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Selling Experiences to Connect With Consumers
Gallo, Iñigo; Townsend, ClaudiaArticle ART-2981-EMarketingThe Experience Economy is pervasive. Consumers are diverting more of their disposable income to engaging in experiences. And even material purchases are increasingly being positioned as experiential. This article presents the findings of the authors' research into the marketing of experiences. Selling products through the allure of experiences can yield enormous benefits, such as increasing the "talkability" of the product -- highly relevant in t...Starting at €8.20
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Method: Sustainable Design for the Home as Corporate Strategy
Larson, Andrea; York, JeffCase DARDEN-ENT-0094-EEntrepreneurshipThis minicase is one of 10 in a series written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. Method is a successful startup firm in San Francisco that has made sustainable design principles a guiding force its strategy. Unlike other firms, however, Method sells its products on performance, price, and aesthetics; health and environment are simply built into the design from the outset. Backe...Starting at €8.20
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Shaw Industries: EcoWorx and Cradle-to-Cradle Innovation in Carpet Tile
Larson, Andrea; York, JeffCase DARDEN-ENT-0095-EEntrepreneurshipThis is a minicase, one of 10 in a set of short cases written to illustrate the business benefits companies realize through adopting sustainable business strategies. This minicase documents the technology and systems innovations behind Shaw's successful introduction of closed loop recyclable carpet tiles (EcoWorx), a disruptive innovation in the flooring industry.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Carbon Footprint Analysis
Larson, Andrea; Teichman, WilliamTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0113-EEntrepreneurshipStakeholder climate change actions worldwide have prompted companies to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and reduce their carbon footprints by decreasing energy and fuel use. In the process, they are cutting costs, decreasing exposure to severe weather, reducing energy vulnerability, and potentially opening up revenue sources for carbon credit sales in the emerging markets for carbon trading. This note is effective in MBA, undergraduate and...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability and Innovation: Frameworks, Concepts, and Tools for Product and Strategy Redesign
Larson, AndreaTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0138-EEntrepreneurshipThis technical note introduces the concepts and terms entrepreneurial innovators use in addressing sustainability. It explores the evolution of such terms as sustainable development, environmental justice, earth systems engineering, sustainable science, the Natural Step framework, industrial ecology, and biomimicry. It also explores how paradigms are created and replaced.Starting at €8.20
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B Corporation: A New Sustainable Business Model
Meier, Mark; Larson, AndreaTechnical Note DARDEN-ENT-0155-EEntrepreneurshipThis note provides background on a new certification process for B Corporations that enables companies to assess, compare, and protect the sustainability practices they integrate into corporate strategy. B Corporation status explicitly acknowledges stakeholder strategies and helps companies preserve triple bottom line accountability when and if they are sold/acquired.Starting at €8.20
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REI: Sustainability Strategy and Innovation in the Outdoor Gear and Apparel Industry
Larson, Andrea; Meier, MarkCase DARDEN-ENT-0162-EEntrepreneurshipMany companies view financial variables independently from ecological and social variables. Is it possible to hold one's organization equally accountable for financial performance and social responsibility? This field-based case is suitable for MBA and undergraduate courses or modules in sustainability and innovation, ethics, and corporate social responsibility. For REI, an outdoor gear and apparel manufacturer, the challenge lies in how to expan...Starting at €8.20
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Genuinus: marketing digital para vender productos frescos online
Gallo, Iñigo; Liepmann, Erik; Segarra, JavierCase M-1338MarketingGenuinus vende productos frescos ecológicos online. Tras un año y medio de operaciones, las ventas crecen, pero están lejos del beneficio. El equipo de Genuinus se plantea cómo utilizar mejor el presupuesto que dedica a marketing (prácticamente todo online).Starting at €8.20
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David contra Goliath. Decisiones comerciales en La Fageda
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1321MarketingLa Fageda es una iniciativa social y cooperativa que fabrica y vende yogures (además de helados y mermeladas). A mediados de 2014 han de tomar tres decisiones importantes dentro del ámbito comercial: cómo responder a una bajada de precios en una cadena importante; cómo ayudar a los distribuidores que se ven afectados por la caída de su negocio (fruto de la centralización logística de las principales cadenas); y qué hacer con algunas cuentas del c...Starting at €8.20
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Benati Solares
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1318MarketingEn 2013 el departamento de fotoprotección de Benati se plantea si debe responder a las promociones de la competencia. Pese a que estas promociones (ya en su tercer verano consecutivo) no hacen mucho daño en la cuota de mercado de Benati, la empresa identifica cierto descontento entre las farmacias, que son quienes venden el producto al cliente final.Starting at €8.20