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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615015-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Videojet (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718410-EStrategyThis teaching note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of "Videojet," HBS No. 717403.Starting at €0.00
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Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center, Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718506-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 616026.Starting at €0.00
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Netflix in 2011 (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Kaufman, Stephen P.Case HBS-617S10StrategyThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encountered challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business model and an operational strategy that we...Starting at €8.20
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Dollar General (A) (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Kaufman, Stephen P.; McKillican, RebeccaCase HBS-609S06StrategyDollar General Corporation (DG) operates one of the leading chains of extreme value retailers in the United States. 2006 revenues reached $9.2 billion, making DG the 6th largest mass retailer in the country. With revenues growing at 9% annually over the five-year period up to 2005, DG had the distinction of being only one of three retailers to outperform Wal-Mart in both revenue and profit growth in that time. Life in a Dollar General store paint...Starting at €8.20
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Dollar General (A)
Shih, Willy; Kaufman, Stephen P.; McKillican, RebeccaCase HBS-607140-EStrategyDollar General Corporation (DG) operates one of the leading chains of extreme value retailers in the United States. 2006 revenues reached $9.2 billion, making DG the 6th largest mass retailer in the country. With revenues growing at 9% annually over the five-year period up to 2005, DG had the distinction of being only one of three retailers to outperform Wal-Mart in both revenue and profit growth in that time. Life in a Dollar General store paint...Starting at €8.20
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Arrow Electronics -The Apollo Integration
Kaufman, Stephen P.Case HBS-619046-EService and Operations ManagementHaving already made 10 acquisitions of competitors in the last decade, the CEO and Senior Vice President of Arrow are evaluating the acquisition of another small competitor to boost sales, become #1 in a niche market segment, and achieve economies of scale. They are struggling with whether the deal makes strategic sense given forecasts that this niche segment is declining, whether the price is too high given the competitor's lack of profitability...Starting at €8.20
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Alere, Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718411-EStrategyTeaching note for case 717402.Starting at €0.00
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Netflix in 2011
Shih, Willy; Kaufman, Stephen P.Case HBS-615007-EStrategyThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encountered challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business model and an operational strategy that we...Starting at €8.20