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El Toro de Osborne. Un icono para España
García del Pueyo, Jose Luis; Gómez González, CarmenCase IIST-MI-151MarketingOsborne, importante compañía española de bebidas, instaló en 1957 una valla publicitaria con forma de silueta de toro bravo para anunciar su marca de brandy Veterano. Con el paso de los años la pieza trascendió su propia finalidad empresarial, hasta acabar espontáneamente formando parte del imaginario de lo español. Por ello se hicieron numerosas copias ilegales para usar en todo tipo de artículos. Osborne decidió en 2009 crear una división espe...Starting at €8.20
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Tweeter etc. (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.; Wu, GeorgeCase HBS-502S18MarketingIn the early 1990s, Tweeter etc., a small regional retailer of higher-end audio and video equipment, faced increasing competitive pricing pressures from several large regional and national consumer electronics chains. In response, in 1993, they introduced "Automatic Price Protection" (APP) as the cornerstone of a strategy to restore price credibility in the minds of consumers. Under APP, Tweeter monitored local newspaper ads and automatically mai...Starting at €8.20
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Barcelo Hotels and Resorts (A) (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.; Bertini, MarcoCase HBS-512S05MarketingBarcelo Hotels and Resorts must decide whether to allow its many hotels to continue to undertake separate promotional campaigns or to run, for the first time, a broad corporate-level promotion. Complicating the decision is the fact that the many hotels in its portfolio vary greatly in their character, clientele, positioning, and locations.Starting at €8.20
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Ti-Tech (B)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-508096-EMarketingThis case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity making it impossible to accept all four. Each order represents a different mix of labor, revenues, and potential future work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders...Starting at €5.74
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Hybrid Electric Vehicles: A 2011 Update
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-511125-EMarketingThis case is an addendum that updates HBS Case No. 502-025, "The Future of Hybrid Electric Cars." It covers the 10 years, 2001 to 2011.Starting at €8.20
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Biopure Corp. (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-502S01MarketingIt is early 1998 and Biopure Corp., a small biopharmaceutical firm with no sales revenues in its ten-year history, has just received government approval to release Oxyglobin, a revolutionary new "blood substitute" designed to replace the need for donated animal blood in the veterinary market. A virtually identical product for the human market, Hemopure, is in the final stages of testing by Biopure and is expected to gain approval within one to tw...Starting at €8.20
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Cabot Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-511S04MarketingTraces the 12-year career of a pharmaceutical salesperson, Bob Marsh, from recruitment to termination. Marsh has had an uneven career with Cabot Pharmaceuticals and eventually is asked to resign. Following his termination, a number of Marsh's former customers complain vigorously, and Cabot's vice president of sales is asked to investigate the matter and to decide what, if anything, to do about it. The case raises issues in aligning strategy and s...Starting at €8.20
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Hero Baby Southern Europe
García del Pueyo, Jose Luis; Gómez González, CarmenCase IIST-MI-179MarketingHero es una empresa multinacional Suiza, con más de cien años de historia que tradicionalmente elaboraba mermeladas, pero que desde 1985 entró en el mercado de alimentación infantil a través de una prueba que se inició en España. Aunque la empresa tieneStarting at €8.20
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El Toro de Osborne. Un icono de España
García del Pueyo, Jose Luis; Vilafuerte Martin, Antonio; Gómez González, CarmenTeaching Note IIST-MITN-151MarketingOsborne, importante compañía española de bebidas, instaló en 1957 una valla publicitaria con forma de silueta de toro bravo para anunciar su marca de brandy Veterano. Con el paso de los años la pieza trascendió su propia finalidad empresarial, hasta acabar espontáneamente formando parte del imaginario de lo español. Por ello se hicieron numerosas copias ilegales para usar en todo tipo de artículos. Osborne decidió en 2009 crear una división espe...Starting at €0.00
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New York Life and Immediate Annuities
Rotemberg, Julio J.; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-510040-EMarketingBy positioning Immediate Annuities as "guaranteed lifetime income," New York Life has built itself a $1.4 billion per year business by 2009. However, to make Immediate Annuities a mainstream financial product for retirees, New York Life must understand why many retirees are reluctant to buy them and many agents are reluctant to sell them.Starting at €8.20