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Octone Records
Elberse, Anita; Ofek, ElieCase HBS-507082-EMarketingIn February 2007, Octone Records founders James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum had been highly successful with the first two bands they had signed, Maroon 5 and Flyleaf. Known for its grassroots marketing campaigns, Octone operated through a unique joint venture model with SonyBMG Music Entertainment's RCA Music Group, which enabled the nimble record label to orchestrate mass marketing campaigns once an artist was ready for "prime time....Starting at €8.20
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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma
Derrick Neufeld; Charles Wasserman; Dharsana Vijayaratnam; Thomas Yuk; Sharon Bir; Deb ElkinkCase IVEY-9B17E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2017, a successful online dating company, Mate1.com, based in Montreal, was pursuing a two-year goal of increasing revenue by 50 per cent and net operating margin by 15 per cent. However, its ambitions were being hampered by unavoidably high advertising costs, an inadequate reporting system, and a maturing industry life cycle. Should the firm explore new business models and consider acquiring a competitor—or was it time to divest and sell the ...Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B16E040-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Starting at €8.20
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media: America's Pastime Goes Digital, Teaching Note
Elberse, AnitaTeaching Note HBS-511026-EMarketingTeaching Note for 510092.Starting at €0.00
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media: America's Pastime Goes Digital
Elberse, Anita; Laffel, BrettCase HBS-510092-EMarketingIn January 2010, Bob Bowman, chief executive officer of Major League Baseball Advanced Media -- MLB's digital arm -- is facing a number of decisions related to its app for Apple's new iPad. For example, what are the best name, price, and set of features for MLBAM's iPad app? The case describes what is often seen as one of the most successful paid-content businesses in sports and media. Provides in-depth information on MLBAM's four main sources of...Starting at €8.20
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Beyonc , Teaching Note
Elberse, AnitaTeaching Note HBS-515084-EMarketingTeaching note for case 515036.Starting at €0.00
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Mafiaboy
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E020-EInformation TechnologiesThis case opens with a fictitious yet common situation of a corporate executive who is uncertain how to respond to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. It provides some anecdotes and statistics relating to DDoS attacks, and then briefly tells the story of Michael Calce, nicknamed Mafiaboy, who as a young teen effectively launched attacks that shut down companies such as Amazon, CNN, Dell, eBay and Yahoo! The basic DDoS process is explai...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify, Teaching Note
Elberse, AnitaTeaching Note HBS-517109-ETeaching note for case 516046.Starting at €0.00
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Xanadu on Broadway
Elberse, AnitaCase HBS-508062-EMarketingCan one of Hollywood's biggest flops magically turn into a Broadway hit? Xanadu, an adaptation of a 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller-disco film described by one critic as "the epic failure to end all epic failures," opened on Broadway in July 2007. Producer Rob Ahrens, the driving power behind the resurrection, anxiously awaited the verdict of audience members. Was the choice to produce Xanadu the Broadway musical the right choice?Starting at €8.20
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Mustang Music (A)
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E009-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipMustang Music (A) and (B) cases introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Starting at €8.20