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AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company
Kerr, William R.; Motte-Munoz, HenryCase HBS-813188-EEntrepreneurshipAVA is a three-year old e-commerce company in the Philippines. From its early start mimicking the Gilt Groupe concept of online flash sales, the company has grown into a broader e-commerce platform for local fashion commerce. Oliver Segovia needs to evaluate where AVA should go next and answer some complicated personal questions. The case considers issues related to e-commerce platforms, diaspora-based international exchanges, business location c...Starting at €8.20
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AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-814122-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 813188.Starting at €0.00
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Osaro: Picking the best path, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Palano, JamesTeaching Note HBS-820015-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 820012.Starting at €0.00
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Bach-Lombardo, JordanTeaching Note HBS-819126-EStrategyThis teaching note accompanies the case Walmart's Workforce of the Future. It provides a detailed lesson plan for the case study discussion, including assignment questions and sample board and slide plans.Starting at €0.00
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future
Kerr, William R.; Bach-Lombardo, JordanCase HBS-819042-EStrategyFaced with intense competition from Amazon, in 2015 Walmart began a transformation of its operations and workforce. The goal was to create an omnichannel retail experience for customers that seamlessly joined online and offline shopping. This case explores Walmart's efforts to deliver this through investments in its workforce makeup and training, digital infrastructure, and automation technology.Starting at €8.20
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Osaro: Picking the best path
Kerr, William R.; Palano, James; Huang, BastianeCase HBS-820012-EEntrepreneurshipThe founder of Osaro saw the potential of deep reinforcement learning to allow robots to be applied in a wide range of new applications. Osaro targeted warehousing, already a dynamic industry for robotics and automation, for its initial product - a system which allowed robotic arms to "pick and place" individual items into boxes for shipment to consumers. Despite receiving significant attention in the robotics space, the problem of universal "pic...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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PunchTab, Inc.
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-812033-EEntrepreneurshipPunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile applications developers, and brands. Founder/CEO Ranjith Kumaran must make strategic decisions about how to fund PunchTab's early operations and growth given the many options available: individual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital fir...Starting at €8.20