IESE (España)
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BCN Brand: Selling Barcelona Around the World
Sicart, Sara; Oliver, XavierCase M-1340-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, MarketingIn just three years and with 13 employees, Pablo Caralps created BCN Brand, an up-and-coming company with a presence in eight countries and an interesting portfolio: colored sneakers, polo shirts, bathing suits, cell phone cases, sunglasses, motorcycle helmets, leather goods, bicycles and even fire extinguishers. Its goal? To convey the feeling of never-ending summer and to export the Barcelona lifestyle - a strategy that has been a resounding s...Starting at €8.20
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Privalia: From Private Club to Fashion Brand
Fernandez Garcia-Andrade, Pablo; Oliver, XavierCase M-1330-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe private club (a business model pioneered by the French company Vente-privee in 2001) was the main driver of fashion e-commerce. On the one hand, it helped get rid of brands' stocks discreetly and allowed shoppers to buy heavily discounted fashion products, which they could not find online anywhere else since many brands did not use e-commerce and, in some cases, did not even have websites. These circumstances helped this type of e-commerce co...Starting at €8.20
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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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Oliver Conti - A Dream With a Glow
Oliver, Xavier; Fang, David; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-1327-EMarketing, Strategy"I need a game-changer," said Xavier. "Something to put Oliver Conti at the top of everyone's list. We're facing challenges at every step, and after 20 years a winery like ours should be seeing an annual profit of at least 250,000?. We've cut our costs to the absolute minimum, so we need to think of another way. Oliver Conti follows Dalí's example. We are inventors, so let's try to explore something new."Starting at €8.20
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BBVA. Brand value
Cintora M. A.; Oliver, XavierCase M-1177-EMarketingThis case describes the process of adoption of the BBVA brand following the merger between Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria. It provides a comparison with the multi-brand strategy adopted by other banks such as BSCH and ABN AMRO. It gives a description of the process of creation of the BBVA brand and of the commitment adopted by the bank to base its strategy on the brand image - on the intangibles of corporate culture, human capital and reputa...Starting at €8.20
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DKV Group: Truly Interested in You
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1343-EKnowledge and Communication, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the strategy of management through reputation that the DKV Group has been using in the Spanish market. This management strategy has helped the company establish a unique competitive positioning in the crowded health insurance industry and delivered some of the best growth rates in the market during the previous few years. With the help of exhaustive data, the case explains how this management style was developed and implemented...Starting at €8.20
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Larios Dry Gin
Armengol, Eva; Oliver, XavierCase M-1169-EInformation Technologies, MarketingLarios Dry Gin tells the real-life story of a company facing a fiercely competitive environment and tough legal constraints. The case analyzes the brand's leadership position in Spain and the diversification opportunities available in sectors other than alcoholic beverages. It offers an analysis of Larios's (off- and on-line) multi-channel communication aimed at winning over an increasingly demanding target audience who need strong stimuli to ren...Starting at €8.20
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ViaPostal (B)
de la Huerta J.; Nueno, PedroCase E-50-EEntrepreneurshipBy late 2001, the young company ViaPostal was facing operating problems deriving from its launch, political problems due to competing with a state-owned enterprise, and the difficulties inherent in financing an ambitious new venture.Starting at €5.74
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El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1357-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingEl Celler de Can Roca is a three-Michelin star restaurant that has been named the best restaurant in the world by several specialist publications and has won several awards. The case sets out the schedule for one month of El Celler operations, showing the multiple activities in which the three Roca brothers - the visible heads and driving forces of the organization - are engaged on a daily basis. The restaurant's unconventional way of operating a...Starting at €8.20
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Educo: Brand and Strategy in the Nonprofit Sector
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1390-ECorporate Governance, Marketing, StrategyThe executive committee of Educo, a children-focused development NGO, is discussing the draft of the Global Impact Framework that will guide the organization for the next 10 years. The case then explores the landscape of developmental NGOs in the 2020s, a landscape that is rapidly changing, forcing these organizations to rethink their objectives, how they raise funds, what programs carry out, and how they present themselves to the world. The c...Starting at €8.20