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Zinio: "Byting" into a Paper World
Mitchell, Jordan; Nueno, José Luis; Villanueva, JulianCase M-1197-EInformation Technologies, MarketingIn mid 2006, executives from Spain's prominent news clipping company, AccesoGroup, are talking about how they can make a recently acquired franchise for Zinio a profitable and viable business in Spain. Zinio is a solution to digitalize print-based media. Its major business in the U.S. is conducted by automatically delivering digital versions of mainstream magazines to subscribers. In looking at the potential of the Zinio software, the team is as...Starting at €8.20
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Apple's iPhone: Calling Europe or Europe Calling (Abridged)
Mitchell, Jordan; Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-172-EKnowledge and CommunicationAbridged version of SI-167-E case. Apple needs little introduction. After the launch of the highly successful iPod in 2001, Apple has been on an aggressive growth path (revenues have increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31% and net income surged ahead at a CAGR of 128%). In 2007, Apple declared that they would once change yet another industry - mobile telephony - with the iPhone. The iPhone was heralded as an immediate success in ...Starting at €8.20
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Pentagram: el oficio del diseño
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-88Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementA finales de 2004, John McConnell, líder no oficial de Pentagram, preparaba ya su jubilación que tendría lugar en la primavera de 2005. Pentagram es una empresa de diseño multidisciplinar formada por 19 socios repartidos en cinco oficinas (Londres, Berlín, Nueva York, San Francisco y Austin), y es considerada como la "Rolls Royce del diseño" por el resto de las empresas del sector. El crecimiento de la compañía se basa en la incorporación de dise...Starting at €8.20
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Camper: la imaginación no es cara - Nota del instructor
Mitchell, Jordan; Velamuri, RamaTeaching Note ET-10EntrepreneurshipCamper es una de las marcas más conocidas dentro y fuera del país. A lo largo de sus 30 años de historia, a Camper se le conoce por sus innovadores diseños, cercanía a la subcontratación de manufactura y por el diseño interior de sus tiendas. A partir de 2005 se enfrenta a una creciente competencia por parte de multinacionales como Nike. Los alumnos tendrán que entender cómo Camper ha incorporado la creatividad e imaginación a su negocio y qué es...Starting at €0.00
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Zinio: "Byting" into a Paper World - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Villanueva, Julian; Nueno, José LuisTeaching Note MT-28-EInformation Technologies, MarketingIn mid 2006, executives from Spain's prominent news clipping company, AccesoGroup, are talking about how they can make a recently acquired franchise for Zinio a profitable and viable business in Spain. Zinio is a solution to digitalize print-based media. Its major business in the U.S. is conducted by automatically delivering digital versions of mainstream magazines to subscribers. In looking at the potential of the Zinio software, the team is as...Starting at €0.00
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Ivor Spencer: Formación de mayordomos de talla mundial - Nota del instructor: La valoración de los intangibles
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaTeaching Note ET-9Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEl mundialmente conocido maestro de ceremonias y formador de mayordomos, Ivor Spencer, de 81 años, lleva desde 2005 intentando vender su negocio. Sus ingresos provienen de cinco fuentes principales: una escuela de mayordomos que organiza sesiones de seis semanas, dos veces al año, en Londres, Inglaterra; los honorarios que recibe por encontrar hogares para los mayordomos graduados; una escuela de maestros de ceremonias que organiza una sesión al ...Starting at €0.00
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CVO Group: the European Expansion
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-102-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementNorrie Sinclair, CEO of CVO Group - a recruiting company based in Budapest, Hungary, with operations throughout Eastern Europe - is considering two types of expansion: geographic enlargement to London, UK and expanding into personnel leasing through acquisition. In his search for an acquisition target, he has come across Center Group, a company participating in both personnel leasing and payroll outsourcing in Poland. This case allows students t...Starting at €8.20
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CVO Group: la expansión europea
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-102Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementNorrie Sinclair, consejero delegado de CVO Group, una empresa de contratación de personal con sede en Budapest (Hungría) que opera en toda Europa del Este, está barajando dos tipos de expansión: una ampliación geográfica a Londres (Reino Unido) y una expansión hacia el alquiler de personal a través de la adquisición. En su búsqueda por un objetivo a adquirir, ha dado con Center Group, una empresa polaca dedicada al alquiler de personal y a la sub...Starting at €8.20
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Sony in 2006
Mitchell, Jordan; Vilà, JoaquimCase DG-1495-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis case traces Sony's 60-year history from its humble beginnings in a burned out department store to a worldwide electronics and entertainment giant. The case allows to contrast how management uses different levers and puts in place selected drivers which contributed to make Sony a preeminent innovative company in the 20th century. Also, it opens a discussion around the extent to which this is sustainable given the situation which the company f...Starting at €8.20
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Car Collision Center, Barcelona
Mitchell, Jordan; Sachon, MarcCase P-1077-EService and Operations ManagementCar Collision Center Barcelona is a business concept developed by a group of MBA students during their MBA. It aims to remedy the market inefficiency of having many small body shops in Barcelona, resulting in higher costs and longer process times. To do so, they want to pool demand for car body work after traffic accidents in a large facility and collaborate with insurance companies. These will benefit from projected lower costs of repair and low...Starting at €8.20