
Lamyin, M.; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1124-EInformation Technologies, MarketingThe case analyzes the strategy Telmex must follow in order to increase the customer base of its ISP service in Mexico. The low disposable income of the Mexican population and the inability to afford computers must be taken into account. The company must also consider its recent acquisition of Prodigy (one of the leading ISPs in the U.S.) and analyze the role it should play in the new marketing strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Boston Lyric Opera (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Campbell, DennisCase HBS-109S11Accounting and ControlThe Boston Lyric Opera was the fastest growing opera company in North America during the 1990s. Having successfully completed a move to a larger facility in 1999, the board and general director recognize the need to develop a formal strategic planning and governance process to guide the company into the future. Board members, senior managers, and artistic leaders use the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as the focus of a multi-month strategic planning pr...Starting at €8.20
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El Diablo: The Corner Cleaner Affair
Fairchild, Gregory B.Case DARDEN-E-0218-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case involves the decision of a publishing company, El Diablo, to target a traditionally underserved market with a series of books about gang life and street vigilantism. The decision has repercussions within the firm, as collegial relationships are tested by office politics, and outside of the firm, where community response to the project is less than positive. Civil rights groups challenge the company’s development of pulp fiction targeted...Starting at €8.20