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Janalakshmi Financial Services' HR Dilemma (Spanish Version)
Chung, Doug J.; Kak, RadhikaCase HBS-517S14MarketingV. S. Radhakrishan, CEO de Janalakshmi Servicios Financieros, una de las mayores organizaciones de microfinanzas urbana de la India, se enfrenta a un dilema HR. La fuerza de ventas en la mayor división de JFS, al por menor de Servicios Financieros, que se centró en la distribución de pequeños préstamos basados en el grupo, estaba experimentando disminución de la productividad y una alta y por encima del mercado tasa de desgaste. Radhakrishnan s...Starting at €8.20
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Norio Ohga: The Fifth President of Sony Corporation
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1481-EStrategyThe case analyses the conceptual scheme or model identified in Norio Ohga's management style, which we call the proto-image of the firm (PIF) approach. Sony's success in its diversification strategy is explained on the basis of PIF.Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, President of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483-EStrategyThis case examines the professional career of Chihiro Kanagawa, and shows how he turned Shin-Etsu Chemicals into a major international player in a sector in which Japanese companies had traditionally been uncompetitive. The case illustrates Kanagawa's dynamic management style and the value system on which it is based and we call the profit- arithmetic (PA) approach. Shin-Etsu Chemical's success by not spending money on projects not generating imm...Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, Presidente de Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483StrategyEste caso revisa la carrera profesional de Chihiro Kanagawa y explica cómo convirtió Shin-Etsu Chemicals en uno de los participantes más importantes a nivel internacional en un sector en el que históricamente las empresas japonesas no habían sido competitivas. El caso ilustra el estilo de gestión dinámico de Kanagawa y el sistema de valores en los que se basa y que denominamos política "profit- arithmetic" (PA). Asimismo se explica el éxito de la...Starting at €8.20
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Greenkraft: Ensuring Sustainability During and Post COVID-19
Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-W31072-EStrategyGreenkraft Private Limited (Greenkraft) supplied artisanal products to global clients and was an India-based not-for-profit organization. The company worked to address the socio-economic needs of artisan women. For 800 women workers, the Greenkraft production unit symbolized independence and pride, motivating them to work and deliver quality output. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenkraft was compelled to adopt home production to supplement prod...Starting at €8.20
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Mantra Ayurveda: Scaling Direct-To-Consumer Marketing
Aditi Saini; Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-W25497-EMarketing, StrategyMantra Ayurveda (Mantra), established in India in 2020, manufactured and marketed luxury Ayurvedic skin care and hair care products. The brand’s equity in the Indian market was low, its performance marketing efforts were not leading to expected revenue gains, and the revenue from direct-to-consumer (DTC) initiatives had experienced a negligible uptick in financial year (FY) 2020–21. In April 2021, the chief executive officer would have to convinc...Starting at €8.20
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Basmati House Supermart: Co-Operative Competition with an E-Retail Channel
Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B20A035-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn July 2019, the owner of Basmati House Supermart (BHS), a grocery store, entered into a six-month agreement to become a partner outlet of a large online grocery retailer in India. During the first two months, BHS acquired many new customers and also increased its customers’ monthly purchase. However, the steep discounts and promotions used to attract customers to the business drove down the margins, while the customer churn rate increased. The ...Starting at €8.20
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Basmati House Supermart: Competing with the E-retail Channel
Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B20A068-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn January 2020, the proprietor of Basmati House Supermart (BHS), a large grocery retail outlet in India, terminated a partner retailer contract with Springers, an online retail platform. The proprietor had an ancestral property, located in a high-footfalStarting at €8.20
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SmartMoney: Digital Payments Strategy in India
Jaydeep Mukherjee; Anup AgrawalCase IVEY-9B20A007-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyOn March 25, 2019, the head of business growth for SmartMoney, owned by the Indian conglomerate Smart Industries Limited, was expected by his company’s management team to propose a strategy for capturing 10 per cent of India’s digital payments market in financial year 2019–20. He knew that the market was vast and fragmented and that he was working with a platform business, where fast mobilization was a key factor. SmartMoney already had market pr...Starting at €8.20
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LDFL India Limited: Adapting a Multi-Channel Distribution System for Omnichannel Consumers
Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B20A020-EMarketing, StrategyThe director of sales for the detergents arm of LDFL India Limited (LDFL) had to develop a 2019 sales strategy with the objective of reducing the inter-channel conflict that had resulted in the general trade (GT) channel’s destocking of LDFL products and a loss of market share in 2018. The cash and carry format was the biggest challenge for the GT business, as it provided a cheaper, on-demand supply source alternative to the GT retailers that dom...Starting at €8.20