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Fancam: A New Channel Management Strategy
Michael Goldman; Maximillian DuranCase IVEY-9B19A037-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn its first four years, Fancam Pty Ltd. (Fancam), a high-definition, 360-degree crowd-imaging business based in Cape Town, South Africa, had enjoyed considerable growth that was driven in part by its network of resellers around the world. However, the stStarting at €8.20
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Worldwide Niche Marketing (Spanish version)
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr.; McQuade, KristaCase HBS-504S18MarketingDeals with the issue of niche marketing in a worldwide market. Barco Projection Systems makes video, data, and graphics projectors for the industrial market. They have traditionally been the performance leader. In August 1989, Sony Corp. introduced a higher performance graphics projector at a considerably lower price than Barco's existing projector. As a result, Barco is faced with being preempted in their fastest growing segment by a competitor ...Starting at €8.20
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Alcatel-Lucent: Marketing the Cell Phone as a Mobile Wallet
Camacho, Nuno; Verniers, Isabel; García Pont, Carlos; Stremersch, StefanCase M-1279-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingAlcatel-Lucent (ALU) was gearing up for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves cash transactions between consumers and merchants or between consumers using their mobile phones. The emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. But to avoid p...Starting at €8.20
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Banking on Social Media (B)
Luisa Mazinter; Nicola Kleyn; Michael Goldman; Jennifer Lindsey-RentonCase IVEY-9B14A071-EMarketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Banking on Social Media (A), 9B14A070.In January 2013, First National Bank (FNB) launches the “You Can Help” brand campaign, which calls for change and is based on the bank’s research on South African children’s hopes for the country. The campaign receives mixed reactions from political parties, with the governing African National Congress declaring, “This isn’t an advert — it’s a political statement. An attack on the...Starting at €5.74
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Nike Football: World Cup 2010 (B)
Ofek, Elie; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512054-EMarketingDetails Nike Football's marketing efforts in the lead up to and during the World Cup in South Africa (2010). Allows students to reflect on the implementation of the strategy and to think about the implications for Nike as it begins preparing for the World Cup in 2014.Starting at €5.74
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The Slingshot: Improving Water Access, Teaching Note
Quelch, John A.Teaching Note HBS-514109-EMarketingTeaching Note for 514007.Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies.Starting at €0.00
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MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion
Gupta, Sunil; Lal, Rajiv; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-515035-EMarketingMasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was investing significant time and attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments and banks to issue MasterCard branded debit cards to millions of individuals. Financial inclusion could potentially help these individuals by increasing...Starting at €8.20
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On Your Bike! Using Marketing Mix to Drive Successful Bicycle Sharing Programs in Europe
Winig, Laura; Laidler-Kylander, Nathalie; Strauss, StevenCase HBS-KS1119-EMarketingEuropean municipalities, eager to increase the use of environmentally friendly forms of public transportation, offered bicycle sharing programs as adjuncts to their public transportation systems. This case focuses on the bicycle sharing systems in three mid-sized European cities: Mainz, Germany, Lille, France and Antwerp, Belgium. The case describes the market segments within each city and lays out the marketing mix variables-the 4Ps (product, pr...Starting at €8.20
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Market Stretch
Gavin Price; Margaret SutherlandCase IVEY-9B09M046-EMarketing, StrategyBio-Oil is a multi-purpose skin care product that has gone from being sold only in South Africa to being the No. 1 scar treatment product in 16 of the 17 countries in which it is distributed. Retail sales have jumped from R3 million per annum to R1 billion from 2000 to 2008. Justin and David Letschert made key decisions to eliminate all of the other 119 products that were being manufactured by the company that they took over in 2000, and focused ...Starting at €8.20
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General De La Rey and the Blue Bulls
Michael GoldmanCase IVEY-9B08A010-EMarketing, StrategyThe Blue Bulls rugby team enjoyed a fanatical fan base and had been performing well in local and international competitions recently. As a leading South African rugby franchise, the Blue Bulls faced a social and political environment that emphasized racial transformation. An up-and-coming Afrikaans musician had become best-seller with his De La Rey song, which was about a Boer soldier who calls on General De La Rey to lead the Afrikaner people to...Starting at €8.20