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Raksul
Kominers, Scott Duke; Kotosaka, Masahiro; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-819115-EEntrepreneurshipRaksul, 2018 Forbes Japan "Startup of the Year," ran an e-commerce platform drawing upon thousands of individual suppliers. Launched as a business-to-business printing services marketplace, Raksul had recently expanded to operate both a logistics/delivery marketplace and a television advertising marketplace. Each marketplace faces its own growth challenges; at the same time, the CEO must consider whether and how each marketplace can enhance the o...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria - Condensed
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-690-EMarketingThis is a condensed version of case Puig Doria (M-663). The present condensed version has been prepared for publication in a book. Wherever possible, it is recommend that the full version be used in class. Puig Doria is a famous designer of jewels in Barcelona, where he has his only retail establishment. After describing two previous attempts at exporting, the case centers on the present opportunity to export to Japan, with the help of C. Itoh, o...Starting at €8.20
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GLOBIS
Khaire, Mukti; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-811061-EEntrepreneurshipYoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English program was a necessary step to fulfill Hori's ambition to make GLOBIS the No. 1 business school in Asia, however it remained to be seen whether the school could attract internatio...Starting at €8.20
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LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry
Groysberg, Boris; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-419009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company's head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan. LIXIL had been established in 2011 through a merger of five of Japan's major companies across a broad spectrum of building materials and other housing-related businesses. The company ...Starting at €8.20
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Weathernews
Lakhani, Karim R.; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-617053-EInformation TechnologiesTomohiro Ishibashi (Bashi), Chief Executive Officer for B to S and Julia Foote LeStage, Chief Innovation Officer of Weathernews Inc., were addressing a panel at the Harvard Business School Digital Summit on creative uses of big data. They told the summit attendees about the Sakura (cherry blossoms) Project, where the company asked users in Japan to report about how cherry blossoms were blooming near them, day by day, had opened up opportunities f...Starting at €8.20
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Tecalum - Poland
Wyszomierski, Marcin; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1174-EMarketingIn November 2003, only a few months before the planned enlargement of the European Union through the accession of ten Central and Eastern European and Mediterranean countries, the Tecalex-Tecalum group has to decide whether or not to enter the Polish market. Its decision will be based largely on a marketing research report produced the previous summer. The company must also decide on the best penetration strategy. One option is to set up an alumi...Starting at €8.20
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Sony
Thomke, Stefan; Osanai, Atsushi; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-618045-EKnowledge and CommunicationSony used to be synonymous with "innovation" and "cool products". The case reveals how the company lost its edge and describes the leadership initiatives to restore its former glory. In 2012, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai becomes CEO and successfully transforms Sony, including a relentless focus on differentiation through "wow" products instead of chasing scale. How should he organize and manage the company's response to digital opportunities, such as virtua...Starting at €8.20
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Bausch & Lomb India
Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.; Sahay S.Case M-962-EMarketingIn May 1990, Bausch & Lomb decided to launch a new subsidiary in India. A new plant was set up in Bhiwadi to manufacture soft contact lenses, eyecare, products, metallic frames for prescription glasses, and the leding premium sunglasses in the world: Ray-Ban. The launch took place between July and October, 1991. In June 1993, actual sales achievement is below forecast, and the managers of the Indian subsidiary are considering the opportunity to l...Starting at €8.20
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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005-EMarketingIn mid-1993 a husband and wife start up a new family business importing "comfort shoes", a special type of shoe that is very comfortable but relatively highly priced and somewhat unusual and unfashionable in appearance. The case describes the various direct marketing actions they undertake, detailing the costs of each and the sales achieved, and formulates various options for marketing actions to be carried out in 1995. This case was winner of th...Starting at €8.20
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Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Deshpande, Rohit; Cekin, Esel; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-517056-EMarketingThis case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010. Through various initiatives and innovations, Godiva Japan had targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, w...Starting at €8.20