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Jumbo vs. Líder. La Batalla por el Mercado Chileno
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-004MarketingEn la primavera de 2004, el mercado chileno del retail parecía no tener descanso. Las noticias de trascendentales cambios propiciados por grandes actores se sucedían unas a otras sin tregua. A vuelta de Fiestas Patrias, Almacenes París “levantaba” a Pablo Turner de la Gerencia General de Falabella. El último día de agosto, Cencosud anunció la compra de la cadena Montecarlo con 14 locales y dos en construcción, y un 2,7% de participación de mercad...Starting at €8.20
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Quatro (A): Lanzamiento en Chile
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-005AMarketingA principios de 1996, Coca Cola buscaba una nueva bebida para lanzar en Chile con el objetivo de generar un volumen incremental rentable a costa de algunos productos de la competencia. Habían escogido a Quatro, una bebida diferente con sabor a pomelo, que había tenido éxito en Argentina y Colombia. Se preguntaban si el lanzamiento que habían preparado para Chile podía alcanzar resultados similares.Starting at €8.20
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CMPC Celulosa S.A.
Martínez, J., Barchiesi, F., Campos, I., Eitner, E., Yuraszeck, F.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-07-014MarketingEn una fría mañana de agosto de 1997, Luis Llanos, Gerente de Estudios de CMPC Celulosa S.A., conducía su automóvil por las congestionadas avenidas que llevan al Centro Cívico de Santiago, donde se ubica el edificio corporativo del holding forestal más grande y tradicional de Chile. No podía dejar de reflexionar sobre las implicancias que la recomendación que debía hacer en las próximas horas al Directorio de la Matriz, tendría en la estrategia d...Starting at €8.20
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Ashby Pharmaceuticals
Muñoz-Cobo, Diego; Villanueva, JulianCase M-1208-EMarketingJames Conica had just been appointed new sales director of the company Ashby Pharmaceuticals, which sold pharmaceutical products. His task was to substantially improve the performance of the sales force, which according to company director Ian Thompson, had ample scope for improvement.Starting at €8.20
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From BoysTown to yourtown: Rebranding an Iconic Australian Charity
Vishal Mehrotra; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-9B20A083-EMarketingyourtown was an Australian non-profit organization offering a variety of services to children, young people, and families, supported by a range of stakeholders including federal and state governments, corporations, and, most significantly, members of the public. It was best known for its art union initiative in which supporters bought tickets to a raffle for luxury homes and automobiles.
In 2016, the organization rebranded from BoysTown, which...Starting at €8.20
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MontGras. Estrategia de exportación para una bodega chilena
Arnold, David J.; Stevenson, Howard H.Case HBS-510S14MarketingPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. MontGras, una bodega chilena de tamaño medio, tiene que formular una estrategia de exportación. Tiene que decidir si hacer hincapié en los mercados de Estados Unidos o del Reino Unido, que también ofrecen diferentes propuestas de posicionamiento y fijación de precios. Se ha fallado dos veces para penetrar en el mercado de EE.UU. porque las relaciones de distribuidor se cayó...Starting at €8.20
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Rediscovering Market Segmentation (Spanish version)
Yankelovich, Daniel; Meer, DavidArticle HBS-R0602GMarketingIn 1964, Daniel Yankelovich introduced in the pages of Harvard Business Review the concept of nondemographic segmentation, by which he meant the classification of consumers according to criteria other than age, residence, income, and such. The predictive power of marketing studies based on demographics was no longer strong enough to serve as a basis for marketing strategy, he argued. Buying patterns had become far better guides to consumers' futu...Starting at €8.20
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Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America (Spanish version)
Coles, Peter A.; Edelman, BenjaminCase HBS-915S10EntrepreneurshipSaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America must develop its mobilization strategy; that is, it must attract enough passengers and drivers to make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will deliver passenger bookings -- and passengers have no reason to sign up unless drivers are available. Meanwhile, regulators question the permissibility of online taxi booking in light...Starting at €8.20
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Lisco Acquisition of a Minority Interest of Orion
Richard Howard; Kimberley HowardCase IVEY-9B13N008-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyA wealth management company in Chile that provided financial advisory services to high net worth individuals and pension funds was at a crossroads. After 15 years in business, the company had become very successful. To increase its value without incurring undue corporate financial risk, the owner, who has invested most of his personal wealth in the company, has the opportunity to make an investment in a similar wealth management company in Colomb...Starting at €8.20
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Invest or Take: A Venture Capitalist's Ethical Dilemma
Jon CarrickCase IVEY-9B16M057-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2015, a managing partner in an Australian venture capital firm faced a major dilemma. As one of five partners, he held the deciding vote on whether his firm, KTN Capital, would take an entrepreneur’s idea for a solar-powered water filter and build a new company around it, or instead, invest in the entrepreneur’s company. The venture capital firm would not be doing anything illegal by taking the entrepreneur’s idea because the entrepreneur ...Starting at €8.20