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Furniture Bank
P. Fraser Johnson; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Jean A. SalamatCaso IVEY-9B10D006-EServicios y operacionesFurniture Bank was an organization that collected and distributed donated, gently used furniture to those in need. After several years of tight financial circumstances, the interim executive director was relieved that the past year had provided relief via generation of record amounts of excess cash. He was preparing a report to be presented to the board of directors concerning his thoughts on what direction he thought the Furniture Bank should ta...Desde 8,20 €
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Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lobb, AnnelenaCaso HBS-715403-EDirección estratégicaDow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fa...Desde 8,20 €
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CSTAR
James E. Hatch; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Michael J. Rouse; Virginia Ritchie; Lyndsay Passmore; Leah HillierCaso IVEY-9B09M017-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraCanadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics Centre (CSTAR) had had a successful year during which its new director had ensured that CSTAR's budget deficit was on target to be reduced by 50 per cent. CSTAR still faced significant hurdles to becoming financially stable and a leader in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The director wanted CSTAR to be financially self-sustainable within two years, and identified goals to overcome these hurdl...Desde 8,20 €
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The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)
Garvin, David A.; Lobb, AnnelenaCaso HBS-312120-EIn January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of accelerating digital convergence and decreasing magazine sales. Historically a proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: creating a senior management position res...Desde 8,20 €
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Etrip
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Julian Heere; Robert SpitalarCaso IVEY-9B09D002-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedora, Servicios y operacionesIn February 2008, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Fly Open Sky Ltd. was finalizing a business plan for Etrip, a proposed online travel startup in the European travel market. He wanted to use the plan to convince investors to commit $100,000, which would provide the first round of financing in a lead up to a further investment of $500,000. The CEO had a vision of developing Etrip as a superior online travel reservation system and desired to i...Desde 8,20 €
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Predilytics
Higgins, Robert F.; Lobb, AnnelenaCaso HBS-813023-EIniciativa emprendedoraThe management team at Predilytics, a healthcare analytics firm, must decide whether to accept a Series A venture capital financing deal. The company provided analytic services to healthcare plans, typically Medicare Advantage plans, in efforts to draw conclusions from massive amounts of patient data. The company still had enough funding from a seed round to operate on a low-key basis for a few more months, but the team hoped to move forward aggr...Desde 8,20 €
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Branding Yoga
Deshpande, Rohit; Herman, Kerry; Lobb, AnnelenaCaso HBS-512025-EMarketingYoga, an ancient discipline, has become popular worldwide. The marketing of yoga and dispute over its origins have led to debate as to whether yoga should be branded at all. Some yoga instructors have gone so far as to copyright their varieties of yoga; others in the yoga community say it is a religious and/or spiritual practice and as such should not be claimed as intellectual property.Desde 8,20 €
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Swizz Beatz
Groysberg, Boris; Lobb, Annelena; Mehta, SarahCaso HBS-420034-EIniciativa emprendedoraThis case explores the life and career of rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz. Set in 2019, it covers the evolution of Swizz's musical career and his new venture into the commercial art market.Desde 8,20 €
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Mattermark
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Lobb, AnnelenaCaso HBS-816073-EDirección estratégicaMattermark, a software-as-a-service company that sold software allowing companies to access financial information about privately-held companies and startups, was at a turning point. CEO Danielle Morrill had to allocate investment funding from a Series A round. She needed to build up sales and marketing; she also wanted to invest in her product, which was already popular in the VC market, but was increasingly gaining traction in other markets. Sa...Desde 8,20 €
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henderson bas
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Nicole Shomair; Ari ShomairCaso IVEY-9B08D008-EServicios y operacionesThe director of client services at henderson bas, an interactive advertising company, was trying to decide how to set a price for the newly proposed campaign for Halpernia Industries, one of her clients. Though the strategic direction of the campaign had been agreed upon, Halpernia had rejected the two creative proposals already presented to it. The director was unsure how to set a price for the campaign. She needed to balance the need for the co...Desde 8,20 €