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Tweeter etc. (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.; Wu, GeorgeCase HBS-502S18MarketingIn the early 1990s, Tweeter etc., a small regional retailer of higher-end audio and video equipment, faced increasing competitive pricing pressures from several large regional and national consumer electronics chains. In response, in 1993, they introduced "Automatic Price Protection" (APP) as the cornerstone of a strategy to restore price credibility in the minds of consumers. Under APP, Tweeter monitored local newspaper ads and automatically mai...Starting at €8.20
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Ángeles y Demonios: La nueva forma de Best Buy para abordar a los clientes (B)
Elberse, Anita; Gourville, John T.; Narayandas, DasCase HBS-510S02MarketingComplementa el caso (A). Un resumen no está disponible para este producto.Starting at €5.74
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The London 2012 Olympic Games (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.; Bertini, MarcoCase HBS-512S01MarketingIt's 2009 and Paul Williamson, Head of Ticketing, must finalize ticket prices for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Yet, there are many criteria to consider. First, given the importance of ticketing to the Games' bottom line, he has a strong incentive to maximize revenues. Second, because the entire world will be watching, he wants to maximize attendance-not just at the Opening Ceremony and swimming finals, which are easy sells, but also at events s...Starting at €8.20
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Barcelo Hotels and Resorts (A) (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.; Bertini, MarcoCase HBS-512S05MarketingBarcelo Hotels and Resorts must decide whether to allow its many hotels to continue to undertake separate promotional campaigns or to run, for the first time, a broad corporate-level promotion. Complicating the decision is the fact that the many hotels in its portfolio vary greatly in their character, clientele, positioning, and locations.Starting at €8.20
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Alicia Keys
Groysberg, Boris; Lobb, Annelena; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-420033-EEntrepreneurshipThis case explores the life and career of Alicia Keys, the 15-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter and producer. Set in 2019, it covers the evolution of Keys's 18-year musical career and additional passions, including acting, entrepreneurship, social justice activism, and collecting art with her husband, rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz. Now a mother of two young sons and with no intentions of slowing down, Keys considers what the next phas...Starting at €8.20
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Making Virtual Reality Real
Zhu, Feng; Mehta, Sarah; Lane, DavidCase HBS-617013-EService and Operations ManagementThis note describes virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, and describes the main consumer products on offer in 2016 and their manufacturers. It also surveys existing applications of virtual and augment reality technologies.Starting at €8.20
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Lomography: Analog in a Digital World, Teaching Plan
Gourville, John T.Teaching Note HBS-516109-EMarketingThis teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "Lomography: Analog in a Digital World," HBS No. 516006 and its related products to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.Starting at €0.00
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Luminopia: Improving Treatment for Visual Disorders
Chung, Doug J.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-517065-EMarketingLuminopia-a start-up founded in January 2016 by three Harvard College freshmen-uses virtual reality technology to treat amblyopia (more commonly called "lazy eye"), the single biggest cause of visual disorders among children. By February 2017, the three founders had raised $950,000 in angel funding and developed a prototype of their virtual reality product, which was in use in clinical trials at Boston Children's Hospital. As the founders prepare...Starting at €8.20
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-518034-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making progress toward two of his primary strategic objectives for the nonprofit research Institute: 1) to scale the impact and reach of some of the IITA's most commercially viable products and technologies by working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria's massive youth unemployment problem...Starting at €8.20
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Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy
Kramer, Mark R.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-718406-EStrategyBecton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued development of products that created shared value, defined as those that both generated profits and created positive social impact. One of the primary ways the company advanced such products was through establishing and maintaining public-...Starting at €8.20