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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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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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Living on the Razor's Edge (Spanish version)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-813S11EntrepreneurshipDescribes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work.Starting at €8.20
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Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board (Spanish Version)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-814S11EntrepreneurshipDescribe los problemas que enfrenta el fundador-director general en relación con la construcción de un tablero, el montaje de un equipo ejecutivo, la gestión de tensión entre los co-fundadores, y la externalización de trabajo de desarrollo.Starting at €5.74
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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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Jucai Human Resource Development: Empowering through Data
Haibo Hu; Yiqin Wang; Chen Liu; Meiju Fei; Fan Yu; William Wei; Victor BilodeauCase IVEY-W25807-EInformation Technologies, StrategyThe founder of Jucai Human Resources Development Co., Ltd. had witnessed the development of China’s human resources service industry over the previous 20 years. In the company’s early stages, it had mainly relied on the advantage of information asymmetry of the Internet to carry out online recruitment services. But from 2015, the founder became interested in and confident about the prospects of providing a talent assessment service for public ins...Starting at €8.20
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Assembling the Startup Team
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-812122-EEntrepreneurshipNothing can bedevil a high-potential startup more than its "people problems." These problems typically result from choices that founders make as they add team members to their startup team. Three characteristics of startup teams must be aligned for these teams to function well: relationships, roles, and rewards (the Three Rs). Early decisions that founders make about the Three Rs can significantly affect their startup's direction and success. Thi...Starting 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
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EnterAll InfoSec Solutions: Growing an Ethical Hacking Business
Varsha Verma; Atul Arun Pathak; Dharma Raju Bathini; Arun PereiraCase IVEY-9B14M152-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAn ethical hacker had recently started his entrepreneurial venture, EnterAll InfoSec Solutions. A technologist who believed that “ethical hacking” had huge market potential, he and his partner were searching for a business model that would address the information security needs of corporate clients, public sector undertakings (PSUs) and government institutions. Ethical hacking was a specialized and relatively nascent field, and the entrepreneur f...Starting at €8.20