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Building Brand Community on the Harley-Davidson Posse Ride (Spanish version)
Fournier, SusanCase HBS-505S11MarketingThe second Harley-Davidson Posse Ride, a grueling 2,300 mile, 10-day trek from South Padre Island, Tex., to the Canadian Border is billed "for serious riders only." Harley Owner's Group (H.O.G.) Director Mike Keefe must decide whether this rolling rally deserves a place in the H.O.G. product line, and if so, what philosophy and tactics to adopt in future design. This case helps students get inside one of the world's strongest brands to consider i...Starting at €8.20
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PokémonTM: ¡Hazte con todos!
Fournier, SusanCase HBS-506S23MarketingPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Pokemon, el nombre coloquial dado a una colección de 150 criaturas fantásticas, inspiradas en animales con poderes orgánicos y la capacidad de evolucionar, son las estrellas de los videojuegos, el comercio de los juegos de cartas y dibujos animados de televisión. Concebido en Japón en 1996, se convirtió rápidamente en Pokemon fenómeno juguete favorito de la nación, y atrajo...Starting at €8.20
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DropBox - Series B Financing
Strebulaev, I; Foroughi, J; GouwCase SGSB-F309-EFinanceIn mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization and sharing company, found himself in a difficult, albeit enviable, situation. Houston, who had already raised over $7 million through two rounds of venture funding (one seed round and a Series A round) and developed a large and growing user base, began receiving significant investor int...Starting at €8.20
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Tipping Point Community
Meehan, W; McNichols, M; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI116-EInnovation and ChangeIn early 2016, Thomas Laffont, then-chairman of the board at Tipping Point Community, a nonprofit organization fighting poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area, gathered with over two dozen fellow board members for a retreat to discuss, among other things, the future of the fast-growing organization. In the 11 years since its founding, Tipping Point had raised nearly $120 million and impacted the lives of more than 600,000 people in need. In 2016...Starting at €8.20
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Reach Capital: Porformance in Education Technology
McNichols, M; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI136-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn January 2015, Jennifer Carolan, who had served as the managing director of the NewSchools Venture Fund Seed Fund (“Seed Fund”), spun off from the nonprofit venture philanthropy firm to create a for-profit social impact fund focused on education technology (edtech). Through a unique joint venture with NewSchools Venture Fund (“NewSchools”) called NewSchools Capital, the new venture fund, Reach Capital, would allow Carolan to not only raise mor...Starting at €8.20
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Reach Capital: Porformance in Education Technology - Teaching note
McNichols, M; Foroughi, JTeaching Note SGSB-SI136TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn January 2015, Jennifer Carolan, who had served as the managing director of the NewSchools Venture Fund Seed Fund (“Seed Fund”), spun off from the nonprofit venture philanthropy firm to create a for-profit social impact fund focused on education technology (edtech). Through a unique joint venture with NewSchools Venture Fund (“NewSchools”) called NewSchools Capital, the new venture fund, Reach Capital, would allow Carolan to not only raise mor...Starting at €0.00
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Impact America Fund: Challenges of New Fund Formation
Krauel, Patel, H; Ewald, C; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI139-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn July 2013, Kesha Cash transitioned out of her stable role as co-founder of and fund manager for Jalia Ventures (“Jalia”), an initiative investing in early-stage mission driven “businesses operated by entrepreneurs of color,” to launch her own impact venture fund focused on underserved communities. Because Jalia had been funded and supported by Serious Change, L.P., a global impact investment fund, Cash was new to the process of fund formation...Starting at €8.20
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GoPro: Brand Extension
Marks, M; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SM271-EStrategyIn early 2017, camera manufacturer GoPro stunned investors by reporting its first recorded annual profit loss and a revenue forecast that sharply missed analyst estimates. What had once been widely heralded as one of the biggest initial public offerings of 2014, tripling in price in just over three months following the June IPO, the stock had tumbled 90.7 percent by the end of 2016. A series of camera pricing mistakes, altered product release s...Starting at €8.20
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Relating to Peapod, Teaching Note
Avery, Jill; Fournier, SusanTeaching Note HBS-316175-EMarketingTeaching note for case 314142.Starting at €0.00
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¡Presentando... la XFL!
Fournier, Susan; Greyser, Stephen A.; Schulman, Seth M.Case HBS-503S41MarketingCuando la liga de fútbol profesional XFL debutó el 3 de febrero de 2001, se generó un rating Nielsen de 10,1, más alto que cualquier programa de televisión nacional en una ranura de tiempo de la tarde el sábado. La próxima semana, los índices se desplomaron, y por novena semana del juego XFL ganaron el título como el evento deportivo más baja calificación en la historia de la televisión. Copropietarios WWFE y NBC se separó oficialmente la XFL el ...Starting at €8.20