IESE (España)
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Indo Gives its Sales Force New Mobily Technology (B)
Almenar, E.; Comín, Marta; Sieber, SandraCase SI-169-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationAfter introducing a new sales system for glasses as a pilot program, Indo, an optical company, expanded the scope of its experiment to check the results. The case study describes how the sales personnel and clients accepted the change from a partially computerized system to one that was thoroughly computerized.Starting at €5.74
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Economic Evaluation of Information Systems: Sort Hospital
Farré, Marçal; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-181-EInformation TechnologiesThis case examines the evaluation of IT investments in healthcare organizations. The case is meant to serve as a basis for discussion on how these technologies impact healthcare providers, what their associated costs and benefits are, what methodologies are used to assess them and how these assessments should be weighed by decision-makers considering this type of investment.Starting at €8.20
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Tramsa Mobility on the Ropes: Dealing with a Cyberattack (B)
Valor Sabatier, Josep; Zamora, Javier; Jesus Pérez Balaguer; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-209-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementIn summer 2020, Tramsa Mobility, a Spanish transportation carrier that operated several concession contracts from the administration, was victim of a ransomware attack that seriously threatened the ability of the company to operate the thousands of buses that gave service to some of the largest cities in the country. The case, broken up in three different parts, describes how the company dealt with the crisis, with new challenges and difficultie...Starting at €5.74
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InfoJobs.net
Gaynor P.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-137-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationInfoJobs.net is a web site specialized in matching companies in need of personnel with people in the labour market. It has more than half a million CVs in its database and twenty thousand active job offers posted daily. The case presents the dilemma facing InfoJob's General Manager when the world's largest player in the online recruitment market, Monster.com, brings its massive advertising and technological firepower to bear on the Spanish market...Starting at €8.20
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Terra Lycos
Perry, Gaynor; Oliver C.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sieber, SandraCase SI-130-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationIn May 2000, the leading Spanish language portal and Internet Access Provider (IAP), Terra, announced that they were to buy the fourth ranking US portal, Lycos, for $12.5 billion in stock. This merger enabled Terra to expand from Spanish and Portugese speaking markets to become a global player. However, the continued success of the big three portals, AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, has kept Terra Lycos amongst the second tier of portal companies. Against a ...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: El alquiler de películas en DVD a través de Internet. DVD en casa con solo hacer clic
Sachon, MarcCase P-1057Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementNetflix ofrece la posibilidad de alquilar películas en DVD a través de la red. La compañía fue fundada en 1998 y en tan sólo 5 años había conseguido más de un millón de suscriptores (un crecimiento superior al de AOL). Representa un nuevo modelo de negocio en el sector del entretenimiento y tiene implicaciones estratégicas tanto para los estudios de cine como para las principales cadenas de alquiler de películas. Netflix utiliza la fuerza de cada...Starting at €8.20
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El comportamiento del comprador en Internet
Viscarri, Jesús; Nueno, José Luis; Villanueva, JulianTechnical Note MN-338Information Technologies, MarketingUna de las causas del tímido desarrollo del comercio electrónico dirigido al consumidor es la carencia de experiencia y madurez de éste a la hora de considerar un conjunto de sitios relevante para llevar a cabo una compra. El efecto de la publicidad es muy débil sobre las compras: si bien aumenta el grado de conocimiento del usuario, éste, en su exploración se fía más de su intuición y experiencia en la red, lo que le lleva a decidir sobre marcas...Starting at €8.20
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Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. y la decisión respecto a Prodigy Internet Plus
Lamyin, M.; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1124Information Technologies, MarketingEl caso analiza la estrategia que Telmex debe seguir para incrementar la base de clientes de su servicio de provisión de Internet (ISP) en México. Para ello, debe tomar en cuenta los problemas de falta de recursos económicos en la población mexicana y la incapacidad de adquirir ordenadores. Asimismo, debe considerar su reciente adquisición de Prodigy (uno de los principales ISP en Estados Unidos) y analizar el papel que éste debe jugar en la nuev...Starting at €8.20
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SEUR: Digitalizing Express Shipping
Foncillas, Pablo; González, JorgeCase M-1309-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, StrategyThe heads of marketing at SEUR (Servicio Urgente de Transportes; "Urgent Shipping Service" in English) were ready to present in the meeting room the results of the first six months since the relaunch of the company's new website. They had recently opted for promoting a website with a clear transactional focus. The meeting had been called to examine some aspects of the new site's performance, such as how sales were evolving with respect to target...Starting at €8.20
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Doctor Music Networks
Bernal, J.; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-27-EInformation TechnologiesIn November 2000, an Internet start-up has to decide how to manage its advertising policy. One of the main shareholders of the company would prefer to hire a sales force, while the other would prefer to subcontract the operation to a specialized agency. Both have business and self-interested reasons for their choices. The case serves to analyze and weight different criteria and to asses risk in the highly volatile environment of Internet start-up...Starting at €8.20