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Treks `n Rapids: Adventure Sports Tourism in India
Atul Arun Pathak; Sanjeev VarshneyCase IVEY-9B15M103-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn September 2014, the co-founder and director of Treks `n Rapids, a leading adventure sports tourism company in New Delhi, India, needs to re-evaluate the company strategy. The adventure sports tourism industry has tremendous potential for growth in India, largely due to the number of young professionals with disposable incomes and a desire for new experiences, and is witnessing increased demand from a variety of profitable customer segments, bo...Starting at €8.20
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Moonka Auto: Recruiting Salespeople
Atul Arun Pathak; Gyanesh MishraCase IVEY-9B16A033-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn April 2016, the owner of Moonka Automobile, a two-wheeled vehicle dealership for Honda Motor Company Ltd., was facing some difficult decisions regarding recruitment for Moonka Automobile’s new branch in Jamshedpur, India. The owner wanted to improve the process for recruiting salespersons for this second branch. In addition to the constraints of a tight budget, limited managerial time and availability, and the need to complete the recruitment ...Starting at €8.20
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BharatAgri: Strategy of an Indian Agritech Startup
Aashish Argade; Atul Arun PathakCase IVEY-9B20M151-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn June 2019, the cofounders of BharatAgri, an Indian agritech (agricultural technology)-focused entrepreneurial venture, were reviewing their strategy. BharatAgri leveraged information technology to provide crop-management related advisory services to InStarting at €8.20
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CampusHash: Evolving Business Model of an Entrepreneurial Venture
Atul Arun Pathak; Saroj Kumar Pani; Anish AgarwalCase IVEY-9B19M098-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2016, the three partners of CampusHash Technologies LLP (CampusHash), an Indian start-up focused on conducting software training programs, had to make some pressing strategic decisions. CampusHash’s revenues had not grown as expected and the paStarting at €8.20
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Iloof: Expanding from Online to Offline Channels
Yi Liao; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Jun LiCase IVEY-9B20D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIloof Technology Co. Ltd. was a Chinese start-up high-technology company at the forefront of the smart water bottle market, one of the newest sectors in the reusable water bottle industry. Smart bottles or cups, also known as interactive water bottles, were technologically advanced devices that had wireless communication capabilities to connect with electronic devices, such as smart phones. They also helped record and optimize the user’s water in...Starting at €8.20
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JD: E-invoice with Blockchain
Nina Yan; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Yongqin LeiCase IVEY-9B20M047-EStrategyJingdong (JD), the leading innovation-driven e-commerce company and retail infrastructure service provider in China, had rapidly expanded its enterprise procurement market. In the process, however, it faced major issues related to poor customer experience, the high cost of risk control for the value-added tax (VAT), and inefficient invoice management. In early 2018, JD (the supplier of invoices) collaborated with the China Pacific Insurance (Grou...Starting at €8.20
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Kuaishou: Developing a Livestreaming E-Commerce Business
Wei Li; Junfeng Tian; Jianping Liang; Jing Chen; Hubert PunCase IVEY-W26400-EMarketing, StrategyAs a leading short-video social and livestreaming app in China, Kuaishou Technology’s Kuaishou application (app) was facing various challenges, including fierce competition from ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin. In June 2018, to sustain its long-term growth, KuaisStarting at €8.20
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The Tencent LeXiang Forum: From Employee Voice to Continuous Innovation
Jianping Liang; Hubert Pun; Taiyuan Wang; Roger WangCase IVEY-W26112-EStrategyThe vice-president at Tencent LeXiang (LeXiang), the enterprise social networking platform of Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent), had been overseeing the development of the platform from its inception. Since its official launch in 2017, LeXiang had been successfully adopted across a wide range of multinational corporations; it was also popular internally at Tencent, with many employees engaging with their fellow co-workers on the forums.The vice-...Starting at €8.20
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BYD: Blockchain-Enabled Green Ecosystem
Jiayuan Han; Hubert Pun; Wenbin Wang; Hang Wei; Ziheng ZhouCase IVEY-9B20M144-EStrategyIn October 2019, BYD Company Limited (BYD), a leading Chinese company in the new energy vehicle industry, was pursuing the goal of building a business ecosystem. The firm and its partners jointly launched a blockchain-enabled green ecosystem that delivereStarting at €8.20
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Salt n Soap: Online Retailing of Food and Groceries
Atul Arun Pathak; Shabana Chandrasekaran; Balamurugan Annamalai; Atanu GhoshCase IVEY-9B20M152-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2020, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Salt n Soap, an online retailer of food and groceries in Kolkata, India, was reviewing the company’s strategy and business model. Salt n Soap had been in operation for six years, and now ofStarting at €8.20