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Embrace
Chu, Michael; Bloom, David E.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-814001-EIniciativa emprendedoraDesde 8,20 €
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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma
Derrick Neufeld; Charles Wasserman; Dharsana Vijayaratnam; Thomas Yuk; Sharon Bir; Deb ElkinkCaso IVEY-9B17E015-EIniciativa emprendedora, Tecnologías de la informaciónIn 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 ...Desde 8,20 €
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCaso IVEY-9B16E040-EIniciativa emprendedora, Tecnologías de la informaciónIn 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...Desde 8,20 €
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Nanosolar, Inc.
Steenburgh, Thomas; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-510037-EMarketingNanosolar is a start-up company in the clean tech sector. It expects to be one of the first manufacturers to produce thin-film solar panels using copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) technology. Although this technology is less efficient in producing electricity than polysilicone, it is much less costly too. As it is about to enter the market, Nanosolar is facing the decision on which market to enter. Should it attempt to go into the Europea...Desde 8,20 €
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Mafiaboy
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E020-ETecnologías de la informaciónThis 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...Desde 8,20 €
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Mustang Music (A)
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E009-EGobierno corporativo, Iniciativa emprendedoraMustang Music (A) and (B) cases introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Desde 8,20 €
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Mustang Music (B)
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E010-EGobierno corporativo, Iniciativa emprendedoraThis supplement to Mustang Music (A), product #9B10E009, introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Desde 5,74 €
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CAA Roadside APP
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E022-ETecnologías de la informaciónThis case describes a real scenario in which an elderly couple's vehicle is stranded in a remote location, causing emergency services to be dispatched at significant effort and cost, whereas an inexpensive tow truck dispatch would have completely resolved the problem. To prevent these kinds of false alarm situations, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has developed a free iPhone application called CAA Roadside, which takes advantage of loc...Desde 8,20 €
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Yieldex (B)
Stuart, Toby; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-809091-EIniciativa emprendedoraYieldex CEO Tom Shields was hired by the company's technical founder, Doug Cosman, in October 2007. One of Shields' top priorities is finding a vice president of engineering to manage the company's software development efforts. Shields and Costman disagree about the ideal profile of the new hire. Shields found a candidate that he likes, and he wonders about the implications of hiring the person against Cosman's wishes.Desde 5,74 €
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Cisco in 2012
Gulati, Ranjay; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley; Silvestri, LucianaCaso HBS-413069-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasIn 2012, Cisco was under intense pressure to show results: growth in its core business was decelerating and a number of exploratory ventures and acquisitions had not proven as profitable as expected. CEO John Chambers vowed to restore the company's health in a way that would support the agility and entrepreneurial mindset required to be successful in emerging sectors while continuing to achieve efficiency and profitability in Cisco's core busines...Desde 8,20 €