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Kimpton Hotels - Setting Prices on Priceline (A)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E027-EDecision Analysis, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2008, the Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. was trying to process the most recent customer information report from Priceline.com (Priceline). In an attempt to improve revenues during periods of lowStarting at €8.20
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Kimpton Hotels — Setting Prices on Priceline (C)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E029-ECorporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementThe Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. was excited about using Priceline.com to help fill rooms on some of Kimpton's low-demand weekends. He estimated the coming weeks' demand across three rate classes and across three lengths of stay (LOS), and he wanted to make sure he did not use Priceline.com too aggressively by releasing too many rooms onto the site.Starting at €5.74
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Netflix: liderando con una cultura corporativa única
Lee, Yih-Teen; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase DPO-810Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementA pesar de sus disruptivas peculiaridades - ausencia de políticas de aprobación de gasto o de vacaciones, feedback constante y visible por todos los miembros de la organización, y exigentes objetivos de rendimiento - la cultura de Netflix ha arrojado grandes resultados a lo largo de las décadas de los 2000 y los 2010. Efectivamente, durante este período Netflix se anticipó, incluso lideró, de forma exitosa muchas de las disrupciones que han afect...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon.com, Inc: la transformación mediante IA
Samila, Sampsa; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1724Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEste caso describe el desarrollo y utilización de la IA en Amazon. Este caso ha sido usado en clase para discutir el amplio abanico de aplicaciones de IA en Amazon, los efectos competitivos de estas aplicaciones, el proceso para desarrollar estas aplicaciones, y el estado actual de la organización de Amazon.Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: from DVD-by-mail to streaming
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, Philip; Sastre Boquet, IsaacExercise PE-84-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementSince its foundation in 1997 Netflix has been a major success story. For the year 2020 the company expected to achieve revenues of around 25 billion dollars and 200 million customers in 190 countries. This exercise provides information on how Netflix's business models has developed over the years. The objective is to analyze the digital transformation of the streaming model and its sustainability going forward, as it faces competitors like Disney...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: Leading With a Unique Corporate Culture
Lee, Yih-Teen; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase DPO-810-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementDespite its disruptive peculiarities --no formal expenses or vacation policies, constant publicly visible feedback throughout the organization, and exacting performance targets-- Netflix's culture, throughout the 2000s and 2010s, yielded impressive results. Indeed, during this period, Netflix successfully anticipated, even pioneered, many of the disruptions impacting the media industry. What began as a movie rental service of physical media like ...Starting at €8.20
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OpenAI and the Large Language Model Market - Teaching Note
Samila, Sampsa; Berrone, Pascual; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note SMT-144-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case study centered on Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, as he faced critical decisions regarding the company's future direction in the rapidly growing large language model (LLM) market. With the success of GPT-4, OpenAI became a prominent player in the industry, and Altman had to develop a comprehensive strategy to maintain this position while navigating a complex array of challenges. The case explored key issues such as competitive dynamics, f...Starting at €0.00
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Netflix: del DVD por correo al streaming
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, Philip; Sastre Boquet, IsaacExercise PE-84Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementNetflix fue fundada en 1997 y, desde entonces, ha experimentado un éxito increíble. Para el año 2020, esperaba alcanzar unos ingresos de 25.000 millones de dólares y superar los 200 millones de clientes repartidos en 190 países. En este ejercicio se proporciona información sobre cómo ha ido evolucionado el modelo de negocio de Netflix. El objetivo es analizar la transformación digital del modelo de streaming de la empresa y su sostenibilidad de c...Starting at €8.20
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The University of Wyoming Men’s Basketball Team
John G. Wilson; Craig SorochukCase IVEY-9B11E034-ECorporate Governance, MarketingAt the University of Wyoming, home games played by the men’s basketball team generated significant revenues for the athletics department through ticket and concession sales. With the 2009-2010 season ending, it was time to forecast revenues for the upcoming season. Even though ticket prices were already set, providing a revenue forecast was difficult, as the schedule of home games for the 2010-2011 season was not yet known, and both ticket and co...Starting at €8.20
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Space Shuttle
John G. Wilson; Chris K. AndersonCase IVEY-9B09E009-ECorporate GovernanceAfter the successful Apollo series NASA formulated a new vision for the space program, incorporating a space station and guaranteeing routine access to space via a reusable space shuttle. In 1986, the space shuttle design included two solid-rocket launchers which required the use of O-rings to seal the joints. After each launch the launchers were retrieved, inspected and possibly reused if they did not display evidence of O-ring distress. The spa...Starting at €8.20