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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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Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond
Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Pisano, Gary P.; Yining Cao, BonnieCase HBS-621005-EService and Operations ManagementThe COVID-19 pandemic had forced a production cut in the factory of Sercomm, one of the world's major telecom equipment producers, in China. The case explores and highlights the challenges that Chief Executive Officer James Wang faced: How could Sercomm rStarting 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