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Google 2017
Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-197Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAquella mañana de enero de 2017, John Cadinal, socio sénior de Maccarron, estaba preocupado. Uno de los clientes más importantes que gestionaba personalmente le pidió que comprara un millón de dólares en acciones de Google, lo que representaba una gran parte de sus ahorros familiares. John pensó que le debía a su amigo de toda la vida, y también a sí mismo, un análisis más profundo de Google antes de permitir que invirtiera la mayor parte de sus ...Starting at €8.20
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Implementing Tablets at the ACME Food Supplies, Ltd. Sales Department
Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-184-EKnowledge and CommunicationACME Food Supplies, Ltd. is a company working in the catering supplies sector. It competes in a mature and fragmented sector, and part of its strategy has always been based on technological innovation. In January 2012, it had just completed the implementation of tablets with Internet connection in its sales department, replacing former PDAs that were already being used irregularly. Some salespeople openly reject the new technology, and very few a...Starting at €8.20
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Google 2017
Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-197-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementJohn Cardinal, a senior partner at the investment firm Maccarron, was worried. One of the largest clients he personally managed - who was also a personal friend - had asked Cardinal to buy $1 million of Google shares, a large proportion of the man's family savings. Cardinal thought he owed it to his friend, and himself, to analyze Google in greater depth before letting his longtime pal invest most of his savings in the search-engine giant.Starting at €8.20
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TiVo 2011
Tonijuan, Gemma; Comín, Marta; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Nueno, José LuisCase SI-178-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, MarketingTiVo is a digital video recorder, developed and marketed by TiVo, Inc. and introduced in 1999. TiVo provides an electronic television programming schedule, whose features include "Season Pass" schedules which record every new episode of a series, and "WishList" searches which allow users to find and record shows that match their interests by title, actor, director, category or keyword. TiVo is facing declining revenues and is exploring a number o...Starting at €8.20
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Drexel Burnham Lambert
Lamazares A.; Montesó, J. M.; Melé, DomènecCase TD-121Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDurante buena parte de la década de los ochenta la banca de inversión Drexel Burnham Lambert experimentó un espectacular crecimiento de la mano de Michael Milken y sus famosos ?Junk Bones? (bonos basura). Pero pronto se crearon muchos enemigos, al tiempo que se cuestionaban los procedimientos que empleaban, y el método de Milken para calcular el riesgo de los bonos. Posteriormenete, Milken fue procesado por varios delitos y encarcelado. En 1990, ...Starting at €8.20
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La controversia del «Ford Pinto» (A)
Melé, Domènec; Montesó, J. M.Case TD-86Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityLee Iacocca, durante su presidencia de la Ford, lanzó el modelo Pinto, un vehículo utilitario que inicialmente tuvo mucho éxito. Tres años después de su lanzamiento empezaron a aparecer críticas por falta de seguridad en el depósito del combustible. El Pinto cumplía las normas legales de seguridad, y su precio era muy reducido. Los ingenieros de Ford habían propuesto diversas mejoras que, por razones económicas, no fueron aceptadas. Las críticas ...Starting at €8.20
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Google 2017 (French Version)
Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-197-FRInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementJohn Cardinal, a senior partner at the investment firm Maccarron, was worried. One of the largest clients he personally managed - who was also a personal friend - had asked Cardinal to buy $1 million of Google shares, a large proportion of the man's family savings. Cardinal thought he owed it to his friend, and himself, to analyze Google in greater depth before letting his longtime pal invest most of his savings in the search-engine giant.Starting at €8.20
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From Blockbuster to Netflix: The Evolution of the Home Entertainment Industry
Valor Sabatier, Josep; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SI-201-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case describes the evolution of the home entertainment industry in the United States, focusing on its two main players in the period 2000-2017: Blockbuster and Netflix. It follows the growth and success of Blockbuster as the leader in the video rental segment, the challenge of Netflix with its mail-in option and Blockbuster's inability to respond. Finally, it closes with Netflix's transition from a physical DVD rental company to its current ...Starting at €8.20
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La implantación de tabletas en la organización de ventas de ACME Food Supplies, Ltd.
Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-184Knowledge and CommunicationACME Food Supplies es una empresa que trabaja en el sector de suministros para hostelería, uno muy maduro y fragmentado. Parte de su estrategia se ha basado siempre en la innovación tecnológica. En enero de 2012, en su departamento de ventas acababan de completar el cambio de las antiguas PDA, que se estaban utilizando de manera irregular, por tabletas con conexión a Internet. Pero algunos comerciales rechazan abiertamente esta nueva implementaci...Starting at €8.20
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La controversia del «Ford Pinto» (B)
Melé, Domènec; Montesó, J. M.Case TD-87Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityLa compañía Ford anuncia la retirada de los modelos Pinto. Años después, Lee Iacocca contaría su versión particular del Ford-Pinto en sus memorias, que es recogida en este caso.Starting at €5.74