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L'Oreal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-311118-EMarketingWorldwide, and in the U.S. marketplace in particular, the French cachet of L'Or al was one of its most powerful marketing tools. However, with the opening up of emerging markets, L'Or al had to cater to a diverse customer base: an aging population in thStarting at €8.20
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Worldwide Niche Marketing (Spanish version)
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr.; McQuade, KristaCase HBS-504S18MarketingDeals with the issue of niche marketing in a worldwide market. Barco Projection Systems makes video, data, and graphics projectors for the industrial market. They have traditionally been the performance leader. In August 1989, Sony Corp. introduced a higher performance graphics projector at a considerably lower price than Barco's existing projector. As a result, Barco is faced with being preempted in their fastest growing segment by a competitor ...Starting at €8.20
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Pricing, Packaging, and Demand Forecasting for a New Weight-Loss Drug (Spanish version)
Quelch, John A.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-410S26MarketingWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Metabical is a new weight loss drug from Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals intended for moderately overweight individuals. In anticipation of final FDA approval, the senior director of marketing, Barbara Printup, prepares for the product launch and must make several critical decisions. First, she must selec...Starting at €8.20
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Midtown Educational Foundation
Martín Cavanna, J.; Martínez, J. L.; Guillén, F. J.Case M-1039MarketingEsta fundación dedicada a la promoción integral de jóvenes de los suburbios de Chicago, se enfrenta a un problema de crecimiento para atender la expansión de sus programas. Las necesidades de espacio llevan a buscar un nuevo edificio. Se ha de decidir entre diversas opciones. Algunas de ellas, si bien exceden la demanda actual, representan oportunidades futuras de desarrollo y permitirían obtener ingresos adicionales mediante el alquiler del espa...Starting at €8.20
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Alcatel-Lucent: Marketing the Cell Phone as a Mobile Wallet
Camacho, Nuno; Verniers, Isabel; García Pont, Carlos; Stremersch, StefanCase M-1279-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingAlcatel-Lucent (ALU) was gearing up for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves cash transactions between consumers and merchants or between consumers using their mobile phones. The emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. But to avoid p...Starting at €8.20
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Aunt Gotha
Oliver, XavierCase M-1156-EMarketingThe case raises the question of how to expand the population to which a product and its message are addressed.Starting at €8.20
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Danzas Francia: Almacenaje y distribución europea
Domingo, A.; Farrán, JuanCase M-910MarketingSituación actual de la subcontratación de las funciones logísticas en Europa. Exposición de los motivos que habitualmente provocan el recurso a este tipo de organizaciones según los clientes (industriales o comerciales). Servicios ofrecidos por las organizaciones logísticas. Descripción de la evolución del grupo Danzas (objetivos, estrategias, medidas concretas) en los primeros cinco años de la década de los noventa. Descripción concreta de la or...Starting at €8.20
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Rediscovering Market Segmentation (Spanish version)
Yankelovich, Daniel; Meer, DavidArticle HBS-R0602GMarketingIn 1964, Daniel Yankelovich introduced in the pages of Harvard Business Review the concept of nondemographic segmentation, by which he meant the classification of consumers according to criteria other than age, residence, income, and such. The predictive power of marketing studies based on demographics was no longer strong enough to serve as a basis for marketing strategy, he argued. Buying patterns had become far better guides to consumers' futu...Starting at €8.20
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Match Your Sales Force Structure to Your Business Life Cycle (Spanish version)
Zoltners, Andris A.; Sinha, Prabhakant; Lorimer, Sally E.Article HBS-R0607FMarketingthe differing roles that internal salespeople and external selling partners should play, the size of the sales force, its degree of specialization, and how salespeople apportion their efforts among different customers, products, and activities. These variables are critical because they determine how quickly sales forces respond to market opportunities, influence sales reps' performance, and affect companies' revenues, costs, and profitability. I...Starting at €8.20
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Ratings Pioneer Turns 20 (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-518S31MarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it, "particularly on high cost of failure s...Starting at €8.20