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Behavio Labs: Scaling Survey Software into a Global Product
Ladislav Tyll; Mohit SrivastavaCase IVEY-9B20M066-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyEstablished in 2014 by a group of five friends in the Czech Republic, Behavio Labs was a consumer behaviour analytics company that launched the popular product Minute. The Minute digital application accurately measured respondent views and expanded employee engagement to help companies make the right decisions when launching new products, or to improve employee working conditions. By 2018, Behavio Labs had achieved considerable success in the Cze...Starting at €8.20
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Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (C)
Abdelal, Rawi; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Damgaard Jensen, AneCase HBS-708029-EEconomicsSupplements the (A) case. This case is available in only hard copy format (HBP does not have digital distribution rights to the content). As a result, a digital Educator Copy of the case is not available through this web site.Starting at €5.74
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Jamaica Macaroni Factory: Capital Budgeting for Renewable Energy
Ryan Hudgins; Zach ChenCase IVEY-W34511-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn January 2022, Nicholas Chen had to decide whether to invest in one of two solar power systems to reduce the energy cost of the manufacturing company, Jamaica Macaroni Factory Ltd.’s (JMF). He could purchase a 100kW solar power system and generate some of the energy JMF used while also selling back electricity to the grid when the factory was not operating, or he could purchase a 230kW system, which would produce more energy but, due to regulat...Starting at €8.20
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Telefónica Chequia: la revolución Free (B)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1307Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyEn la parte B del caso se explica qué sucedió ocho semanas después del lanzamiento de los nuevos planes tarifarios Free: la decisión de Luis Malvido, presidente ejecutivo de Telefónica Chequia; la reacción de la competencia; la evolución del mercado y los consumidores; o las nuevas informaciones sobre la subasta, entre otras. También se exponen los primeros resultados que obtuvo Telefónica.Starting at €5.74
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Telefonica Czech Republic: The Free Revolution (B)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1307-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyPart B of the case describes what happened eight weeks after the launch of the new Free pricing plans: the decision made by Luis Malvido, CEO of Telefónica Czech Republic; the competition's reaction; the evolution of the market and consumers; new information on the auction, etc. It also presents Telefónica's initial results.Starting at €5.74
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Telefonica Czech Republic: The FREE Revolution (A)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1306-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the concerns facing an executive of the Moreno group of companies who is not a member of the owning family when a strategic plan he has presented to the owners is rejected. It also illustrates the role played by the owning family in the governance structure of a family firm.Starting at €8.20
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Born Global: Timeless Herbal Care Prepares to Supply Medical Marijuana to Canadians
Brian C. Pinkham; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16M212-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2012, a former crown attorney for Canada’s Department of Justice started Timeless Herbal Care, a company that was intended to capitalize on Jamaica’s deregulation of marijuana for medical purposes. The entrepreneur and his family relied on their ties to Jamaica and his legal expertise to create a legislative framework for Jamaica’s medical marijuana industry to meet international standards. Concurrently, Canada was readying legislation to allo...Starting at €8.20
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Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap
Di Tella, Rafael; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-711031-EEconomicsThis case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade, Jamaica was forced to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for balance-of-payments support. Over the 1980s and early 1990s, the unpopular policy conditions associated with IMF...Starting at €8.20
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Beznoska: Sell Me Your Stocks
Martin Jurek, Mohit Srivastava, Karel Pernica, Jiri HnilicaCase IVEY-W31002-EStrategyIn late January 2020, the chief executive officer and third-generation successor of BEZNOSKA s.r.o., a traditional Czech manufacturer of joint implants, was preparing for an annual shareholders’ meeting with the family business owners. The annual report indicated that the company had experienced its worst financial year in its 30-year history. The company was also facing challenges from new competitors in the market and the need to comply with a ...Starting at €8.20
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Mestska Nemocnice V Litomerice
Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-825-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20