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Etsy: A B Corp Start-Up Takes on Amazon
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B16M074-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case was one of the winners of the 2016 John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition. When Etsy proceeded with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2015, it was the second U.S. company to go public as a certified B Corporation. Etsy’s status as a B Corporation meant that social responsibility was ingrained in its mission. However, as an online marketplace for artisanal goods, Etsy faced a number...Starting at €8.20
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Viacom, Inc.: Corporate Governance in a Controlled Company
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B17M036-EStrategyViacom, Inc., a New York City-based media company, owned Paramount Pictures and popular television channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. Viacom was controlled by Sumner Redstone and run by his hand-picked second in command. In 2016, the 92-year-old Redstone, facing a claim of mental incompetency because of his advanced age, stepped down from his role as executive chair of the board. This led to several issues regarding corporate ...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar: The Module Recycling Opportunity
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B16M042-EStrategyIn 2014, the vice-president and director of recycling at the Arizona-based First Solar, Inc., the world's leading solar energy company, was considering a business plan to convert its solar panel recycling initiative from a cost centre to a profit-making business. Although the company pre-funded the recycling of photovoltaic solar panels by adding the recycling cost to the end-customers’ purchase price, Europe had recently enacted laws requiring t...Starting at €8.20
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AMC Networks Inc.: The Walking Dead Problem
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B18M203-EStrategyIn August 2017, AMC Networks Inc. (AMCN), a New York City–based cable television provider, faced a lawsuit from the creative talent behind the hit show The Walking Dead. The lawsuit charged that AMCN used its vertical integration into content development to reduce the profits available for distribution to participants. For AMCN, which was originally a content distributor, expanding into content creation through its AMC Studios had several benefit...Starting at €8.20
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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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eBay Inc.: The Portfolio Decision
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B20M113-EStrategyIn January 2019, eBay Inc. (eBay), a California-based e-commerce company, faced an activist campaign centred on its portfolio of businesses. Elliott Management Corporation, the hedge fund leading the campaign, believed that StubHub and Classifieds, two ofStarting at €8.20