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Ti-Tech (A)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Gourville, John T.; Cline, Craig E.Case HBS-508095-EMarketingThis case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity making it impossible to accept all four. Each order represents a different mix of labor, revenues, and potential future work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders...Starting at €8.20
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Lomography: Analog in a Digital World, Teaching Plan
Gourville, John T.Teaching Note HBS-516109-EMarketingThis teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "Lomography: Analog in a Digital World," HBS No. 516006 and its related products to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.Starting at €0.00
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Medicines Co.
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-502006-EMarketingIt is early 2001 and the Medicines Co. just received FDA approval to market Angiomax, a blood thinner to be used during angioplasties and heart procedures. It is intended to be a better alternative to Heparin, an 80-year-old drug that costs less then $10 per dose. The company believes it can sell Angiomax for a much higher price than Heparin--but how much more? Angiomax also represents the first of several drugs being developed under a rather uni...Starting at €8.20
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Four Products: Predicting Diffusion (2018)
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-519018-EMarketingOne job of product managers, marketers, strategic planners, and other corporate executives is to predict what the demand will be for a new product. This task is easier for certain classes of new products than for others. For new consumer package goods, for instance, one can look at past product rollouts, one can look at similar products currently in the marketplace, or one can do test markets-selling the product in a small section of the country ...Starting at €8.20
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Lomography: Analog in a Digital World
Gourville, John T.; Misztal, Karol; Moloney, EmerCase HBS-516006-EMarketingIn spite of the world's move to digital photography, in 2013 Lomography continues to design and offer analog (film) cameras to a loyal following of artistic photographers. Now it must decide whether to stick to its traditional offerings, expand into artistic lenses for both digital and analog cameras, and/or to expand into film and film developing. In the process, it has to decide what kind of company it wants to be.Starting at €8.20
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The London 2012 Olympic Games
Gourville, John T.; Bertini, MarcoCase HBS-510039-EMarketingIt's 2009 and Paul Williamson, Head of Ticketing, must finalize ticket prices for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Yet, there are many criteria to consider. First, given the importance of ticketing to the Games' bottom line, he has a strong incentive to maximize revenues. Second, because the entire world will be watching, he wants to maximize attendance-not just at the Opening Ceremony and swimming finals, which are easy sells, but also at events s...Starting at €8.20
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Ti-Tech (B)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-508096-EMarketingThis case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity making it impossible to accept all four. Each order represents a different mix of labor, revenues, and potential future work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders...Starting at €5.74
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Cree Inc.: Introducing the LED Light Bulb
Norris, Michael; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-515026-EMarketingCree, a North Carolina-based maker of light emitting diodes (LEDs), has just introduced its first consumer product - an LED light bulb. It is designed as an energy efficient replacement for the ubiquitous incandescent light bulb. But given that it is an unfamiliar technology and that it costs ten times what an incandescent bulb costs, there are questions about how best to promote adoption and what sales level might be expected.Starting at €8.20
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Four Products: Predicting Diffusion (2011)
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-512047-EMarketingAn updated "Four Products" case. This 2011 version includes; sliced peanut butter, artificial dirt for thoroughbred race tracks, interactive tombstones, and stride-changing running shoes. These four products form the basis to assess the drivers of new product adoption. In particular, one of the critical tasks in marketing new innovations is predicting demand and rates of diffusion for those products. And while one can speculate on the scope and r...Starting at €8.20
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Pricing to Create Shared Value
Bertini, Marco; Gourville, John T.Article HBS-R1206F-EMarketingMany companies are in competition with their customers to extract as much value as possible from every transaction. Pricing is their weapon of choice, and consumers fight back by rooting out and disseminating pricing policies that seem unfair. The problem is that companies generally think of value as a pie that is rightfully theirs. But value is not fixed, and it neither originates with nor belongs solely to the firm. Without a willing customer, ...Starting at €8.20