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Building an e-Commerce Brand at Wayfair
Teixeira, Thales S.; Watkins, Elizabeth AnneCase HBS-516028-EMarketingWayfair, Inc. was made up of five home goods, furniture, and d cor e-commerce brands. Wayfair.com, the main brand, which was responsible for the majority of sales, targeted the mass middle home goods market. AllModern, DwellStudio, Joss & Main, and Birch Lane were niche sites focused on more specialized curated design esthetics. Determining the 2014 advertising budget for Wayfair.com is the big question in the case. Two ad budget decisions need ...Starting at €8.20
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Who Owns the Whale (Abridged)
Teixeira, Thales S.; Bell, David E.Case HBS-515108-EMarketingJudge William Wright considers the case of the dispute of a whale carcass wherein several whaling ships claim ownership based on each one's contribution to its killing. The judge must weigh in the differing efforts and costs of three ships who each played a role at different stages of the hunting process, as well as the prevalent norms-of-ownership at the time.Starting at €8.20
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Who Owns the Whale
Teixeira, Thales S.; Bell, David E.Case HBS-515107-EMarketingJudge William Wright considers the case of the dispute of a whale carcass wherein several whaling ships claim ownership based on each one's contribution to its killing. The judge must weigh in the differing efforts and costs of three ships who each played a role at different stages of the hunting process, as well as the prevalent norms-of-ownership at the time.Starting at €8.20
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Digital Transformation at Brazilian Retailer Magazine Luiza
Teixeira, Thales S.; Guissoni, Leandro; Veludo-de-Oliveira, Tania ModestoCase HBS-519009-EMarketingBy late 2017, Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza's CEO was convinced that the company could significantly grow sales and accomplish its aspirations of digital transformation. What was unclear in his mind was whether he should act as a tech company and grow as fast as possible (e.g., high double digits) or be more conservative and grow sales at a financially healthy rate, like traditional retailers did (e.g., single digits). The primary way e-retai...Starting at €8.20
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Sell Direct-to-Consumer or Through Amazon? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Teixeira, Thales S.Article HBS-R1902M-EStrategyFor a company that's trying to reach more customers, selling on Amazon might seem to be a no-brainer. But there are plenty of risks: A firm might get dragged into a price war with low-cost competitors, and Amazon, not the firm, will own the data on customers--and could use it to create its own competing products. In this fictional case study, the head of marketing at a young e-bike maker thinks through the pros and cons of selling on Amazon and o...Starting at €8.20
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The Making of CERAN Avignon: The case plan
Palencia, LuisCase ASN-63-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case was written for use in the case writing course of the International Faculty Program. The case is to be used after workshops in which participants practice the design of the opening paragraph, its difficulty, the structure of the case and the choice of exhibits. This is a case about how to write a case. It is based on a real IESE case study, "RELE Rouen: Language Immersion in Normandy," ASN-58-E.Starting at €8.20
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Morgan Components - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Fernández, AlbertTeaching Note CT-18-EAccounting and ControlThis teaching note offers a guide to instructors in the classroom use of case C-730-E, "Morgan Components." "Morgan Components" is a case about costs. It addresses a wide range of issues and so is highly versatile. The teaching note suggests possible analyses and approaches for using the case in different programs and courses.Starting at €0.00
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Biosafety Level Logistics (BLL)
Duro, Miguel; Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-803-EAccounting and ControlBiosafety Level Logistics (BLL) was a Swiss company specialized in providing biosecurity logistic services to other companies. In 2020, BLL obtained a five-year contract to provide bio-secure transportation services to several Swiss research centers specialized in the development of vaccines. To offer this service, BLL had to buy ten refrigerated trucks that had been meticulously adapted to transport the vaccines, forcing the company to decide on...Starting at €8.20
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Costa Valente
Gómez Pajares, Alberto; Urrutia, Josu; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-72-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA businessman based in Barcelona and dedicated to the textile sector (selling T-shirts to sponsors) is presented with the opportunity to buy a small textile manufacturing company in Guimarães, Portugal. He has to decide whether to take on this project or not. The analysis that he carries out includes a study of the value chain and of the possibility of outsourcing part of the business, as well as the approach the entrepreneur will take to integra...Starting at €8.20
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And Now What Do We Do?: Management Tensions at IASoft
García Pont, Carlos; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-97-EDecision AnalysisIASoft was founded in March 2001 for the purpose of designing and supplying high-performance IT solutions for the automation of industrial plants. The company was the brainchild of three skilled engineers from different backgrounds who had met through their work. They had detected a market opportunity in high quality customizations and adaptations of standard software packages for sophisticated clients. The CEO of IASoft, now in his 50s, was star...Starting at €8.20