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Amazon Shopper Panel: Paying Customers for Their Data
Ascarza, Eva; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-521058-EMarketingThis case introduces a new Amazon program that has consumers upload their receipts from transactions outside of Amazon, in exchange for money. Through the discussion, the case aims to explore issues in customers' privacy in the digital age, the value of customers' own data, and the change in regulations aimed to protect consumers that move companies from using third party data to first party data. In addition, the case offers an opportunity to di...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
Lal, Rajiv; Johnson, ScottCase HBS-518035-EMarketingAmazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent the each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies come into the space with their own strenghs and weaknesses. Who will win?Starting at €8.20
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google 2018 (Spanish version)
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-514S07MarketingFour businesses had, by 2012, grown to dominate the infrastructure that all firms rely on to reach online customers. Will the balance of power among the four persist, will one take command at the expense of the other three, or are all four more vulnerable than they seem to outside forces? What are the implications for the pace at which consumers go online? Amara's Law claims that we tend to overestimate change in the short run, and underestimate ...Starting at €8.20
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Showrooming at Best Buy (Spanish version)
Teixeira, Thales S.; Watkins, Elizabeth AnneCase HBS-519S19MarketingBest Buy is a consumer electronics retailer with nearly 2,000 stores worldwide. In 2012, the rising popularity of price-matching apps for mobile phones made price differences between retailers transparent, online and offline. Shoppers' desire to test electronics first-hand before purchase drove them to use Best Buy stores as "showrooms" to see new products and then search for better deals on their smartphones. This case examines how brick-and-mor...Starting at €8.20
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Sizmek Chapter 11: Surviving Walled Gardens in Their Ad Tech Empire
Israeli, Ayelet; Tauro, Danilo; Gulick, SarahCase HBS-520087-EMarketingThis case provides a post-mortem of the advertising technology (adtech) company Sizmek. Sizmek grew via multiple acquisitions, with the vision of becoming an integrated adtech company that could leverage AI to buy digital media, while creating and serving display and video content. At its peak, one of its acquisitions had an IPO valuation of almost 1 billion dollars. However, Sizmek struggled with an integration that was taking longer than expect...Starting at €8.20