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Hiperbaric: B2B 2.0 - Teaching Note
Foncillas, PabloTeaching Note MT-36-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyThis case touches on the problems faced by a company - a global leader with a presence all over the world - dedicated to selling machinery at high prices ($1 million average purchase) in a B2B environment. The case discusses how and why the company should develop its digital presence as opposed to increasing its commercial presence by hiring more salespeople to sell its products. Should the company look for new salespeople? Does it make sense for...Starting at €0.00
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SEUR: Digitalizing Express Shipping
Foncillas, Pablo; González, JorgeCase M-1309-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, StrategyThe heads of marketing at SEUR (Servicio Urgente de Transportes; "Urgent Shipping Service" in English) were ready to present in the meeting room the results of the first six months since the relaunch of the company's new website. They had recently opted for promoting a website with a clear transactional focus. The meeting had been called to examine some aspects of the new site's performance, such as how sales were evolving with respect to target...Starting at €8.20
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Mountain Dew: The Most Racist Soft-drink Commercial in History
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13A021-EMarketingPepsiCo faces criticism after releasing a series of online advertisements for Mountain Dew that featured an angry Mountain Dew–drinking goat, a battered white woman on crutches and the goat in a police lineup of all black men. Critics are offended by the advertisement’s portrayal of violence toward women and racial stereotypes. As the public outcry spreads, Mountain Dew’s senior brand manager needs to devise a course of action or risk damage to o...Starting at €8.20
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Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M078-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (A).Starting at €5.74
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Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M045-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (A).Starting at €5.74
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Hiperbaric: B2B 2.0
Foncillas, PabloCase M-1303Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyStarting at €8.20
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SEUR: digitalizando el transporte urgente
Foncillas, Pablo; González, JorgeCase M-1309Information Technologies, Marketing, StrategyLa dirección de marketing de SEUR (Servicio Urgente de Transportes) se disponía a presentar en la sala de reuniones los resultados de los primeros seis meses del relanzamiento de la nueva web de la compañía, que había apostado recientemente por plantear una web con claro enfoque transaccional. En ese encuentro se analizarían algunos aspectos del rendimiento de la nueva página, tales como la evolución en ventas frente a objetivos, el encaje del p...Starting at €8.20
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LEGO Group: Building Strategy
Darren Meister; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M086-EMarketing, StrategyThe world famous toymaker, The LEGO Group, assembled an internal management team to create a strategic report on LEGO’s different product lines and business operations. In recent years, numerous threats to LEGO had emerged in the toy industry. The acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by The Walt Disney Company created major implications for valuable toy license agreements. LEGO had also recently lost a long legal battle with major competitor MEGA ...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: The Public Relations Box Office Flop
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M049-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyOn the morning of September 19, 2011, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the online movie provider Netflix Incorporated became witness to growing public discontent and media criticism directed at the company. The previous evening, the CEO had announced on the company blog that Netflix would be splitting into two separate entities. With the proposed change, the Netflix DVD-by-mail service would be spun out and renamed Qwikster. The move would le...Starting at €8.20
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Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (A)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M044-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyMike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), faced a situation of truly disastrous proportions. Earlier that week, service outages had started occurring on RIM’s popular BlackBerry smartphone devices, affecting over 30 million BlackBerry users globally. For a total of three days, RIM engineers worked around the clock to fix the widespread technical problems. However, with the company providing only brief comments to the public, many consum...Starting at €8.20