HBSP (USA)
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Casper Sleep Inc.: Marketing the "One Perfect Mattress for Everyone"
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-517042-EMarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). "A Warby Parker of mattresses? Somebody is going to do it. Why not us?" This was the topic of a conversation begun in spring 2013 among Gabe Flateman, Philip Krim, Neil Parikh, and T. Luke Sherwin. The four met as members of a New York City venture accelerator program. All admired Warby Parker's succ...Starting at €8.20
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Power Tools Division (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-503S48MarketingPresents Black & Decker's performance against a Japanese competitor and others in the power tools market. Black & Decker is anxious to regain its market share leadership in particular segments of the market. This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details.Starting at €8.20
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Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20
Dolan, Robert J.; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-517016-EMarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it, "particularly on high cost of failure s...Starting at €8.20
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Ratings Pioneer Turns 20 (Spanish version)
Dolan, Robert J.; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-518S31MarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 1995, before people "googled" or "yelped," Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie's List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it, "particularly on high cost of failure s...Starting at €8.20
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One Company's Experience with AR (Spanish version)
Jouret, Guido; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-S17064Information TechnologiesWhile the physical world is 3-D, most data is trapped on 2-D pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds limits our ability to exploit the volumes of information available to us. Augmented reality, a set of technologies that superimposes digital data and images on physical objects, is closing this gap. By putting information directly into the context in which we'll apply it, AR increases our ability to absorb and act on it. A...Starting at €8.20
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Codex Alimentarius and Food Labeling (Spanish version)
Goldberg, Ray A.; Hogan, Harold F., Jr.Case HBS-904S01EconomicsCodex Alimentarius is a set of international food standards devised by the Codex Commission, a body within the United Nations jointly sponsored by the FAO and WHO. The purpose of the standards is to harmonize global trade in food products and agricultural commodities, protect the health of consumers, and promote fair trade practices in foods. A subset of the commission's work involved establishing international food labeling standards. The most d...Starting at €8.20
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Cargill (A) (Spanish version)
Goldberg, Ray A.; Porraz, Jose MiguelCase HBS-903S04EconomicsCargill es uno de los principales comercializadores, procesadores y distribuidores de productos agrícolas, alimenticios, industriales y productos financieros del mundo. En 1998, la compañía decidió desarrollar un intento estratégico para reestructurar y reorientar la empresa. Así lo hizo en respuesta a la consolidación de la industria, la globalización y el impacto de la revolución genética. Se tuvo que cambiar su enfoque desde el productor hasta...Starting at €8.20
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Friona Industries, L.P. (Spanish version)
Goldberg, Ray A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Reavis, CateCase HBS-904S02StrategyA medida que la industria de la alimentación se vuelve más sofisticada, y como la genómica y otros factores proporcionan para el control de calidad de los productores a los consumidores en la cadena alimentaria, la industria de la carne ha sido uno de los últimos sistemas de productos para organizar los sistemas verticales para satisfacer las necesidades del consumidor de alta calidad, consistente carne tierna. El deseo de proporcionar trazabilid...Starting at €8.20
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How Presidents Persuade (Spanish version)
Gergen, David; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0301DLeadership and People ManagementDavid Gergen, adviser to presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, knows a thing or two about how leaders get their messages across. In this edited e-mail interview with HBR's Gardiner Morse, Gergen discusses the power of persuasion and the theatrics of communicating well.Starting at €8.20
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Filling Big Shoes at Adobe (Spanish version)
Chizen, Bruce; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0303CLeadership and People ManagementWhen Bruce Chizen took over as president and CEO from Adobe's legendary founders in 2000, he knew he had to confront the skeptics who doubted he had the technological grounding to lead the company. In this interview, Chizen describes how he won converts by acknowledging his shortcomings and discusses the leadership lessons he learned along the way.Starting at €8.20