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Universal Print Systems Limited: Exploring Operations Strategy Options
Sivakumar AlurCase IVEY-9B15D016-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyUniversal Print Systems Limited, located in Southern India, provides self-adhesive label printing for such end-user businesses as the passenger car and alcoholic beverages industries. Although larger markets exist in Western and Northern India, 80 per cent of its customers are located in Southern India. Because of the company’s low capacity utilization, management is contemplating its operations strategy options, including aggressively pursuing b...Starting at €8.20
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Primacy: Global Design from India
Ajith J. Kumar; Sivakumar AlurCase IVEY-9B13M027-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Best case in the Innovation Management category, 2012 ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition. An Indian company was planning to set up a Global Design Competence Centre (GDCC) in India. The company offered scented candles and holiday and gift products primarily for the U.S. market. Through its two American subsidiaries, it made and sold its products to large American mass-merchandisers and independent retailers. In-house design cap...Starting at €8.20
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Tencent: Combining Technology and Culture
Ofek, Elie; Chan, Billy; Lau, DawnCase HBS-521066-EMarketingTencent, one of the largest Internet conglomerates in China, had a vision to become a "Tech+Culture" firm. With dominant market shares in online games and social networking, it had built a vast Internet-based entertainment ecosystem, and was now focused on cultural asset development. Specifically, the company had an opportunity to develop a media franchise that was rich in Chinese cultural elements and had the potential to turn into a blockbuster...Starting at €8.20
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UltraRichMatch.com: Online Matrimony in India
Sivakumar Alur; Sulagna MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B14A041-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn November 2011, UltraRichMatch.com (URM) was founded as an online matrimonial portal targeted at Indian millionaires. URM was unique as it provided both wedding planning and matchmaking services. URM depended on building affiliations with providers of wedding products and services. These affiliations had not grown according to expectations. By early 2013, the founder believed that expansion was necessary for URM. He had arrived at three options...Starting at €8.20
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Fishbay.in - Fishing on the Net
Sivakumar Alur; Sulagna Mukherjee; Dina RibbinkCase IVEY-9B15A020-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyFishbay.in is an online store where Indian consumers can buy fish that is delivered to their home. Although the founder originally targeted individual consumers and households, he soon found that restaurants were also interested in buying fish online. Unlike individuals, restaurants were more concerned with quality than price and typically ordered larger quantities. The founder wonders whether he should stick to his original plan of targeting ind...Starting at €8.20
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Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War
Kirby, William C.; Chan, Billy; McHugh, John P.Case HBS-320089-EEconomicsBy 2020, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, had transformed the small telephone switch manufacturer he founded in 1987 into a $120 billion telecommunications company poised to lead the lucrative rollout of fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks. However, an emerging U.S.-China tech war has jeopardized Huawei's prospects. The Trump administration is waging a global campaign to blacklist doing business with Huawei due to concerns in Washington about the...Starting at €8.20
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China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China
Cohen, Lauren H.; Gao, Hao; Chan, Billy; Lau, DawnCase HBS-220032-EFinanceChina Merchants Bank, the sixth-largest lender in China, intends to boost its family office business as a result of an increase in the population of ultra-high net worth individuals. Already ranked China's number-one private bank with AUM exceeding US$300 billion, the Bank is exploring different ways to cater to the demand from newly minted billionaires and their families, and to maintain its competitiveness in retaining these customers amid fier...Starting at €8.20
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy (B)
Kirby, William C.; Chan, Billy; Lau, DawnCase HBS-320045-EStrategyAfter the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) retired, the new chairman had to grapple with fresh challenges related to its China market. A recently opened factory in China had to find ways to reverse its financial loss and meet its full capacity; one of its major Chinese customers was facing sanctions by the U.S. government; China was investing billions of dollars in building its own powerhouse to compete in se...Starting at €5.74