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Burberry in 2014
Elberse, AnitaCase HBS-515054-EMarketingIn February 2014, Burberry's chief executive officer Angela Ahrendts is preparing to hand the reins of the English luxury fashion company to chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. Under Ahrendts and Bailey's partnership, in place since 2006, Burberry's revenues have tripled to more than two billion English pounds, and operating profits have more than doubled. Ahrendts has led Burberry to become a brand that once again stands for luxury and th...Starting at €8.20
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Sir Alex Ferguson: Managing Manchester United
Elberse, Anita; Dye, ThomasCase HBS-513051-ELeadership and People ManagementSir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in British football history, is preparing for the 2012-2013 season-his record-setting twenty-sixth as manager of one of the world's most decorated professional football clubs and one of sport's biggest franchises. Over the years Ferguson has overcome several major challengers to United. The newest rival can be found closer to home: since Manchester City, United's "noisy neighbors," has switched owner...Starting at €8.20
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Sir Alex Ferguson: Managing Manchester United, Teaching Note
Elberse, AnitaTeaching Note HBS-513108-EMarketingTeaching Note for 513051.Starting at €0.00
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Roppongi Hills: City Within a City
Elberse, Anita; Hagiu, Andrei; Egawa, MasakoCase HBS-707431-EStrategyMinoru Mori is the CEO of Mori Building, which has built Roppongi Hills, an ambitious large-scale, mixed-use development in Tokyo, Japan that includes high-end retail, restaurants, hotel, office, library, and art museum. A destination site for tourists and local people, the performance of the development was strong, with the exception of the art museum, which posted losses. Also, the branding efforts by Mori was at odds with other tenants and he ...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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Mixing Music and Math (Spanish version)
Elberse, Anita; Eliashberg, Jehoshua; Villanueva, JulianCase HBS-506S18MarketingIn 2003, Mike McCready, CEO of Barcelona-based Polyphonic HMI, was preparing to launch an artificial intelligence tool that could create significant value for music businesses. The technology, referred to as Hit Song Science (HSS), analyzed the mathematical characteristics of music and compared them to characteristics of past music hits, making it possible to determine a new song's hit potential. McCready must decide on a target market--record co...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Manchester United (Spanish version)
Elberse, Anita; Dye, ThomasCase HBS-518S02Leadership and People Managementsince Manchester City, United's "noisy neighbors," has switched owners, the club has invested unprecedented amounts of money in new players, resulting in its first league title in decades. How could Ferguson lead his team to another victory, and bring the next chapter in United's illustrious history to a successful end?Starting at €8.20
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Nike: Changing the Sneakers Game
Elberse, Anita; Aiken, Bryce; Johnson, HowardCase HBS-519039-EKnowledge and CommunicationOur goal is to be the kind of start-up that would terrify Nike-if Nike didn't already own us. Ron Faris, general manager of S23NYC, a Manhattan-based digital studio owned by sports apparel giant Nike, is on the phone with Adam Sussman, Nike's chief digital officer. It is June 1, 2018. Two years earlier, Sussman was behind Nike's push to acquire Virgin Mega, a startup comprised of Faris and his small team, which has since morphed into a studio tha...Starting at €8.20
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Sony Digital Entertainment, Japan
Elberse, AnitaCase HBS-508071-EMarketingIt is late 2007. So-called cell phone ("keitai") novels have turned into an extremely popular form of entertainment on the go in Japan, in particular among young, female readers. In fact, consisting mostly of love stories written by amateurs in short sentences and containing little plot or character development, cell phone novels republished in book form and even remade as movies have come to dominate mainstream media content. At media giant Sony...Starting at €8.20
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Futbol Club Barcelona
Elberse, AnitaCase HBS-516031-EMarketingIn June 2015, FC Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu sees his team lift the UEFA Champions League trophy, completing an impressive trophy haul in the 2014-2015 season. Unique for a club of its caliber, five of the starting eleven are products of FC Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia. Yet none of the trophies and accolades guarantee future success. Bartomeu faces pressing questions about the club's business model-and in particular about the tensio...Starting at €8.20