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Fluidra Connect: The Internet of Pools
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1349-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingConnect Fluidra is a smart solution for pool industry professionals to remotely manage and diagnose pool-related issues. It was one of the most innovative initiatives by Fluidra and would require a different business model than what the company had traditionally developed. After running a controlled product launch in Spain, approached as a lab, things did not go as expected: They had only installed one hundred devices when the target was five hun...Starting at €8.20
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Carmina Shoemaker: Back to the Future of Luxury
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1332-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Marketing: In its brief history, Carmina Shoemaker had managed to carve a niche for itself in the exclusive world of classic Goodyear welted shoes, competing with such manufacturers of stature as Crockett & Jones, Church and Edward Green. The honesty behind its products, which offered outstanding quality at an affordable price, had been its competitive weapon to date. Based on its position in a discreet second tier compared with the large brands, Carmina ...Starting at €8.20
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TRIPICTURES: afrontando el final de la transición digital
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1296Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyTripictures, en su papel de distribuidora cinematográfica independiente, afrontaba los desafíos del desarrollo del cine digital, con la irrupción de un nuevo agente en la cadena de valor -los "intermediarios"-; los últimos movimientos en torno a las ventanas de explotación con el estreno de títulos de forma simultánea; el auge de la ventana electrónica, y las demandas de un consumidor exigente que, tras la explosión digital, tenía a su disposició...Starting at €8.20
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Fluidra Connect: el Internet de las piscinas
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1349Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingFluidra Connect es una solución inteligente orientada a los profesionales del sector de las piscinas que permite gestionar las cuestiones relacionadas con ellas y efectuar un diagnóstico de forma remota. Se trataba de una de las apuestas más innovadoras de Fluidra y supondría un modelo de negocio diferente al que había desarrollado tradicionalmente la compañía. Tras realizar un lanzamiento controlado del producto en España, a modo de LAB, los res...Starting at €8.20
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Sónar: 25 años vinculando creatividad y tecnología
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1358Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, MarketingEn el aspecto musical, Sónar se consolidó hace años como un punto de encuentro para la innovación dentro de la industria musical, como un festival en el que muchos artistas aspiraban a presentar sus nuevos proyectos o a consagrarse como integrantes de la élite mundial. Sin embargo, Sónar era mucho más que música. Edición tras edición, el congreso internacional Sónar+D sobre tecnología y creatividad ganaba relevancia como exponente de actuaciones ...Starting at €8.20
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Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A) (Spanish version)
Neeley, Tsedal; DeLong, Thomas J.Case HBS-415S01StrategyGreg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc., sets out to meet with his entire 43-member customer implementation team spread across India, France, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America to resolve a dire customer system outage as required by a service agreement. Rather than finding a swift resolution to the rapidly escalating customer situation that motivated his trip, he finds himself facing distributed work, global...Starting at €8.20
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Global Leadership in a Dynamic and Evolving Region: Molinas @ The Coca-Cola Company (D)
Neeley, Tsedal; Cekin, EselCase HBS-417071-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case. Galya Frayman Molinas, President of Coca-Cola's Turkish Business and a 20-year company veteran, is unexpectedly asked to take the helm of a newly expanded territory with operations across eight additional countries in Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. With seemingly competing instructions to accelerate growth, while not diluting focus in Turkey o...Starting at €5.74
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Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (A)
Neeley, Tsedal; Leonardi, Paul; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-419066-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes a business decision on whether or not to build a technology solution requested by customers. It offers students an opportunity to analyze how such a decision can impact product development teams, company culture, and business growth prospects. Eric Hawkins, director of engineering at AppFolio-a digital technology firm that offered cloud-based business software to small and medium sized companies-was shocked by an unusual requ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)
Neeley, Tsedal; DeLong, Thomas J.Case HBS-409003-EStrategyGreg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc., sets out to meet with his entire 43-member customer implementation team spread across India, France, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America to resolve a dire customer system outage as required by a service agreement. Rather than finding a swift resolution to the rapidly escalating customer situation that motivated his trip, he finds himself facing distributed work, global...Starting at €8.20
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Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)
Neeley, TsedalCase HBS-410020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case updates students on the steps Greg James took to solve the problems that instigated the crisis documented in "Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)." We find out how James solves the process problems involved in his team's breakdown and creates team cohesion to help them function together effectively. We also learn whether or not James is successful in taking his global team to a new level of productivity and ...Starting at €5.74