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Privalia: From Private Club to Fashion Brand
Fernandez Garcia-Andrade, Pablo; Oliver, XavierCase M-1330-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe private club (a business model pioneered by the French company Vente-privee in 2001) was the main driver of fashion e-commerce. On the one hand, it helped get rid of brands' stocks discreetly and allowed shoppers to buy heavily discounted fashion products, which they could not find online anywhere else since many brands did not use e-commerce and, in some cases, did not even have websites. These circumstances helped this type of e-commerce co...Starting at €8.20
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Coral Divers Resort
Paul W. Beamish; Kent E. Neupert; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B08M041-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of a small scuba diving operation in the Bahamas is reassessing his strategic direction in the light of declining revenues. Among the changes being considered are shark diving, family diving, exit, and shifting operations to another Caribbean location. These options are not easily combined, nor are they subtle. The case is intended to provide a work-out on the relationship between strategy, organization and performance, and how changes ...Starting at €8.20
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ING Insurance Asia/Pacific
Rod E. White; Paul W. Beamish; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B06M083-EStrategyThe new chief executive officer (CEO) of ING Insurance Asia/Pacific wants to improve the regional operation of the company. ING Group was a global financial services company of Dutch origin with more than 150 years of experience. As part of ING International, ING Insurance Asia/Pacific was responsible for life insurance and asset/wealth management activities throughout the region. The company was doing well, but the new CEO believed that there we...Starting at €8.20
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Research in Motion: Managing Explosive Growth
Rod E. White; Paul W. Beamish; Daina MazutisCase IVEY-9B08M046-EStrategyResearch in Motion (RIM) is a high technology firm that is experiencing explosive sales growth. David Yach, chief technology officer for software at RIM, has received notice of an impending meeting with the co-chief executive officer regarding his research and development (R&D) expenditures. Although RIM, makers of the very popular BlackBerry, spent almost $360 million in R&D in 2007, this number was low compared to its largest competitors, both ...Starting at €8.20
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ING Insurance Asia/Pacific (Spanish version)
Rod E. White; Paul W. Beamish; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B06MS083StrategyThe new chief executive officer (CEO) of ING Insurance Asia/Pacific wants to improve the regional operation of the company. ING Group was a global financial services company of Dutch origin with more than 150 years of experience. As part of ING International, ING Insurance Asia/Pacific was responsible for life insurance and asset/wealth management activities throughout the region. The company was doing well, but the new CEO believed that there we...Starting at €8.20
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BCN Brand: paseando Barcelona por el mundo
Sicart, Sara; Oliver, XavierCase M-1340Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, MarketingEn tan sólo tres años y con trece empleados, Pablo Caralps crea BCN Brand, una pujante empresa con presencia en ocho países y una interesante cartera: zapatillas de colores, polos, ropa de baño, carcasas de móvil, gafas de sol, cascos de moto, marroquinería, bicis e, incluso, extintores. ¿Su objetivo? Transmitir una sensación de verano eterno y exportar el Barcelona lifestyle, una estrategia que está resultando todo un éxito: facturaron 700.000 e...Starting at €8.20
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Privalia: de private club a marca de moda
Fernandez Garcia-Andrade, Pablo; Oliver, XavierCase M-1330Entrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyEl comercio electrónico de moda tuvo como principal impulsor a los private clubs (un modelo de negocio iniciado por la francesa vente-privee en Francia en 2001). Por un lado, ayudaba a quitar el stock de las marcas de forma discreta y permitía a los clientes comprar productos de moda a grandes descuentos que no podían encontrar digitalmente de ninguna otra manera, ya que muchas marcas no disponían de comercio electrónico e, incluso, en algunos ca...Starting at €8.20
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Planificación de medios: Pieza clave en la estrategia de comunicación publicitaria
de Toro, Juan Manuel; Oliver, XavierTechnical Note MN-303MarketingDada la diversificación e incremento de la oferta de medios de comunicación y los avances tecnológicos que permiten una mayor capacidad de elección por parte del consumidor final, realizar una planificación de medios adecuada exige un gran esfuerzo y un enorme conocimiento de la realidad empresarial y del sector de la comunicación por parte del planificador, y es factor determinante del éxito o fracaso de la estrategia de comunicación del anuncia...Starting at €8.20
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El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World - Teaching Note
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note MT-45-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingThis note serves as an instructor's guide to the case study "El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World" (M 1357 E). The case sets out the monthly schedule of one of the three Roca brothers - the managers of the world-renowned haute cuisine restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. Through this schedule, the case reveals the inner workings of the business: its strategy, structure, positioning, corporate culture, and performance. In many ways, El Celler de ...Starting at €0.00
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La publicidad en Internet
Dolader B.; Oliver, XavierTechnical Note MN-336Information Technologies, MarketingHasta hace relativamente poco, la publicidad «on-line» era una de las principales fuentes de ingresos para las páginas web. Pero parece que poco a poco las empresas están empezando a obtener beneficios gracias a su actividad, e Internet está empezando a considerarse un mercado y no sólo un medio publicitario. Para entender la situación, se hace un análisis sobre qué es realmente la publicidad «on-line», y se intentan resolver preguntas como: ¿Qu...Starting at €8.20