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The "Jaipur foot"
de Matos, Luis; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-DG-A-773(I)-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe case presents a new business model to produce low cost prosthesis, made and adapted in less than a day and with no need of maintenance for several years. Also, the low cost makes the prosthesis accessible to just about anybody.The case describes a company which produces and places foot or leg prosthesis, as a way to alleviate people suffering from a deficiency which seriously impairs their quality of life. They are people who for some reason ...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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Ideas Kitchen’s Expansion Fix
Jayanthi Ranjan; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B14M132-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIdeas Kitchen is a medium-sized kitchen maker that specializes in customizing the modular kitchen. As a result, it has built a loyal customer base. Business has been relatively good for Ideas Kitchen, and the company has been doing well financially. It has been capitalizing on the burgeoning growth of the modular kitchen market in India. However, several foreign players have begun entering the Indian market and almost all of them have been expand...Starting at €8.20
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Should Mahindra Reva Strengthen Its Market Position in India
Jayanthi Ranjan; Sanchita Krishna; Shankar GopinathCase IVEY-9B16M126-EStrategyThe electric-vehicle market in India had never grown to its expected potential. Environmental uncertainties, structural challenges, lack of consumer awareness, and high costs all served as major deterrents to customer acceptance of electric cars. In 2014, Mahindra Reva launched the e2o, a completely revamped version of its previous electric vehicle, the Reva. Although the car was highly advanced and loaded with innovative features, sales remained...Starting at €8.20
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Airtel Money: Can the African Success Be Replicated in India
Jayanthi Ranjan; Parijat UpadhyayCase IVEY-9B14E027-EInformation Technologies, StrategyAirtel mCommerce Services Limited was waiting for news from the Reserve Bank of India related to mobile banking regulations, as it was eager to unleash the massive potential and untapped opportunity in India regarding mobile commerce. Its service, Airtel Money, was struggling in India, but it had experienced a huge success in Africa. Though it had some initial success in India, it still had a long way to go to capture the Indian mobile market.Starting at €8.20
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Customer Management at Magellan Savings Bank Of Philippines
Sandeep Puri; Maria Theresa Manalac; Jayanthi RanjanCase IVEY-9B20A038-EMarketing, StrategyIn June 2019, a newly promoted branch manager of a bank in Davao City, Philippines, must recommend to the bank’s head office who among six loan applicants will obtain loans from the branch. She has received applications for ₱24 million in loans but can only grant ₱18 million. The branch manager needs to (a) decide how much to loan and to which customers, (b) find ways to retain valuable customers and acquire new ones, and (c) consider new avenues...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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BlazeClan Technologies: Cloud Computing Adoption in India
Easwar Krishna Iyer; Jayanthi RanjanCase IVEY-9B14E025-EInformation Technologies, StrategyWithin a few years of its establishment in 2010 by four young engineers in Pune, India, BlazeClan Technologies had prospered as a cloud solutions delivery company by providing true value to its customers in India and around the world. By 2014, though, the company was facing a long and slow sales cycle in the Indian market where businesses were hesitant to give up in-house data control to the cloud. Though the company invested a lot of marketing d...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
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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