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BCN Brand: Selling Barcelona Around the World
Sicart, Sara; Oliver, XavierCase M-1340-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, MarketingIn just three years and with 13 employees, Pablo Caralps created BCN Brand, an up-and-coming company with a presence in eight countries and an interesting portfolio: colored sneakers, polo shirts, bathing suits, cell phone cases, sunglasses, motorcycle helmets, leather goods, bicycles and even fire extinguishers. Its goal? To convey the feeling of never-ending summer and to export the Barcelona lifestyle - a strategy that has been a resounding s...Starting at €8.20
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Privalia: From Private Club to Fashion Brand
Fernandez Garcia-Andrade, Pablo; Oliver, XavierCase M-1330-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe private club (a business model pioneered by the French company Vente-privee in 2001) was the main driver of fashion e-commerce. On the one hand, it helped get rid of brands' stocks discreetly and allowed shoppers to buy heavily discounted fashion products, which they could not find online anywhere else since many brands did not use e-commerce and, in some cases, did not even have websites. These circumstances helped this type of e-commerce co...Starting at €8.20
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Altair (A): The Start of a Management Consulting Firm
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-147-EEntrepreneurshipOn December 15, 2009, following a long discussion, Juan Carlos Martínez accompanied one of his Advisory Board members to the door. While returning to the office to tidy his desk, he thought about the last words said to him: "Remember what we ended up invoicing in 2008, in the middle of the crisis. You and I both know how hard it was to get there... Of course we can make it happen again." Juan Carlos was definitely thinking along the same lines, b...Starting at €8.20
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BCN Brand: Selling Barcelona Around the World - Teaching Note
Oliver, XavierTeaching Note MT-42-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, MarketingIn just three years and with 13 employees, Pablo Caralps turned BCN Brand into an up-and-coming company with a presence in eight countries and an interesting portfolio: colored sneakers, polo shirts, bathing suits, cell phone cases, sunglasses, motorcycle helmets, leather goods, bicycles and even fire extinguishers. The goal? To convey the feeling of never-ending summer and to export the Barcelona lifestyle. The strategy had been a resounding suc...Starting at €0.00
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Altair (B): Resolutely Headed Toward the Future
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-148-EEntrepreneurshipJuan Carlos Martínez recalled 2009 as a nightmare. In 2002, together with four other partners, he had set up the strategic consulting firm Altair. From achieving record turnover in 2008, the company went into technical bankruptcy in December 2009, with losses of more than 350,000, few clients and in the final stages of a restructuring process that had left the team diminished and unmotivated - working practically without pay and hoping to see li...Starting at €5.74