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Biomed Co., Ltd.: Designing a New Sales Compensation Plan
Donald W. Barclay; Ponlerd ChiemchanyaCase IVEY-9B06A037-EMarketing, StrategyA recent MBA graduate was about to return to the family business, Biomed Co., Ltd. as its general manager. Biomed's parent company, Thai Drugs Co., Ltd. has just revised Biomed's market strategy, a change that created the need to align the sales compensation system to fit with the new strategy. The new general manager was charged with this responsibility. Students will work through the path from strategy to a powerful sales compensation plan that...Starting at €8.20
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Bose Corporation: Communication Strategy for Challenging Apple's Beats by Dr. Dre
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-518036-EMarketingWhen a tsunami hit Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, the leadership team at a Swedish tour company must manage a devastating crisis affecting thousands of its customers and employees in Thailand. Documents the challenges the company faced in the first ten hours of the crisis. Amid the uncertainty of those first hours, the leadership team must make a range of decisions to orchestrate the company's response and manage the rest of its business. D...Starting at €8.20
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Telefónica Chequia: la revolución Free (B)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1307Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyEn la parte B del caso se explica qué sucedió ocho semanas después del lanzamiento de los nuevos planes tarifarios Free: la decisión de Luis Malvido, presidente ejecutivo de Telefónica Chequia; la reacción de la competencia; la evolución del mercado y los consumidores; o las nuevas informaciones sobre la subasta, entre otras. También se exponen los primeros resultados que obtuvo Telefónica.Starting at €5.74
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Telefonica Czech Republic: The Free Revolution (B)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1307-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyPart B of the case describes what happened eight weeks after the launch of the new Free pricing plans: the decision made by Luis Malvido, CEO of Telefónica Czech Republic; the competition's reaction; the evolution of the market and consumers; new information on the auction, etc. It also presents Telefónica's initial results.Starting at €5.74
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Exotic Expeditions Tanzania Ltd.: Competing in Highly Saturated Markets
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Serena Virani; Caroline Wu; Victoria Stopar; Fatima HaqCase IVEY-9B20A006-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyBased in Mwanza, Tanzania, family-owned and operated Exotic Expeditions Tanzania Ltd. was a leading tour operator in East Africa. The company was purchased in December 2014 and experienced considerable success the following year. The owners felt that there was an opportunity for growth within the company and believed that the best way to realize this growth was to improve their marketing efforts and service offerings. The family wanted to remain ...Starting at €8.20
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Telefonica Czech Republic: The FREE Revolution (A)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1306-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the concerns facing an executive of the Moreno group of companies who is not a member of the owning family when a strategic plan he has presented to the owners is rejected. It also illustrates the role played by the owning family in the governance structure of a family firm.Starting at €8.20
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Telefónica Chequia: la revolución FREE (A)
Segarra, José Antonio; Valentí, AlbertCase M-1306Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyLuis Malvido, presidente ejecutivo de Telefónica Chequia, debía tomar una decisión trascendental para el futuro de la compañía. Varios años marcados por una rivalidad competitiva habían supuesto un impacto negativo en la rentabilidad de los operadores y el regulador estaba dispuesto a abrir el mercado a un nuevo competidor nacional a través de la subasta de una nueva licencia. Para ello, la empresa había preparado, en el más absoluto secreto, un ...Starting at €8.20
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Biomed Co., Ltd., Designing a New Sales Compensation Plan (Spanish version)
Donald W. Barclay; Ponlerd ChiemchanyaCase IVEY-9B06AS37Marketing, StrategyA recent MBA graduate was about to return to the family business, Biomed Co., Ltd. as its general manager. Biomed's parent company, Thai Drugs Co., Ltd. has just revised Biomed's market strategy, a change that created the need to realigh the sales compensation system to fit with the new strategy. The new general manager was charged with this responsibility. Students will work through the path from strategy to a powerful sales compensation plan th...Starting at €8.20
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Gold Crest Hotel: Filling Room Vacancies
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Mackenzie Schmidt; Matt Bradley; Glen Thomson-Bullock; John Paul BelmonteCase IVEY-9B18A028-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2015, the general manager of the Gold Crest Hotel (Gold Crest) in Mwanza, Tanzania, had only three days to present a compelling marketing strategy for the hotel at the executive board meeting. Though the hotel had recently experienced revenue growth from its conference room bookings, management wanted to increase average yearly hotel occupancy. A new marketing strategy had to include a target consumer segment, a marketing plan, and options tha...Starting at €8.20
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lebua: A Thai Luxury Hotel’s Post-Pandemic Dilemmas
Jones Mathew; Sujata Khandai; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-W25819-ELeadership and People Management, Marketinglebua Hotels & Resorts, based in Bangkok, Thailand, and headed by chief executive officer Deepak Ohri, is a much awarded luxury hotel chain. Since the early 2000s, it exposed the traditionally slow-moving luxury hospitality industry to a slew of path-breaking innovations. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohri had taken unorthodox paths to defining luxury hospitality. However, as the pandemic began to ebb, he had to convince the industry of his visio...Starting at €8.20