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Nuevas lentes para ver los mercados emergentes
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, KrishnaArticle ART-2385StrategyCuando se habla de mercados emergentes, pensamos inmediatamente en los BRIC. Esta simplificación ha llevado a ver estas economías como un conjunto homogéneo, cuando la realidad es justamente la contraria. En lugar de apresurarse a elaborar una estrategia para Brasil, Rusia, India o China, a las empresas les convendría estudiar en qué aspectos es emergente cada país en concreto. Puede que se lleven una sorpresa. En este artículo, los autores resum...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
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sinha, JayantArticle HBS-R0506CEconomicsThey lack specialized intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract-enforcing methods. These gaps have made it difficult for multinationals to succeed in developing nations; thus, many companies have resisted investing there. That may be a mistake. If Western companies don't come up with good strategies for engaging with emerging markets, they are unlikely to remain competitive. Many firms choose their markets and strategies for the wrong rea...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric Healthcare, 2006 (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Raabe, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-718S16StrategyWhat challenges did GEMS' previous quantum leaps portend for this new step-function change?Starting at €8.20
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Finland's S Group: Competing with a Cooperative Approach to Retail
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Khanna, Tarun; Skurnik, Samuli; Mitchell, JordanCase HBS-709409-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The case looks at the two dominant Finnish retailers: S Group and Kesko. S Group is a customer-owned cooperative, which has a unique holding structure whereby 1.7 million residents (or 70 percent of Finnish households) own 22 regional cooperatives. In turn, the regional cooperatives own SOK, a centralized company that provides services to the regional cooperatives. Throughou...Starting at €8.20
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Mármoles del Sur, S.A. (A). Novamármol
González, Jorge; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1162-EFinance, MarketingA group of businessmen, advised by a wealth manager, must decide on taking an equity stake in a marble fabrication company. The company has a patent and a productive process that could revolutionize the traditional marble sector. The factors determining the valuation of the business are under debate with the current family owners and the group of interested entrepreneurs and managers. The challenge is to assess the business opportunity of this ne...Starting at €8.20
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Europa Group Seguros, S. A.: Estrategia Go-To-Market
Font, Vicente; González, JorgeCase M-1378MarketingEuropa Group Seguros (EGS), filial española de una compañía de seguros alemana, tiene que decidir qué hacer con la fuerza de ventas directa lanzada el año anterior. Los primeros resultados no son concluyentes. Al decidir, deberá tener en cuenta que desde la sede le han reclamado un crecimiento constante. Algunos de los miembros del equipo operativo de EGS señalan que sería mejor para la compañía invertir en la red de agentes tradicional, mientras...Starting at €8.20
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Europa Group Seguros, S.A.: Go-To-Market Strategy
Font, Vicente; González, JorgeCase M-1378-EMarketingEuropa Group Seguros (EGS), the Spanish subsidiary of a German insurance company, has to decide what to do with the direct salesforce launched the previous year. First results are not conclusive. This decision needs to take into account the request from headquarters to show consistent growth. Some of the members of EGS management team support that it would be better for the company to invest in the traditional agent network while others suggest t...Starting at €8.20
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SEUR: digitalizando el transporte urgente
Foncillas, Pablo; González, JorgeCase M-1309Information Technologies, Marketing, StrategyLa dirección de marketing de SEUR (Servicio Urgente de Transportes) se disponía a presentar en la sala de reuniones los resultados de los primeros seis meses del relanzamiento de la nueva web de la compañía, que había apostado recientemente por plantear una web con claro enfoque transaccional. En ese encuentro se analizarían algunos aspectos del rendimiento de la nueva página, tales como la evolución en ventas frente a objetivos, el encaje del p...Starting at €8.20