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Fluidra Connect: The Internet of Pools
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1349-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingConnect Fluidra is a smart solution for pool industry professionals to remotely manage and diagnose pool-related issues. It was one of the most innovative initiatives by Fluidra and would require a different business model than what the company had traditionally developed. After running a controlled product launch in Spain, approached as a lab, things did not go as expected: They had only installed one hundred devices when the target was five hun...Starting at €8.20
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The End of Low Cost Fundamentalism
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1267-EMarketingOn September 19th, at the World Low Cost Airline Congress, Alex Cruz, CEO of Vueling Airlines, offered his take on the future of the low cost industry. ¿We are witnessing the last phase of the transformation of short-haul. What will the new competitive landscape be like? This movement will affect all players. For airports, this will mean growth (increased number of passengers, flights, services), higher discretionary income and greater ability ...Starting at €8.20
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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital - Teaching Note
Stephen R. FoersterTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N011-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N011.Starting at €0.00
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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B19N011-EFinanceIn March 2019, two senior managers attending an executive education program had been assigned the task of applying their learnings from readings in order to estimate the costs of capital for Walmart Inc. (Walmart). They also needed to discuss why the cost of capital was such an important topic. The managers had with them background information, including a recent Walmart balance sheet and income statement; a U.S. Department of Treasury yield curv...Starting at €8.20
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Fluidra Connect: The Internet of Pools - Teaching Note
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisTeaching Note MT-43-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingFluidra Connect is a smart solution for pool maintenance professionals to diagnose and manage pool-related issues remotely. It is one of Fluidra's most innovative initiatives but, after a controlled product launch was carried out, approached as a lab, the results were not as expected, with barely 100 devices installed out of a target of 500. Eloy Planes, CEO of Fluidra, questions the approach used for the product. Are the results obtained in the ...Starting at €0.00
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Fluidra Connect: el Internet de las piscinas
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1349Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingFluidra Connect es una solución inteligente orientada a los profesionales del sector de las piscinas que permite gestionar las cuestiones relacionadas con ellas y efectuar un diagnóstico de forma remota. Se trataba de una de las apuestas más innovadoras de Fluidra y supondría un modelo de negocio diferente al que había desarrollado tradicionalmente la compañía. Tras realizar un lanzamiento controlado del producto en España, a modo de LAB, los res...Starting at €8.20
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Sónar: 25 años vinculando creatividad y tecnología
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1358Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, MarketingEn el aspecto musical, Sónar se consolidó hace años como un punto de encuentro para la innovación dentro de la industria musical, como un festival en el que muchos artistas aspiraban a presentar sus nuevos proyectos o a consagrarse como integrantes de la élite mundial. Sin embargo, Sónar era mucho más que música. Edición tras edición, el congreso internacional Sónar+D sobre tecnología y creatividad ganaba relevancia como exponente de actuaciones ...Starting at €8.20
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Time Value of Money: The Buy Versus Rent Decision - Teaching Note
Sean Cleary; Stephen R. FoersterTeaching Note IVEY-8B14N024-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B14N024.Starting at €0.00
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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting at €8.20
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Aje: Selling Drinks to the Base of the Pyramid
Nueno, José Luis; Bazán, Miguel; Rodríguez, SilviaCase M-1254-EMarketingThe case study describes AJE Group's internationalization process. It analyzes its foray into the Asian market and the consumer profile in this region as opposed to the company's natural market, South America. The text describes the challenges of a family business turned multinational group: human resource management, financial management, cultural issues, and so on.Starting at €8.20