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Paydiant
Alvarez, Jose B.; Williamson, Elizabeth C.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-511065-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Kevin Laracey, founder of Paydiant, needed to figure out how to launch a payment processing company with a new technology based on smart phones. Consumers had increasingly turned to electronic payment methods such as credit cards and debit cards to make purchases. Retailers, however, felt that major credit and debit card issuers had too much market power which was leading to...Starting at €8.20
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Pfizer and AstraZeneca: Marketing an Acquisition (B)
Quelch, John A.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-515008-EMarketingThis (B) case provides a brief description of the outcome of the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Nespresso and the U.S. Market
Edward Boon; Colin Campbell; Leyland PittCase IVEY-9B14M080-EMarketing, StrategyAt the beginning of 2012, Nespresso, a manufacturer and distributor of home-brewed, single-serve coffee machines and capsules, is considering how best to increase its share of the U.S. market. It had always relied on organic growth through its own retail stores and a few premium department store chains. However, between 2005 and 2011, the demand for capsule coffee boomed, and this attracted a number of new competitors, including Starbucks, while ...Starting at €8.20
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United Airlines and Captain Denny Flanagan (Spanish version)
Colin Campbell; Niall Piercy; Michael Parent; Karen RobsonCase IVEY-9B14AS025MarketingThis case follows a day in the life of Captain Denny Flanagan. A United Airlines pilot for nearly a quarter of a century and a former naval aviator, Flanagan has created and championed a campaign to radically change the nature of air travel — putting good customer service at the heart of everything the airline does and reaching back, in some way, to the golden age of air travel. Examples of his service include ordering food for passengers of dela...Starting at €8.20
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Abercrombie & #Fitchthehomeless
Karen Robson; Colin Campbell; Justin CohenCase IVEY-9B13A032-EMarketing, StrategyIn early May 2013, Abercrombie & Fitch, a high-end clothing retailer in the United States, faced a loss of consumer confidence in its brand after quotes made by its CEO in an interview seven years earlier resurfaced. His remarks fostered the perception that the company was prejudiced against overweight people. In response, angry consumers released a YouTube video entitled #FitchTheHomeless urging people to donate their Abercrombie & Fitch clothin...Starting at €8.20
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United Airlines and Captain Denny Flanagan
Colin Campbell; Niall Piercy; Michael Parent; Karen RobsonCase IVEY-9B14A025-EMarketingThis case follows a day in the life of Captain Denny Flanagan. A United Airlines pilot for nearly a quarter of a century and a former naval aviator, Flanagan has created and championed a campaign to radically change the nature of air travel — putting good customer service at the heart of everything the airline does and reaching back, in some way, to the golden age of air travel. Examples of his service include ordering food for passengers of dela...Starting at €8.20
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Pfizer and AstraZeneca: Marketing an Acquisition (A)
Quelch, John A.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-515007-EMarketingIn 2014, Pfizer proposed a friendly acquisition of AstraZeneca, but the AstraZeneca board resisted over price and strategy concerns. Was this good for pharmaceutical consumers? Pfizer, like pharmaceutical companies in general, faced difficulties in growing sales due to the challenges of developing new drugs. Over the previous decade or more, Pfizer had pursued acquisitions as a way to acquire new drugs, increase sales, and to reduce costs by comb...Starting at €8.20