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Understanding the Psychology of New-Product Adoption (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.Article HBS-R0606FMarketingeasy sells, sure failures, long hauls, and smash hits. Each has a different ratio of product improvement to change required from the consumer. Once businesses know where their products fit into this grid, they can manage the resistance to change. For some innovations, major behavior change is a given. In those cases, companies can either wait for consumers to warm to the product, make the improvement so great that buyers get past their apprehens...Starting at €8.20
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Caso HBR: Llegó el momento de hacer una campa a unificada
Bertini, Marco; Gourville, John T.Article HBS-R1106MMarketingAlegre, un grupo hotelera líder en Centroamérica y Sudamérica, está sufriendo bajo la economía en problemas, y su nueva propiedad, el buque insignia Palma Cay en Cozumel, está perjudicando a la mayoría. Beatriz Soto, gerente de Palma Cay, tiene un plan para aumentar las reservas, pero no tienen el dinero para llevarlo a cabo. En caso de que la sede corporativa otorgar sus fondos adicionales, a pesar de las operaciones tradicionalmente descentrali...Starting at €8.20
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Predicting Diffusion (2011) (Spanish version)
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-519S07MarketingAn updated "Four Products" case. This 2011 version includes; sliced peanut butter, artificial dirt for thoroughbred race tracks, interactive tombstones, and stride-changing running shoes. These four products form the basis to assess the drivers of new product adoption. In particular, one of the critical tasks in marketing new innovations is predicting demand and rates of diffusion for those products. And while one can speculate on the scope and r...Starting at €8.20
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GolfLogix: la Medición del Juego de Golf
Gourville, John T.Case HBS-508S13EntrepreneurshipPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. GolfLogix ha desarrollado un pequeño dispositivo, basado en GPS para golfistas ayudar a seguir su juego. Deben decidir la mejor manera de distribuir estos dispositivos: 1) los venden directamente a los golfistas a través de canales de venta tradicionales; 2) los venden a los cursos, que luego les proporcionarían a los jugadores de golf como parte de su cuota verdes o para u...Starting at €8.20
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Ángeles y Demonios: La nueva forma de Best Buy para abordar a los clientes (A)
Elberse, Anita; Gourville, John T.; Narayandas, DasCase HBS-510S01MarketingEn noviembre de 2004, The Wall Street Journal informó que la electrónica de consumo minorista nuevo enfoque al cliente de Best Buy fue a rechazar los "diablos" entre sus clientes. La iniciativa "centrada en el cliente", que fue dirigido por el CEO de Best Buy Brad Anderson, se basó en un análisis de los historiales de compra de varios grupos de clientes. La idea central era para renovar las tiendas de acuerdo a los sectores más lucrativos de los ...Starting at €8.20
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Introducing the LED Light Bulb (Spanish version)
Norris, Michael; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-515S19MarketingCree, a North Carolina-based maker of light emitting diodes (LEDs), has just introduced its first consumer product - an LED light bulb. It is designed as an energy efficient replacement for the ubiquitous incandescent light bulb. But given that it is an unfamiliar technology and that it costs ten times what an incandescent bulb costs, there are questions about how best to promote adoption and what sales level might be expected.Starting at €8.20
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Time for a Unified Campaign? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Bertini, Marco; Gourville, John T.Article HBS-R1106M-EMarketingAlegre, a leading hotel group in Central and South America, is suffering under the troubled economy, and its newest property, the flagship Palma Cay in Cozumel, is hurting most. Beatriz Soto, Palma Cay's manager, has a plan to boost bookings, but she doesn't have the money to carry it out. Should corporate headquarters grant her additional funds, despite the company's traditionally decentralized operations? Or should Alegre think about launching ...Starting at €8.20
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Ti-Tech (A)
Shapiro, Benson P.; Gourville, John T.; Cline, Craig E.Case HBS-508095-EMarketingThis case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity making it impossible to accept all four. Each order represents a different mix of labor, revenues, and potential future work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders...Starting at €8.20
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Cabot Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cespedes, Frank V.; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-510030-EMarketingTraces the 12-year career of a pharmaceutical salesperson, Bob Marsh, from recruitment to termination. Marsh has had an uneven career with Cabot Pharmaceuticals and eventually is asked to resign. Following his termination, a number of Marsh's former customers complain vigorously, and Cabot's vice president of sales is asked to investigate the matter and to decide what, if anything, to do about it. The case raises issues in aligning strategy and s...Starting at €8.20
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New York Life and Immediate Annuities, Teaching Note
Gourville, John T.; Rotemberg, Julio J.Teaching Note HBS-510094-EMarketingTeaching Note for [510040].Starting at €0.00