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THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Avery, Jill; Israeli, Ayelet; von Maur, EmmaCase HBS-521070-EMarketingTHE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women's fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on her style preferences, size, and budget. When a woman downloaded THE YES app, she embarked upon an interactive shopping journey that leveraged a fun, easy, gamified user experience ...Starting at €8.20
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THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Teaching Note
Israeli, Ayelet; Avery, JillTeaching Note HBS-521097-EMarketingTeaching note for case 521070.Starting at €0.00
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Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things
Christensen, Clayton M.; Kaufman, Stephen P.; Shih, WillyArticle HBS-R0801F-EStrategyMost companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices. Discounted cash flow and net present value, as commonly used, underestimate the real returns and benefits of proceeding with an investment. Most executives compare the cash flows from inno...Starting at €8.20
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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars and Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely, Teaching Plan
Shih, WillyTeaching Note HBS-620072-EStrategyThis teaching plan is for the two cases 619-041 which describes Geely's acquisition of Volvo Cars, and 619-042 which describes Volvo Cars' acquisition by Geely. The case is designed to illustrate the different sides of an M&A transaction and the organizational culture implications that managers might like to consider.Starting at €0.00
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How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Kaufman, Stephen P.; Shih, WillyArticle HBS-R0801FStrategyMost companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices. Discounted cash flow and net present value, as commonly used, underestimate the real returns and benefits of proceeding with an investment. Most executives compare the cash flows from inno...Starting at €8.20
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Away: Scaling a DTC Travel Brand
Avery, Jill; Fuller, Joseph B.Case HBS-520051-EMarketingAway, a direct-to-consumer, digital native e-commerce seller of travel luggage, is debating how to invest its latest round of venture funding. How quickly could and should Away scale and what were the most promising growth trajectories to maximize its potential? Three decisions face the founders. Should Away continue to invest in driving growth in suitcases and other travel bags or was it time to begin to expand into other adjacent travel categor...Starting at €8.20
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Hubble Contact Lenses: Data Driven Direct-to-Consumer Marketing
Avery, Jill; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-519011-EMarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). As its Series A extension round approaches, the founders of Hubble, a subscription-based, social-media fueled, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand of contact lenses, are reflecting on the marketing strategies that have taken them to a valuation of $200 million and debating changes to them that will allow th...Starting at €8.20
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J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (B): Out with the New, In with the Old
Ofek, Elie; Avery, Jill; Alvarez, Jose B.Case HBS-514085-EMarketingIn his August 2012 earnings call, CEO Ron Johnson urged investors to be patient and stay the course with the revised JC Penney marketing strategy despite mounting negative financial indicators. The heart of the strategy was the "Fair and Square" approach to pricing. This was a switch from J.C. Penney's previous high-low pricing program to a new everyday low pricing policy that aimed to fit with a radical repositioning of the JC Penney business mo...Starting at €5.74
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From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group
Shih, Willy; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-610057-EService and Operations ManagementAs Zuo Zongshen drove the transformation of the Zongshen Industrial Group from an early imitator in the motorcycle business to a company that increasingly focused on innovation as a way to get out of the hyper-competitive commodity business, he continually faced new challenges. The company had become a leader in gasoline powered motorcycles and small gas engines, but increasing taxes and restrictions on the use of motorcycles in congested urban a...Starting at €8.20
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Relating to Peapod, Teaching Note
Avery, Jill; Fournier, SusanTeaching Note HBS-316175-EMarketingTeaching note for case 314142.Starting at €0.00