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D-Orbit: Keeping The Thermosphere Clean
Pipan, Gregor; Tiraturyan, Armen; Massa, Lorenzo; Rosenberg, MikeCase SM-1610-EStrategyD-Orbit is an entrepreneurial start-up operating in the aerospace industry, developing a technology for the controlled removal of end-of-life debris from space. The case focuses on the nexus between strategy and (space) sustainability. The emphasis of this case is given to the role of the private sector (in this case entrepreneurial start-ups) in tackling sustainability issues by converting them into opportunities for profits. The case triggers d...Starting at €8.20
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Jack Campbell (B)
Carelli, Joao; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-199Leadership and People ManagementJack Campbell es un profesional brasileño con una brillante preparación académica. El caso muestra la entrevista de trabajo y su incorporación a un banco en el que no encaja ni por motivos ni por cultura empresarial. Sus buenos resultados como profesional no son óbice para que, al cabo de un tiempo, haya un replanteamiento en su carrera.Starting at €5.74
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Laia Bertran (B): Time to Go Home
Brossa, Jordi; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-141-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe story of Laia and Jordi, a young expat couple who operate as a team and adapt to successive changes they must make to pursue their respective careers, relocating together when necessary. Laia, an industrial engineer, decides to leave her company to follow her husband to Paris, where his new job is based. She finds a position in the city with one of Europe's biggest steel producers. Years later, the careers of both partners, their family plans...Starting at €5.74
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The Shubert Organization: The Show Must Go On (condensed)
Beech, María Alejandra; Villanueva, Julian; González, JorgeCase M-1240-EMarketingIn January 2009, Bob Wankel sat in his office at the historic Sardi's building on 44th Street, New York, as he considered the challenges ahead: several Broadway shows were closing, and a severe economic downturn threatened future productions. Many were calling for changes in the theater industry, and the Shubert Organization (where Mr. Wankel had worked for 33 years) had recently lost its Chairman, Gerald Schoenfeld. As the firm's new President a...Starting at €8.20
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Market Segmentation
González, JorgeTechnical Note MN-400-EMarketingThe consumer's needs; providing good customer service: without a doubt, these concepts expressed by Theodore Levitt (1960) almost 60 years ago are at the core of the field of marketing. Considering the customer as the focal point of all commercial efforts quickly leads us to the realization of another equally important reality, namely that a "customer," in the abstract, does not exist. There are a host of specific customers-each with their own pe...Starting at €8.20
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GoQuickly.com and FileAway: Advertising in the Super Bowl
Gallo, Iñigo; González, Jorge; Capizzani, Mario; Panlilio, LorenzoCase M-1374-EMarketingKickersoft managers Jennifer Green and Ted Gutner, along with their respective marketing teams, were preparing for an important presentation meeting with CEO Henrik Mathison. During the meeting, the decision would be made on which creative concepts the US software company would use for that year's Super Bowl advertisements for FileAway and GoQuickly.com-Kickersoft's two most important cloud-based products. Green and Gutner were excited, but the...Starting at €8.20
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Laia Bertran (C): Y ahora qué
Brossa, Jordi; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-142Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementHistoria de Laia y Jordi, un joven matrimonio expatriado que se complementa y adapta a sus sucesivas demandas profesionales, acompañándose en los cambios geográficos que sus carreras profesionales les requieren. Laia, ingeniera industrial, decide dejar su empresa para seguir a su marido a París, su nuevo lugar de trabajo, ciudad en la que ella trabajará, a su vez, en una de las grandes empresas siderúrgicas europeas. Años más tarde, las carrer...Starting at €5.74
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Managing Creativity and Innovation in Organizations
Massa, Lorenzo; Rosenberg, MikeTechnical Note SMN-688-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe technical note explores the tensions between organizational structures and innovation. Building on Teresa Amabile's work on creativity, the note explains how management systems and structures have the potential to enhance innovation. After presenting the personality traits of creative individuals and distinguishing the types of innovation processes (radical vs. incremental), it then identifies how informal organization and semi-structures can...Starting at €8.20
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SEUR: Digitalizing Express Shipping
Foncillas, Pablo; González, JorgeCase M-1309-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, StrategyThe heads of marketing at SEUR (Servicio Urgente de Transportes; "Urgent Shipping Service" in English) were ready to present in the meeting room the results of the first six months since the relaunch of the company's new website. They had recently opted for promoting a website with a clear transactional focus. The meeting had been called to examine some aspects of the new site's performance, such as how sales were evolving with respect to target...Starting at €8.20
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ArteOliva
González, Jorge; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1132-EMarketingArteOliva has launched a new extra virgin olive oil, packaged in cartons. After the product has been on the market for a few months, management decides to launch a TV advertising campaign to make consumers more aware of its benefits.Starting at €8.20