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SmartPik: Pikolin's Smart Mattress
Zamora, Javier; Tàpies, J.; Costa, Xavier; Vilet, Ana María; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-214-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2017, Pikolin launched the SmartPik, its first smart mattress. The SmartPik was capable of measuring and analyzing sleep phases to improve sleep quality. The first tests had gone well, but Pikolin didn't know how consumers who for decades had bought conventional mattresses through a very traditional channel would react to a new product which, for the first time in the company's history, incorporated digital elements (hardware and software...Starting at €8.20
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SmartPik: el colchón inteligente de Pikolin
Zamora, Javier; Tàpies, J.; Costa, Xavier; Vilet, Ana María; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-214Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEn junio de 2017, Pikolin lanzaba el SmartPik, su primer colchón inteligente, capaz de medir y analizar las fases del sueño para mejorar la calidad del descanso. Los primeros test del SmartPik habían sido satisfactorios, pero Pikolin desconocía cuál sería la reacción de un consumidor que, durante décadas, había comprado un colchón convencional a través de un canal muy tradicional y que, por primera vez en la historia de la compañía, incorporaba e...Starting at €8.20
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Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Wing, Christina R.; Fournier, Emilie; Resman, AnnaCase HBS-619039-EInformation TechnologiesThis case covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2004 to revolutionize the blood testing industry by creating a device that could provide from a small finger prick the same results and accuracy as intravenous blood draws. As founder and CEO, Holmes was hailed as the most successful female tech entrepreneur ever. In October 2015, however, a Wall Street Journal article exposed internal struggles and questio...Starting at €8.20