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El Caserío: Brand Arquitecture
Lozano V.; Milán B.; Oliver, Xavier; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-1189-EMarketingA historical view of the brands acquired by Kraft in Spain, especially El Caserío. The company faces competitors who have established much more coherent brand architectures, with more potential for expansion and profit. The decisions they take for the current brands will define their future.Starting at €8.20
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Del GRP al NRP: Un nuevo parámetro de medida de la eficacia de la publicidad en televisión
de Toro, Juan Manuel; Ramas, SantiagoTechnical Note MN-319MarketingAnte los numerosos y profundos cambios acaecidos en los últimos años en el mercado de los medios de comunicación (tanto en el aspecto de la oferta como en el de la demanda), se hacía urgente recabar las implicaciones de los mismos en la estrategia de comunicación de los anunciantes, y esto es lo que perseguimos con esta encuesta a los mayores anunciantes españoles. MODIStarting at €8.20
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Carolina Herrera
Camprodón J.; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-936MarketingLa Dirección de Puig, S.A. se plantea el lanzamiento de un nuevo perfume en el segmento de selección de mujer en España, con el precedente de su considerable éxito en Estados Unidos, con el fin de potenciar la presencia de la compañía en este segmento. El problema concreto es decidir si el producto y el nombre (Carolina Herrera) es el más idóneo, pues parece que los clientes y los técnicos dudan de su posible adaptación al gusto del consumidor es...Starting at €8.20
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Lehman Brothers
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-810106-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And how, if at all, had its activities changed the course of American history?Starting at €8.20
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-808134-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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The Indian Removal Act and the
Nicholas, Tom; Medoff, Ari; Smith, RavenCase HBS-812079-EEconomicsNative Americans were subjected to a protracted and painful process of forced removal from their land. The case provides "first hand" evidence on the debate over Indian removal as it took place during the early nineteenth century. The first document is excerpted from Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message to Congress in 1829 and the second document from Jackson's Second Annual Message in 1830, the year the Indian Removal Act was passed. The third ...Starting at €8.20
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Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, TomCase HBS-813102-EEntrepreneurshipGenentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected transformational effects. Established in 1976, Genentech was to develop the new science of recombinant DNA into viable therapeutic products with mass market appeal, something that most scientists agreed was at least a decade away. The founders, Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson had limited fina...Starting at €8.20
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Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing
Nicholas, Tom; Guilford, MatthewCase HBS-814065-EEntrepreneurshipAt the time of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) and for several decades after it, Great Britain dominated the global production of cotton textiles. In fact, Britain became so dominant in textile manufacturing and trading that Manchester, its industrial capital, was nicknamed "Cottonopolis." By contrast, American manufacturing of export-oriented or even tradable-quality cotton textiles was practically nonexistent. This position of rela...Starting at €8.20
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Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker
Nicholas, Tom; Verkamp, CaseyCase HBS-815061-EEntrepreneurshipSamuel Colt not only perfected and patented the technology for a gun that could fire multiple times without reloading, but he also developed and applied early principles of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the nineteenth century, weapons manufacture, like most industries, had been the exclusive domain of skilled craftsmen, whose families had typically been in the trade for generations. Colt substituted specialize...Starting at €8.20
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The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike, Teaching Note
Stanton, Christopher; Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-818107-ETeaching note for case 817005.Starting at €0.00