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Nestlé en el 2008
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-510S23MarketingEn abril de 2008, Paul Bulcke asumió como CEO de la compañía de alimentos y bebidas del mundo. Su predecesor, Peter Brabeck, había entregado 12 años de excelentes resultados mientras se mueve la empresa hacia una nueva visión de la salud, la nutrición y el bienestar. El reto de Bulcke era ejecutar con rapidez la visión y entregar el crecimiento orgánico y la mejora de los márgenes necesarios para cumplir con el "modelo de Nestlé."Starting at €8.20
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Apple Watch: Managing Innovation Resistance
Tania Bucic; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B18A005-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyHaving affirmed its place in the computer, phone, and music markets, Apple Inc. (Apple) decided to embark on a brand extension strategy, shifting its focus to wearable technologies. With this shift in mind, Apple launched the Apple Watch in April 2015 as an attempt to enter different industries. Apple Watch integrated fitness and health features with Apple’s mobile operating system (iOS) and other Apple products and services. Because Apple owned ...Starting at €8.20
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Elite Rent-a-Car
Gregory S. Zaric; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07E011-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and founder of a premier luxury car rental agency located throughout Europe must decide on the composition of the fleet of cars for the upcoming summer season. She has to balance a desire for high utilization versus the possibility of having to turn away clients if they request a car that is not in stock. The case can be used to introduce or reinforce a number of concepts including break-even analysis, basic descriptive statistics a...Starting at €8.20
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Swiss Army: Diversifying into the Fragrance Business (Spanish version)
Ilan Alon; Marc Fetscherin; Claudia CarvajalCase IVEY-9B14AS066Entrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2005, Victorinox, the original producer of the Swiss Army Knife, acquired Wenger, including the fragrance label “Swiss Army Fragrance.” The acquisition of Wenger allowed Victorinox to become the only producer of the famous Swiss Army Knife as well as the key player in Swiss Army watches. Victorinox’s head of marketing was asked to design a business strategy that would successfully allow the company to enter the fragrance industry. How should V...Starting at €8.20
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AGL: An Electric Utility Dealing with Disruptive Innovation
Tom Houghton; Philip SugaiCase IVEY-9B16A036-EMarketing, StrategyAGL Energy, a long-time traditional energy supply company in Australia, was facing competition as alternative sources of energy, such as solar power and batteries, were taking root in both the marketplace and with energy-conscious homeowners. The trend of homeowners who opted to supply their own energy needs and go off the grid was described as a “death spiral” for utility companies. In response, AGL Energy appointed a new chief executive officer...Starting at €8.20
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Salty Snacks
John DawesExercise IVEY-9B10A015-EMarketingThe Salty Snacks case is a data analysis exercise using Excel. The case uses real data from a consumer goods panel. It presents the student with a table of purchase duplications for a set of salty snack brands, and the student's task is to identify the competitive structure of the market, that is, which brands compete more intensely with each other. The task is similar to what brand managers in consumer goods companies face on a regular basis. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Rodan + Fields Dermatologists
Narayandas, Das; Roberts, Michael; Kind, LizCase HBS-513067-EMarketingThe case focuses on issues involved in managing the direct multilevel marketing sales consultants who sell R+F skin care products. The company is trying to better manage the inconsistent and highly variable recruitment behavior of the sales force i.e., the degree to which existing consultants recruit new consultants. The company utilizes a range of periodic incentives for recruitment, but hopes to build a system of salesforce compensation and man...Starting at €8.20
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L’Abode Accommodations Down Under: Agile Leadership Navigates Pandemic Threat to Business Survival
Dennis Paris; Sheri Lambert; Jennifer M. Sundstrom-FitzgeraldCase IVEY-W26692-EMarketing, StrategyOn March 1, 2020, when news of the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, it meant an existential threat to the survival of businesses internationally. L’Abode Accommodations, a full-service property management company based in Sydney, Australia that specialized in mid- to high-end luxury vacation homes, was no exception. Virtually overnight, the company experienced an alarming number of contract cancellations. To make matters worse for an industry dependent...Starting at €8.20
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Keep: Commercializing China’s Mobile Fitness Unicorn
Xiaojun Fan; Xin LiCase IVEY-W25559-EMarketing, StrategyRecent years had witnessed the social phenomenon of the rise of Internet brands. Looking at Internet fitness unicorn brand Keep’s brand commercialization process, Keep demonstrated the path of creation, product adjustment and upgrade, and brand extension logic of Internet app brands. Keep started as a single-tool app providing exercise content and data records, and gradually developed into a one-stop fitness and exercise platform by actively adju...Starting at €8.20
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CSL: Rebranding “The Biggest Company No One’s Ever Heard Of"
Bertrand Guillotin; Sheri Lambert; Phoebe DickinsonCase IVEY-W34093-EDecision Analysis, MarketingIn October 2021, the head of digital communications and branding at the Australian biopharmaceutical conglomerate CSL Limited (CSL), was tasked with a strategic rebranding exercise. By August 2022, he and other stakeholders felt a sense of pride and satisfaction at how quickly the rebranding initiatives had been completed. CSL felt that it had achieved the desired brand associations and met its targeted brand net promoter score performance. Looki...Starting at €8.20