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Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-715403-EStrategyDow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fa...Starting at €8.20
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The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)
Garvin, David A.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-312120-EIn January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of accelerating digital convergence and decreasing magazine sales. Historically a proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: creating a senior management position res...Starting at €8.20
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Flamagás, S.A.
Lopetegui G.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-689MarketingFlamagás, S.A. es una empresa creada en 1959, dedicada a la fabricación y venta de encendedores. El caso describe la evolución de la empresa, con especial énfasis en el desarrollo de sus exportaciones. Se describe el hundimiento del mercado mundial de encendedores de tipo medio (calidad y precio), y las dificultades que ello causó a la empresa. Se describe el fuerte proceso de reestructuración llevado a cabo en 1982, 1983 y 1984. Finalmente, como...Starting at €8.20
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Marieta Textil, S.A.
Gil, P.; Nueno, José Luis; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-715MarketingMarieta Textil es una pequeña empresa dedicada a la "edición de telas". El proceso de negocio consiste en adquirir los diseños originales a famosos artistas vanguardistas, para hacerlos estampar sobre tela por parte de terceros. La empresa vende estos estampados a tiendas de decoración. Tras cierto éxito en España, desean exportar, pero no consiguen tener un volumen de ventas en el extranjero que tenga un mínimo de importancia y continuidad. Cont...Starting at €8.20
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Hewlett-Packard: Designjet Online 1997
Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1084MarketingA finales de 1997, y tras llevar a cabo una serie de trabajos y estudios previos, el director de marketing de la Hewlett-Packard Barcelona Division (HP-BCD) se plantea si deben o no poner en marcha una nueva página web en internet, con el propósito de establecer un medio de comunicación directo e interactivo con los usuarios finales de las impresoras de gran formato, situados en cualquier pais del mundo. El caso plantea una serie de dilemas, tant...Starting at €8.20
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Predilytics
Higgins, Robert F.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-813023-EEntrepreneurshipThe management team at Predilytics, a healthcare analytics firm, must decide whether to accept a Series A venture capital financing deal. The company provided analytic services to healthcare plans, typically Medicare Advantage plans, in efforts to draw conclusions from massive amounts of patient data. The company still had enough funding from a seed round to operate on a low-key basis for a few more months, but the team hoped to move forward aggr...Starting at €8.20
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Matutano Vending
López-Barrena L.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1015-EMarketingStarting at €8.20
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Branding Yoga
Deshpande, Rohit; Herman, Kerry; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-512025-EMarketingYoga, an ancient discipline, has become popular worldwide. The marketing of yoga and dispute over its origins have led to debate as to whether yoga should be branded at all. Some yoga instructors have gone so far as to copyright their varieties of yoga; others in the yoga community say it is a religious and/or spiritual practice and as such should not be claimed as intellectual property.Starting at €8.20
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Swizz Beatz
Groysberg, Boris; Lobb, Annelena; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-420034-EEntrepreneurshipThis case explores the life and career of rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz. Set in 2019, it covers the evolution of Swizz's musical career and his new venture into the commercial art market.Starting at €8.20
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Mattermark
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-816073-EStrategyMattermark, a software-as-a-service company that sold software allowing companies to access financial information about privately-held companies and startups, was at a turning point. CEO Danielle Morrill had to allocate investment funding from a Series A round. She needed to build up sales and marketing; she also wanted to invest in her product, which was already popular in the VC market, but was increasingly gaining traction in other markets. Sa...Starting at €8.20