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Barcelona: A Roman Village Becoming a Smart City (Abridged)
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1646-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyOn July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of the ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create City OS, Barcelona's operating system. City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. It aimed to enable the council to acquire and process data from urban operations in a rapid, efficient, effect...Starting at €8.20
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Agro Sevilla e la Tempesta Perfetta
Llano Irusta, M. A.Case IIST-PI-224-I-ITService and Operations ManagementQuesto caso riguarda l'evoluzione del settore spagnolo delle olive da tavola tra il 2018 e l'inizio del 2020 a fronte dell'imposizione di tariffe del 34,75% sulle olive nere ossidate spagnole. Analizza inoltre i dati di settore per il 2018 e il 2019 e i movimenti strategici in tempi di crisi dei principali concorrenti di Agro Sevilla come Ángel Camacho, Dcoop e Aceitunas Guadalquivir. Presenta anche i cambiamenti strutturali della società che son...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Unilever Mulls Over E-grocery Market Option (Spanish version)
Sandeep Puri; Manjusha Subramanian; Abhinav GrandhiCase IVEY-9B15AS054Marketing, StrategyThe prospect of online grocery (e-grocery) shopping has generated a substantial amount of interest. Many fast-moving consumer goods companies have entered this potential market, and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is contemplating building its own e-grocery platform. However, e-grocery firms have yet to develop a business model that can consistently deliver profits while also creating value for customers. HUL needs to assess the potential barrie...Starting at €8.20
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To Reduce E-mail, Start at the Top
Brown, Chris; Killick, Andrew; Renaud, KarenArticle HBS-F1309B-ELeadership and People ManagementHow one company successfully dealt with the e-mail glut: After executives underwent training to reduce the number of e-mail messages they sent, the output of other employees fell, too--even though they received no training or feedback. The result was a 7% gain in productivity.Starting at €8.20
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PI-188-I L Gruppo Agro Sevilla e la Sfida del Mercato Americano
Llano Irusta, M. A.Case IIST-PI-188-I-ITService and Operations ManagementAgro Sevilla è stata fondata in Andalusia nel 1977 come cooperativa di secondo grado e nel 2017 è diventata una delle principali realtà produttive, confezionatrici ed esportatrici di olive in tutto il mondo. Nel 1994 si è guadagnata il titolo di primo esportatore spagnolo nel settore. Il 22 giugno del 2017, le due più grandi aziende americane produttrici di olive nere, Musco Family Olive e Bell-Carter Foods, hanno presentato ricorso al Dipartimen...Starting at €8.20
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Random House: Shifting to E-Books in a Globalized World
Sarah Bickert; Volker Diestegge; Thorsten Knauer; Katja Möslang; Andrea Schroer; Friedrich SommerCase IVEY-9B13M083-EStrategyThe publisher Random House, a fully owned subsidiary of the German family company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA, faces significant changes in its markets and internal structure. While printed books have been the company’s core competence from its earliest years, with the advent of the Internet, customers, especially in the West, are beginning to prefer electronic books. Will printed books be completely replaced by digital ones, or will e-books remain...Starting at €8.20
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In E-Commerce, More Is More
Eisingerich, Andreas B.; Kretschmer, TobiasArticle HBS-F0803B-EMarketingMost managers believe that filling their websites with a broad array of information diverts attention from their company's core offerings. A new global study, however, has revealed just the opposite: that such information increases customer engagement. The research also shows that exploiting consumers' desire for engagement is the strongest predictor of superior shareholder value for e-commerce companies.Starting at €8.20
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EasyLife: Developing a Regional E-Commerce Platform
Miao Cui; Xin Li; Yan Zhao; Sitara Aziz; Yupan Guo; Linhai GuoCase IVEY-9B17M032-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter several years of effort, Dalian Zhongding Information Co. (DZI) had become the leading prepaid card distributor in Liaoning Province. When government regulations and the rise of online third-party payment options sent the prepaid card business into decline, DZI transformed itself into an online intermediary by building a regional e-commerce platform offering fast home delivery, mainly of supermarket products. Despite its marketing efforts, ...Starting at €8.20
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GLOVO: Q-commerce, the evolution of E-commerce (Italian version)
Audicana Arcas, J.; Martínez Jiménez, M.Case IIST-PI-219-I-ITService and Operations ManagementNel giugno 2021, Glovo, la società di consegne spagnola per eccellenza, aveva appena raccolto 450 milioni di euro di finanziamento e aveva sfiorato i 2.000 milioni di valutazione, in 5 anni di vita. Tuttavia, la strada non era stata facile per un'azienda che stava trasformando il tradizionale concetto di "fattorino" integrando la tecnologia. Il suo modello di business era cambiato più volte per competere in un mercato dominato dai giganti e trova...Starting at €8.20
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The Entrepreneur's Dilemma: Alibaba, Tencent and Amazon as e-Commerce Platforms
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Haibin Yang; Yukun Yang; Xin QiuCase IVEY-9B15E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyA nascent women’s apparel online store on Tmall, China's largest business-to-consumer retail platform operated by Alibaba Group, was just beginning to establish itself on the online market utilizing the tools and services provided by Tmall to develop and operate its business. Within four months after the business was launched, Tmall unexpectedly released a new policy which significantly increased the annual service fee and cash deposit for indivi...Starting at €8.20