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Snap Inc.: Becoming a “Camera Company”
Neil Bendle; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A023-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn March 2018, Snap Inc. (Snap), based in Venice, California, and commonly known as Snapchat for its application that allowed users to send photos that disappeared, was looking for ways to grow its user base in the competitive social media platform industry and to differentiate itself from the other major platforms. To do this, it was trying to position itself as a “camera” company and to become relevant to a larger target market: adults aged 25 ...Starting at €8.20
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Daily Bread Food Bank: The Adoption of Social Missions
Neil Bendle; Wendy WangCase IVEY-9B20A052-EMarketingIn February 2019, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Daily Bread Food Bank (Daily Bread) in Toronto, Ontario reflected on the charity’s strong performance in the past year. Despite Daily Bread’s success, the CEO felt there were opportunities to do more. Toronto’s food insecurity rate had been rising in recent years, and food banks across the city had been struggling to meet demand. The CEO had several potential ideas for contributing to the...Starting at €8.20
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Impossible Foods, Beyond Burgers, and Plant-Based Meat
Neil BendleCase IVEY-9B20A044-EMarketingIn 2019, a small investor was reviewing her portfolio mix, which included quick-service restaurants. During her research, she learned of new-product launches by two companies: Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat. Both companies produced plant-based productsStarting at €8.20
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Analyzing the Success of “Retailers”
Neil Bendle; Xin (Shane) WangExercise IVEY-9B15A045-EMarketingKelsey, a newly minted MBA hired by a firm that provides analysis of companies, has been given a task to present an assessment of six very different firms described by her manager as “retailers.” She has been given the performance details of these companies and is expected to quickly analyze the metrics related to the firms’ performance, such as return on assets, inventory turns and staff productivity. Her manager also wants her to assess and com...Starting at €8.20
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Clifford Chance Spain
Villanueva, Julian; Vila, VictorianoCase M-1353-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn October 2016, Jaime Velázquez, managing partner of Clifford Chance in Spain ("CC"), was preparing for the monthly partners meeting. Although the firm had managed to successfully navigate the severe economic crisis and was now seeing solid growth, many dark clouds were approaching for the Spanish economy. For starters, the country had been without a government for almost a full year, after the political deadlock resulting from the second genera...Starting at €8.20
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Vodafone España y su plan de grandes cuentas (A)
Ayala, Ignacio; Vila, Victoriano; Villanueva, JulianCase M-1191MarketingEl caso describe el programa de grandes cuentas globales de Vodafone y los principales problemas que se plantean en su implementación.Starting at €8.20
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Sinpasa (A)
Pons, J. M.; Segarra, José Antonio; Vila, VictorianoCase M-1016MarketingEl nuevo jefe de ventas de la zona norte de España de una empresa de suministros de papelería técnica se plantea cómo preparar su entrada a la vista de unos pobres resultados.Starting at €8.20
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Eagel, S.A.: La búsqueda del valor añadido
Miranda, E.; Nueno, José Luis; Vila, VictorianoCase M-903MarketingEn el verano de 1992, José Mª Julià, director general de Eagle, un VAR de Hewlett Packard, se plantea qué medidas adoptar para responder a la cada vez acuciante redistribución del valor añadido por parte de ese fabricante de ordenadores.Starting at €8.20
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JetBlue Technology Ventures: Bringing External Innovation In House
Burgelman, Robert; Golden, Joseph N.; Sridharan, AmitCase SGSB-E660-EEntrepreneurshipSince its founding in the late 1990s, JetBlue Airways has been known as an innovator in the U.S. airline industry. This case explores how in the mid- to late-2010s, JetBlue sought to drive further innovation by setting up a corporate venture capital arm. Led by Bonny Simi, a long-time JetBlue executive, commercial airline pilot, former U.S. Olympian, and Stanford alumna, JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV) seeks to bring external innovation in ho...Starting at €8.20
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Infosys Consulting in 2006: Leading the Next Generation of Business and Information Technology Consulting - Teaching note
Burgelman, Robert; Capur, AneeshaCase SGSB-SM151TN-EStrategyThis case describes Infosys Technologies’ approach to growing the company by expanding its service offerings; moving up the value chain to offer higher end consulting services; improving its brand equity and recognition as a global company; increasing revenue through repeat business from the company’s client base and entering client relationships earlier in the lifecycle by defining problems and identifying solutions before implementing the solut...Starting at €8.20