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Privacy Issues and Monetizing Twitter
Deborah Compeau; Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Shady FraihaCase IVEY-9B11E002-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIt was early 2010, and the Twitter Trio, the founders of Twitter, were faced with a changing market situation and pressures to make money. Twitter was a free service that had been operating without a viable business plan since 2006. In early 2010, Twitter was still not making enough money and it was time that Twitter showed a real return on investment. The Trio had to decide on a business model that was competitive. There was a data-mining projec...Starting at €8.20
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Unity Bank: Realizing Value From an M&A Integration
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; John FongCase IVEY-9B08E009-EInformation TechnologiesA member of the integration leadership team must help plan and execute the integration of Delta's information technology (IT) operations into those of Unity. He has been given a time limit of three years and has been charged with removing $60 million of expenses during the process. Half of the savings will come from reducing the number of staff whose roles have been duplicated as a result of the merger. The remaining savings will be achieved thro...Starting at €8.20
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Security Breach at TJX
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B08E003-ECorporate Governance, Information TechnologiesThe chief security officer of TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) faces a dilemma on his first day on the job. The company has discovered in December 2006, a computer intrusion dating back to 2005. There is an ongoing investigation, involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the attacks. The company is also in the middle of several class action law suits over losses suffered by financial institutions due to breaches of customer privacy. The ch...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Pay (Spanish version)
Gupta, Sunil; Santana, Shelle; Rodriguez, Margaret L.Case HBS-518S14MarketingOn September 9, 2014, in front of a packed audience in Cupertino, CA, Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of Apple, announced the much anticipated launch of Apple Pay, "Our vision is to replace this [wallet] and we are going to start with payments." Cook then invited Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, to the stage to explain how Apple Pay would transform the mobile payments industry. He explained how Appl...Starting at €8.20
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Philips Healthcare: Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, Margaret L.Case HBS-515052-EMarketingIn June 2014, leading healthcare and consumer technology company, Royal Philips ("Philips"), announced its HealthSuite Digital Platform to house healthcare data and enable applications used by physicians and patients. Philips had strong equity in the healthcare technology space, due to its extensive portfolio of medical devices and related software sold primarily to hospitals. Philips designed the first two apps for the platform (eCareCoordinator...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon in 2021 (Spanish version)
Gupta, Sunil; Rodriguez, Margaret L.Case HBS-515S06MarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Amazon launched its website in July 1995 to sell books online. Since then it has expanded into a variety of businesses that some see as unrelated. By 2019 Amazon has grown to become a digital giant with over $233 billion in annual sales but its profitability has been uneven. Has it spread itself too th...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, Margaret L.Case HBS-519S03MarketingIn June 2014, leading healthcare and consumer technology company, Royal Philips ("Philips"), announced its HealthSuite Digital Platform to house healthcare data and enable applications used by physicians and patients. Philips had strong equity in the healthcare technology space, due to its extensive portfolio of medical devices and related software sold primarily to hospitals. Philips designed the first two apps for the platform (eCareCoordinator...Starting at €8.20
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For the Love of Good Food: The pLateTrace Project (B)
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Andrea Jang; Rebecca LiuCase IVEY-9B09E007-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Marketing, StrategyThis (B) case to For the Love of Good Food: The pLateTrace Project (A), product #9B09E006, allows students to synthesize their findings and assessments from the (A) case to recommend a viable, financially sustainable technology-based solution that generates long-term benefits for the multiple parties who would be involved. Given the current focus on local food and environmental responsibility, pLateTrace is a very relevant case that raises awaren...Starting at €5.74
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RBC Mobile Wallet
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Binny Samuel; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B16E008-EInformation TechnologiesIn October 2012, the executive vice-president (EVP) at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Canada's leading bank, faced managerial dilemmas with regard to the launch of a mobile wallet. RBC had developed a cloud-based application that differed from industry standard SIM card–based payment methods. The EVP was evaluating areas of contrast between the two models as part of arriving at a decision. There was likelihood that the cloud solution was disrupt...Starting at €8.20
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Intel Corp. - Bring Your Own Device
V. Joseph Compeau; Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13E002-EInformation Technologies, StrategySince early 2009, the information technology (IT) division of a leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips had noticed a growing trend among the company’s 80,000 employees worldwide to bring their own smartphones and storage devices to their individual workstations. Recognizing that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) was not a passing fad but a growing phenomenon, the company decided in January 2010 to formally implement this initiative. As the compan...Starting at €8.20