IESE (España)
-
Siemens Employer Branding: Who Owns the Brand (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era in which digitization and data science were key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent against the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place to work than those hotshot companies. After carrying out a survey, Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative comp...Starting at €8.20
-
El Caserío: Brand Arquitecture
Lozano V.; Milán B.; Oliver, Xavier; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-1189-EMarketingA historical view of the brands acquired by Kraft in Spain, especially El Caserío. The company faces competitors who have established much more coherent brand architectures, with more potential for expansion and profit. The decisions they take for the current brands will define their future.Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
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
-
Samia Mazari: Building a Personal Brand
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1388-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, MarketingSamia Mazari, CEO of automotive supplier Frings Auto Parts, is about to leave her post in order to join a larger automotive group. In her 6 years has head of Frings, she's managed to turn the company around while also developing - with the help of the company's corporate communications group - a personal branding and communications strategy. The case takes a look at Samia's career before joining Frings. An accomplished engineer that emigrated fr...Starting at €8.20
-
Aunt Gotha
Oliver, XavierCase M-1156-EMarketingThe case raises the question of how to expand the population to which a product and its message are addressed.Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
Siemens Employer Branding B: Who Owns the Brand (B)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1371-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era where digitalization and data science was key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent with the likes of Google, Apple or Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place for work than these hotshot companies. Indeed, when performing a survey Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative compa...Starting at €5.74
-
DKV Group: Truly Interested in You - Teaching Note
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note MT-41-EKnowledge and Communication, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the strategy of management through reputation that the DKV Group has been using in the Spanish market. This management strategy has helped the company establish a unique competitive positioning in the crowded health insurance industry and delivered some of the best growth rates in the market during the previous few years. With the help of exhaustive data, the case explains how this management style was developed and implemented...Starting at €0.00
-
DKV Group: Truly Interested in You
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1343-EKnowledge and Communication, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the strategy of management through reputation that the DKV Group has been using in the Spanish market. This management strategy has helped the company establish a unique competitive positioning in the crowded health insurance industry and delivered some of the best growth rates in the market during the previous few years. With the help of exhaustive data, the case explains how this management style was developed and implemented...Starting at €8.20