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Comic Sans
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Sean BurkettCase IVEY-9B14M049-EStrategyThe three owners of Comic Sans (CS), a specialty retail store located in the downtown core of a large Canadian city, had recently begun to implement plans for expansion. The business catered to the geek culture, offering science fiction merchandise, comic books, computer games and accessories. All plans to expand must suddenly be revisited because two of the three partners have decided to end their romantic and business relationship. If the remai...Starting at €8.20
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Pampered Pets
David Wood; Sean Burkett; Jessica RileyCase IVEY-9B12D009-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIt was late January 2011, and although Rachel De Marchi had gotten used to the long days of physical labour, she knew it was bothering her, and today brought her to a reality that she knew she would have to face. Since having founded her dog-walking service six years ago in Oakville, Ontario, this was the first time she had asked for help. She made a very embarrassing phone call to her father when she could not wrestle a dog into her car. What ma...Starting at €8.20
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Wattpad
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-919413-EMarketingHow to run a platform to match 4 million writers of stories to 75 million readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and film makers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories, and of helping writers to produce better stories by supplying feedback on their chapters as they write, all by processing a billion data points daily. But it's hard to acquire new customer groups when alg...Starting at €8.20
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Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave (Spanish Version)
Deighton, John; Voermann, Karsten; Gilyard, ReginaldCase HBS-508S08MarketingRogers Communications, Inc., el mayor proveedor de televisión por cable de Canadá, es decidir cómo debe responder a los acontecimientos que parecen presagiar la convergencia de la industria con las industrias de la informática y de telecomunicaciones. En particular, se está investigando cómo debe probar el mercado de acceso a Internet de alta velocidad a través de módem de cable. Este caso se describen las decisiones que deben hacerse para llevar...Starting at €8.20