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Transitioning to a Marketplace Model (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Gupta, Sunil; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-518S12MarketingSachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, co-founders of India's largest e-commerce company, Flipkart, were reviewing the foregoing Facebook post, which had gone viral and received more than 20,000 likes. A third-party seller listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag printed on the strap. Co...Starting at €8.20
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Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network (Spanish version)
Gupta, Sunil; Han, SangmanCase HBS-510S22MarketingIn May 2008, the new CEO of Cyworld, a social network company in Korea, had to decide how to create and capture value from his rapidly growing user base. Cyworld was founded in 1999 and in 2003 it was acquired by SK Telecom, a leading mobile service provider in Korea. By 2007, Cyworld had 21 million users and $95 million revenue--$65 million from paid items (music, virtual gifts, etc.), $15 million from mobile networking, and $15 million from adv...Starting at €8.20
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Evoe Spring Spa: A Positioning Dilemma
Ashita Aggarwal; Renuka Kamath; Sunil RaoCase IVEY-9B13A051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe co-founders of Evoe Spring Spa need to decide on the positioning of their business in the nascent Indian spa market. Indian consumers perceive spas as an expensive indulgence for the rich, and some spa services are seen as socially and culturally unacceptable. As a result, the co-founders need to build this category by changing consumer attitudes toward spa services. To identify the target segment and the best positioning for Evoe, the co-fou...Starting at €8.20
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InMobi: Reimagining Mobile Advertising
Gupta, Sunil; Chaturvedi, SaloniCase HBS-516030-EMarketingInMobi, a mobile advertising company, considered one of India's first unicorns, has launched a new product called Miip. InMobi hopes that the product will grow its revenue 8 times by 2018. Visually identified by a mascot, Miip seeks to re-imagine adverting by becoming a user's trusted companion on the mobile phone, introducing them to new, relevant products, much as a friend would. As the CEO and co-founder Naveen Tewari introduces the product in...Starting at €8.20
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Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad
Gupta, Sunil; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-518030-EMarketingIn March 2017, Elsa Pekmez Atan (MBA 2004), was wondering about the future of Enpara.com, a digital-only banking platform of QNB Finansbank. Since its launch in October 2012, Enpara had been successful in attracting over 600,000 customers by appealing to digital savvy, middle-class customers that QNB Finansbank was lacking for a long time. By the end of 2016, it accounted 16% of QNB Finansbank's deposits. With the support of the top management, A...Starting at €8.20
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TripAdvisor, Teaching Note
Gupta, SunilTeaching Note HBS-512108-EMarketingTeaching Note for 511004.Starting at €0.00
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Savemom: The Smart Wearable Solution for Maternal Health Care
Renuka Kamath; Shrinath V.Case IVEY-W27806-EEntrepreneurship, Knowledge and CommunicationIn January 2020, two social entrepreneurs were looking back at the first five years of operation of their venture JioVio Healthcare. The entrpreneurs had designed, developed, and implemented their cloud-based Internet of Things software Savemom. Using feedback from key stakeholders, Savemom assisted in the early detection of preventable complications during pregnancy and safe delivery, especially for expectant mothers in rural India, with a goal ...Starting at €8.20
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Castrol India Limited: An Innovative Distribution Channel
Renuka KamathCase IVEY-9B16A044-EMarketing, StrategyIn January 2006, the general manager of sales at Castrol India Limited was concerned. Sales of Castrol motorcycle oil for four-stroke engines was far less than it should be, especially when considering the five million motorcycles being added to Indian roads each year. Most motorcycle oil changes took place in franchised workshops during the warranty period and in non-franchised workshops after the warranty period. The general manager wanted to i...Starting at €8.20
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Singapore TradeNet: A Tale of One City (Spanish version)
Konsynski, Benn; King, JohnCase HBS-120S23Information TechnologiesDescribes the development of a new information technology-based trade document administration environment for the city-state of Singapore. A considerable effort, involving many governmental and private sector organizations, results in a new set of practices and procedures that positions Singapore for leadership as the port of preference in the Pacific Rim.Starting at €8.20
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Paytm: Building a Payments Network
Gupta, Sunil; Narayandas, Das; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-517091-EMarketingBy January 2017, Paytm, a mobile payments company that started in 2010, became India's largest mobile payments platform with over 142 million users and a $5 billion valuation. Could Paytm become the $100 billion company its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma envisioned it to be?Starting at €8.20