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A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Business Experiments (Spanish version)
Anderson, Eric T.; Simester, DuncanArticle HBS-R1103HMarketingTake one action with one group of customers, a different action (or no action at all) with a control group of customers, and then compare the results. The feedback from even a handful of experiments can yield immediate and dramatic improvements. In this article, the authors provide a step-by-step guide to conducting business experiments. They look at organizational obstacles to success and outline seven rules to follow.Starting at €8.20
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Business Experiments
Anderson, Eric T.; Simester, DuncanArticle HBS-R1103H-EMarketingThe power of analytics in decision making is well understood, but few companies have what it takes to successfully implement a complex analytics program. Most firms will get greater value from learning to do something simpler: basic business experiments. Managers need to become adept at routinely using techniques employed by scientists and medical researchers. Specifically, they need to embrace the "test and learn" approach: Take one action with ...Starting at €8.20
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Escaping the Discount Trap (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Anderson, Eric T.Article HBS-R1309L-EMarketingBrazilian medical-devices maker Bosi e Faora has seen its prices decline as its sales reps scramble to sign up clinics by offering steep discounts. The company aims to turn things around with a "solutions" strategy that, along with medical equipment, offers ideas and training to health care providers that want to improve patients' overall health, not just purchase hardware. When one semirural but influential customer resists the upsell at a high-...Starting at €8.20
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Escaping the Discount Trap (HBR Case Study)
Anderson, Eric T.Article HBS-R1309X-EMarketingBrazilian medical-devices maker Bosi e Faora has seen its prices decline as its sales reps scramble to sign up clinics by offering steep discounts. The company aims to turn things around with a "solutions" strategy that, along with medical equipment, offers ideas and training to health care providers that want to improve patients' overall health, not just purchase hardware. When one semirural but influential customer resists the upsell at a high-...Starting at €8.20
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Escaping the Discount Trap (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Anderson, Eric T.Article HBS-R1309Z-EMarketingBrazilian medical-devices maker Bosi e Faora has seen its prices decline as its sales reps scramble to sign up clinics by offering steep discounts. The company aims to turn things around with a "solutions" strategy that, along with medical equipment, offers ideas and training to health care providers that want to improve patients' overall health, not just purchase hardware. When one semirural but influential customer resists the upsell at a high-...Starting at €8.20
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Pompeii: un paso adelante
Ferrándiz, Luis; Iniesta, Francisco; Villanueva, JulianCase M-1394Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyEn 2021, Pompeii vendía más de 81.000 zapatillas y su facturación se acercaba a los cinco millones de euros. La zapatilla Higby se consolidaba como su "best seller" y el modelo marcaba tendencia entre la gente joven española de clases acomodadas, fundamentalmente de Madrid, aunque en 2021 el 15% de las ventas ya eran fuera de España. Su canal de venta físico, ya con 5 tiendas, había demostrado que podía ser un gran complemento al canal digital qu...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: separar la ducha de la bañera
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisCase M-1396Information Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementEn Mayo de 2022 Mercadona, de la mano de su división de e-commerce, estaba considerando cómo seguir creciendo. Hasta ese momento se había desarrollado lo que era probablemente el único supermercado online rentable en España. El modelo logístico de colmenas estaba operando en tan solo tres ciudades: Valencia, Madrid y Barcelona. Después de seis años había llegado el momento de expandirse a nivel nacional. Mercadona facturaba 510 millones de euros ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: Separating the Shower From the Bathtub
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisCase M-1396-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2022, Mercadona, along with its e-commerce division, was looking for ways to continue growing. They had developed what was probably the only profitable online supermarket in Spain up to the moment. The hive logistics model was operating in just three cities: Valencia, Madrid, and Barcelona. After six years, the time had come to expand domestically. Mercadona invoiced ?510m in e-commerce, but half of those sales (?263m) were done where the ...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategias para atraer al nuevo consumidor
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, Luis; Gallo, Iñigo; Townsend, Claudia; Skiera, Bernd; Ringel, Daniel M.Dossier DOS-32Information Technologies, Marketing, Strategy¿Cómo ha cambiado el “viaje del cliente”? ¿De qué manera podemos adaptarnos a la realidad de hoy?Starting at €15.00
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Strategies to Reach the Changing Consumer (Portuguese Version)
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, Luis; Gallo, Iñigo; Townsend, Claudia; Skiera, Bernd; Ringel, Daniel M.Dossier DOS-32-PBInformation Technologies, Marketing, StrategyTech is changing how we do business. Break out of your bubble and learn to manage better in a digital age.Starting at €15.00