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S&P Indices and the Indexing Business in 2012
Viceira, Luis M.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-213049-EFinanceIn June 2012, Standard & Poor's Indices is finalizing a deal with the CME Group, the largest global exchange for futures and options and majority owner of Dow Jones Indexes, to combine their respective indices business into a new joint venture called S&P Dow Jones Indices. This case discusses the index provider business model through the lenses of this transaction: sources of revenue and profitability, business valuation, uses of indexes in the m...Starting at €8.20
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E-Public Relations
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, Luis; Balmaseda, CarmenTechnical Note MN-402MarketingEl concepto de relaciones públicas digitales es relativamente reciente y se define como el uso estratégico y planeado de herramientas y tecnologías basadas en Internet y en los nuevos medios, para construir y mantener un diálogo (comunicación bidireccional) entre la organización y sus públicos. La función de las relaciones públicas (RR. PP.), tal y como la conocíamos, se enfrenta a un nuevo desafío: adaptarse adecuadamente a las nuevas exigencia...Starting at €8.20
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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pisano, Gary P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-610036-EService and Operations ManagementExamines the process used by a major motion picture studio to develop and select movie projects. Warner Bros.' strategy is to focus its efforts on a small number of major "event" films (i.e., films with the potential to generate gross box-office receipts of $300 million or more). This strategy--which has worked for the past two years--entails risks. The studio is now asking how it can better manage these risks and, specifically, how it can improv...Starting at €8.20
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Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel
Pisano, Gary P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-610031-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert sugarcane into both renewable fuels and renewable chemicals. The Amyris' marketing team was investigating the commercial interest for both types of products, while the research and development team and the operations group were building processes that could accommodate both as well. CEO John Melo hoped to have commercial product available in 2011...Starting at €8.20
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Dividend Policy at Linear Technology (Spanish version)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-209S19FinanceIn 1992, Linear Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog semiconductors, initiated a dividend. The firm increased its dividend by approximately $0.01 per share each year thereafter. In fiscal year 2002, Linear experienced its first significant drop in sales since its 1986 initial public offering. Sales dropped by 47%, and profits fell by 54%. In the spring of 2003, CFO Paul Coghlan is deciding whether to recommend yet another increase in...Starting at €8.20
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Embrace
Chu, Michael; Bloom, David E.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-814001-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: Separating the Shower From the Bathtub
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisCase M-1396-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2022, Mercadona, along with its e-commerce division, was looking for ways to continue growing. They had developed what was probably the only profitable online supermarket in Spain up to the moment. The hive logistics model was operating in just three cities: Valencia, Madrid, and Barcelona. After six years, the time had come to expand domestically. Mercadona invoiced ?510m in e-commerce, but half of those sales (?263m) were done where the ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: Separating the shower from the bathtub - Teaching note
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisTeaching Note MT-61-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2022, Mercadona, along with its e-commerce division, was looking for ways to continue growing. They had developed what was probably the only profitable online supermarket in Spain up to the moment. The hive logistics model was operating in just three cities: Valencia, Madrid, and Barcelona. After six years, the time had come to expand domestically. Mercadona invoiced 510 million euros in e-commerce, but half of those sales (263 million eur...Starting at €0.00
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Mercadona Tech: separar la ducha de la bañera
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisCase M-1396Information Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementEn Mayo de 2022 Mercadona, de la mano de su división de e-commerce, estaba considerando cómo seguir creciendo. Hasta ese momento se había desarrollado lo que era probablemente el único supermercado online rentable en España. El modelo logístico de colmenas estaba operando en tan solo tres ciudades: Valencia, Madrid y Barcelona. Después de seis años había llegado el momento de expandirse a nivel nacional. Mercadona facturaba 510 millones de euros ...Starting at €8.20
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Conversion Rate Optimization
Ferrándiz, Luis; Villanueva, Julian; Soldado, PilarTechnical Note MN-389Information Technologies, MarketingEn esta nota se presenta una serie de pautas para aumentar la conversión en un sitio web. Ésta no tiene por qué ser una transacción monetaria, sino que puede tratarse de un registro o de los actos de compartir una noticia, invitar a un amigo, hacerse fan de un club, realizar una descarga, solicitar la prueba de un vehículo, etc. La optimización de un proceso de CRO en un sitio web debe seguir unos pasos estipulados para asegurar su máximo aprovec...Starting at €8.20