EXPERIENCE HBR.ORG Case Study A theme park operator considers whether the boost in ticket sales is worth the trouble. by Marco Bertini, Luc Wathieu, Betsy Page Sigman, and Michael I. Norton The Experts Gideon Lask is the founder of BuyaPowa, a UK-based social commerce business. Do Social Deal Sites Really Work? T he sales reps from DailyDilly had just finished their rollicking video presentation, and the laughter in the meeting room was starting to subside. Ruth Davison, the marketing
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At the time of the case I would have been short on Blockbuster. The primary reason for this is that Netflix had entered a market seemingly dominated by Blockbuster and by employing a differentiation strategy and innovating, they were able identify a market that that no one had thought previously existed. During the time of the case, Blockbuster seemed like it was in still the growth stage but was also clearly approaching maturity in the industry life cycle. Once a firm reaches maturity and doesn’t
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operations and operating many of its manufacturing plants at capacity. However, there were multiple economic factors in the early 80s that negatively affected the demand for JDCW products. The effect of these economic factors is evidenced in the case study by the fact that during the 1970s JDCW’s operations and equipment had been arranged to support tractor production of 150 units per day and by the mid-1980s, JDCW was producing parts for less than half of that number. One of the reasons for this
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1. How does L.L. Bean use past demand data and a specific item forecast to decide how many units of that item to stock? Based on the book forecast and past demand data, L.L. Bean calculates a point forecast for the item in the future period. Then, actual demand / forecast ratio is calculated to forecast the range of inventory of the item. The last step in forecasting demand is finding the service level based on a profit margin calculation. Since L.L. Bean wants to compare the probability of each
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The key marketing challenge Intel is facing today is generating awareness about the mosaic of technological possibilities using the microcontroller based computers. To tackle this issue without having to enter unexplored markets and face the risk of diluting the brand is another major challenge. Intel, with a share of nearly 80% of the Microprocessor market, could be termed the “ingredient” monopoly of the PC market but with products like Cell phones and PDAs on the rise and with market share as
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discuss individual-, team-, and organizational-level behaviors. The format for this course will be highly interactive in order to provide a rich learning experience. We will do this through the use of debates, role-playing, simulations, and case studies. Each of these experiences will provide opportunities to reflect and analyze in order that we may walk away with new ways of looking at the world around us. We will have few traditional lectures and those that we do have will be short ones that
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discuss individual-, team-, and organizational-level behaviors. The format for this course will be highly interactive in order to provide a rich learning experience. We will do this through the use of debates, role-playing, simulations, and case studies. Each of these experiences will provide opportunities to reflect and analyze in order that we may walk away with new ways of looking at the world around us. We will have few traditional lectures and those that we do have will be short ones that
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Capital, and Visma. - New completed research project on the transformation of European energy markets. - Ongoing research in General Management, Organizational Behavior, Technology and Operations Management, and Entrepreneurial Management. - ERC case interviews and field research in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, Selected events: Glocoll Program on campus; MBA events in Munich, Frankfurt, Paris and London; the European Area Conference; CSR Conference in Brussels;
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Oleg Lisovskiy 3/03/12 HBR Business Case Assignment 1. This case starts out in a lab that is located in a building that is operated by Crescordia. Crescordia is a company that makes a range of products such as artificial hips and scalps but also is one of the few companies that sell fixation devices. At the beginning of the case Crescordia holds a seminar for orthopedic surgeons so they can better familiarize themselves with the products and procedures that are needed when dealing with using
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