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Usha Martin Limited: Unravelling the Vertical Integration Strategy
Nitin PangarkarCase IVEY-9B21M024-EStrategyIn May 2020, Usha Martin Limited (Usha Martin), a diversified engineering group based in India, was debating strategies for continued future growth. In April 2019, the company had divested its steelmaking and related operations to reduce its debt load. Though the divestment meant a large decline in the company’s sales for the year ended March 2020, the company managed to reverse the trend of losses incurred in several recent quarters and years to...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever reinventa la rueda (C)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1426StrategyEl caso C finaliza la serie proporcionando información sobre cómo Unilever se introdujo en los mercados BOP en Indonesia y Brasil, y amplía el tema más allá para responder a la pregunta: ¿Cómo puede beneficiarse Unilever de las lecciones aprendidas en HLL?¿Ha encontrado Hindustan Lever una nueva estrategia para ganar amplios mercados globales en su esfuerzo por satisfacer las necesidades cotidianas de la gente corriente en todo el mundo? ¿O simpl...Starting at €5.74
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A Foot In the Door: Hindustan Lever Breaks Into the Mass Market
Ellison B.; Moller D.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1390-EStrategyHindustan Lever (HLL), a subsidiary of Unilever and undisputed leader in the Fast Moving Consumer Products segment in India, is caught out by the success of a local firm, Nirma, in selling to the bottom of the social pyramid. Having ignored Nirma's activities for several years in the belief that Nirma was targeting a segment that HLL was not interested in, HLL decides to enter the market at the bottom of the social pyramid by developing a totally...Starting at €8.20
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The Airbnb Business Travel Vertical in Asia: The Way Forward
Nitin Pangarkar; Yuan Kay ChungCase IVEY-9B17M144-EStrategyIn March 2017, Airbnb needed to make some important decisions regarding its strategy for the Airbnb Business Travel Vertical (ABTV) in Asia. Despite a short history of less than three years since the formal announcement of its launch, the ABTV had exhibited promising performance. The business travel market offered many attractive characteristics, including its large size. Despite the attractiveness of the business travel segment, two issues relat...Starting at €8.20
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Ola Electric's Audacious Scooter Plans on Fire
Nitin Pangarkar; Neetu YadavCase IVEY-W33537-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyOla Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd. (Ola Electric) was launched in 2017 by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd., better known as Ola Cabs, as a venture for making electric scooters. Bhavish Aggarwal, one of Ola Cabs’ founders, acquired a 92.5 per cent stake in Ola Electric and pursued a path of rapid expansion. By 2022, Ola Electric had successfully raised a large amount of capital from investors, developed several subsystems (especially software) of its produ...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever reinventa la rueda (A)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1424StrategyEsta serie de casos trata de la experiencia pionera de Unilever en la llamada "base de la pirámide" (BDP). La BDP consiste en cerca de 4.000 millones de personas que viven en la pobreza y están excuidas de la economía de mercado. La BDP es un nuevo concepto de dirección que persigue el cumplimiento de un doble objetivo: promover el desarrollo social y permitir a las empresas recobrar los índices de ganancia de doble dígito. Durante casi cien años...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever reinventa la rueda (B)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1425StrategyEl caso (B) describe cómo HLL creó un modelo nuevo de negocio para competir en el mercado BOP y los increíbles resultados que obtuvo. Concluye planteando las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Son sostenibles estos índices de crecimiento? Y si lo son, ¿pueden multiplicarse con la política multilocal y multinacional de Unilever?Starting at €5.74
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Tiger Balm: Internationalization and Product Extension
Nitin PangarkarCase IVEY-9B15M128-EStrategyHaw Par Corporation’s healthcare division produces Tiger Balm, the external analgesic rub that has gained global popularity. Despite delivering strong results, the division remains dependent on Asian markets, which poses challenges with regard to low affordability, weak protection of intellectual property and aggressive competition. To achieve sustained growth, the company’s executive director is considering several alternatives: geographic expan...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Airlines: Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nitin PangarkarCase IVEY-W26385-EStrategyIn August 2021, Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) was at a critical juncture in its history. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had forced commercial travel to almost a standstill, requiring SIA to idle most of its fleet. The group’s overall revenues had declined by 76 per cent in the 2020/21 financial year, resulting in a loss of S$4.27 billion. The massive cash bleed forced the group to issue new capital, thus diluting the stake of its existi...Starting at €8.20
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Maruti Suzuki in 2022: Defending Market Leadership
Nitin Pangarkar; Rohit Prabhudesai; Kapil DesaiCase IVEY-W33324-EDecision AnalysisIn December 2022, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Maruti Suzuki), the undisputed leader in the Indian car market, was evaluating the various alternatives for its continued growth and sustained performance. In 2015, building on the company's success selling no-frills cars, Maruti Suzuki launched its New Exclusive Automotive Experience (NEXA) line to attract customers who were seeking advanced car models. However, the emergence of electric vehicles po...Starting at €8.20