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A New Model for the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Institute of OneWorld Health
Schoen, Oliver; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1480-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case introduces the Institute of OneWorld Health, a company dedicated to producing drugs for neglected diseases and the first non-profit pharmaceutical company in the world. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Victoria Hale, IOWH took expired and donated patent compounds and developed them through all the stages of clinical testing and approval into drugs to fight the world's most destructive diseases, usually occurring in Third World countries where per...Starting at €8.20
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International Expansion of Escuela Nueva: A Transformative Pedagogy on a Global Scale
Hehenberger, Lisa; Moral, N.; Mair, JohannaCase SM-1556-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study presents the challenging task of expanding the widely successful Escuela Nueva pedagogy on a global scale. Escuela Nueva provides a cost effective, replicable and scalable solution to improve the quality of basic education in low income schools. It started in rural Colombia, but has since expanded principally to a large number of Latin American countries. Evidence shows that wherever Escuela Nueva is implemented, children become ...Starting at €8.20
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Club Atletico Boca Juniors (Spanish version)
Elberse, Anita; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Ballve, AlbertoCase HBS-509S06MarketingClub Atletico Boca Juniors is the most popular soccer club in Argentina and one of the most decorated clubs in the world. Throughout its storied history, the club has recruited and developed dozens of star players. In his eleven years at Boca Juniors, president Mauricio Macri has significantly increased the club's net worth and annual revenues. However, he faces a constant challenge to remain competitive on and off the field. In November 2006, Ma...Starting at €8.20
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Lady Gaga (A) (Spanish version)
Elberse, Anita; Christensen, MichaelCase HBS-513S22MarketingIn September 2009, Troy Carter, manager of up-and-coming pop star Lady Gaga, has to decide on a new course of action now that his artist's planned co-headlining arena tour with hip-hop superstar Kanye West has been canceled. Carter knows that continuing the tour solo comes with huge risks, but scaling it back to smaller theaters or postponing the tour altogether has disadvantages as well. Making matters more complicated, Carter also has to consid...Starting at €8.20
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Beyonc (Spanish version)
Elberse, Anita; Smith, StacieCase HBS-516S16MarketingIn December 2013, music superstar Beyonc is about to surprise her fans with the release of her self-titled album. The team at her company Parkwood Entertainment, which general manager Lee Anne Callahan-Longo described as "a management, music, and production company that is owned and at the highest level operated by an artist," had chosen to release the entire album at once and exclusively via the Apple iTunes Store, without any prior promotion-...Starting at €8.20
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Associacao Saude Crianca: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale
Battilana, Julie; Kimsey, Marissa; Zogbi, Priscilla; Mair, JohannaCase HBS-419048-EDr. Vera Cordeiro founded the NGO Associa o Sa de Crian a in 1991 to try to help poor families break the cycle of poverty and illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of poverty based on the pillars of health, housing, citizenship, income, and education. After introducing the seeds of this approach, the case examines the evolution of the organizat...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver 2010 Olympics
Elberse, Anita; Anthony, Catherine; Callahan, JoshuaCase HBS-507049-EMarketingIt is February 2007, exactly three years before Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics. Judy Rogers, City Manager for the City of Vancouver and a member of the Board of Directors for Vancouver's Organizing Committee (VANOC), is keen to ensure the Games will have a lasting positive impact on the city and on Canada. However, a recent event reveals that significant social tensions could negatively effect the event and Vancouver's image across the ...Starting at €8.20
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Maria Sharapova: Marketing a Champion (B)
Elberse, Anita; Golod, MargaritaCase HBS-507066-EMarketingSupplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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Octone Records
Elberse, Anita; Ofek, ElieCase HBS-507082-EMarketingIn February 2007, Octone Records founders James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum had been highly successful with the first two bands they had signed, Maroon 5 and Flyleaf. Known for its grassroots marketing campaigns, Octone operated through a unique joint venture model with SonyBMG Music Entertainment's RCA Music Group, which enabled the nimble record label to orchestrate mass marketing campaigns once an artist was ready for "prime time....Starting at €8.20
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Maria Sharapova: Marketing a Champion (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Elberse, AnitaTeaching Note HBS-508087-EMarketingTeaching Note for [507065] and [507066].Starting at €0.00