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Easepal: Transforming a Chinese OEM Supplier
Chuang Chen; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B16M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAs one of the world’s largest OEM suppliers of electric massaging equipment, China’s Easepal has faced increasing challenges in its traditional OEM business over the course of two decades. Since the company’s inception in the 1990s, its founder has always had the ambitious goal of becoming more than just a supplier in the global electric massager market. Easepal’s mature research and development and manufacturing capabilities have the potential t...Starting at €8.20
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals: Seeking A Prescription For Digital Transformation
Ming Dong; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B18M001-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2015, China had one of the world’s largest and most complex healthcare industries. This industry had been undergoing unprecedented change in diverse areas, from policies to technologies. Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, China’s second-largest pharmaceutical company, spanned the entire pharmaceutical value chain, from product research and development to sales. The company’s core competency was in drug distribution, which generated 70 per cent of the f...Starting at €8.20
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Didi Kuaidi
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangCase IVEY-9B16M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, Didi and Kuaidi, the two leading players in China’s Internet-based ride-hailing industry, merged to form Didi Kuaidi. The combined firm represented one of the world’s largest Internet- and smartphone-based transport service companies, valued at about $6 billion. In its home market of China, Didi Kuaidi left its biggest competitor, Uber, a distant second. Meanwhile, Didi Kuaidi actively pursued global growth. For example, it invested in a...Starting at €8.20
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MarcPoint: Strategizing with Big Data
Wei Zhang; Liang Li; Ning Su; Ji-Ye MaoCase IVEY-9B19E012-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyAs Shanghai MarcPoint Information Technology Co. Ltd. (MarcPoint) celebrated its fifth anniversary, its founder was quite pleased by what the company had achieved. MarcPoint was a start-up that offered marketing research services by analyzing user-generatStarting at €8.20
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Hongxuan Agriculture: Innovations in the Value Chain
Yingying Wang; Shuting Li; Ning Su; Xiangfeng ChenCase IVEY-9B19D009-EService and Operations ManagementIn June 2018, the president of Hongxuan Agriculture Group (Hongxuan), which operated in the Chinese egg industry, was aware that an ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States might affect both his industry and future financing for his compaStarting at €8.20
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Super Milk Products Private Ltd. (A): Keventers Milkshakes and Beyond
Swati Singh; Sudhir Naib; Kartikeya SinghCase IVEY-9B19M127-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, three entrepreneurs in India decided to resurrect the 100-year-old iconic Keventers brand, which had stopped selling milkshakes in the 1970s. Although earlier generations had grown up enjoying Keventers' milkshakes, millennials had very little asStarting at €8.20
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Youku Tudou: Shaping Entertainment and Media in China
Xi Zhang; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B21E006-EInformation TechnologiesBoth founded in the mid-2000s as two of China’s earliest online video platforms and both emphasizing creative, original content, Youku and Tudou enjoyed popularity among China’s young netizens, while constantly battling each other for market leadership. Both firms went public, on the NYSE and Nasdaq respectively. Facing China’s hyper-competitive online video market, the twin firms decided to engage in a series of transactions, including a merger ...Starting at €8.20
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DBS Bank Ltd.: How to Accelerate Digitalization
Ning Su; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W25312-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn June 2020, the head of Customer Centre at DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS), the largest commercial bank in Singapore, was wondering how to leverage the bank’s current success in digitalization to create a competitive advantage. As a business leader, she was facing major decision points. How could she increase awareness of the bank’s digital assets among existing customers? How could she further digitalize the customer centre? In addition, the COVID-19 glob...Starting at €8.20
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Bayern Munich in China
Lakhani, Karim R.; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Norris, Michael; Herman, KerryCase HBS-617025-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2015, German football club Bayern Munich is considering how to enter the Chinese market. Should it build its own infrastructure or rely on third-party partnerships to reach this massive football fanbase?Starting at €8.20
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Horst Dassler, Adidas, y la comercialización del deporte
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Norris, Michael; Kim, SophiCase HBS-316S09EntrepreneurshipEl caso se centra en la carrera de Horst Dassler, el hijo del fundador del fabricante de calzado deportivo con sede en Alemania Adidas. Los orígenes de la firma estaban en los años de entreguerras, y se elevó a la prominencia pública después de que proporciona picos de la famosa velocista afroamericano en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1936 en Berlín. Desde la década de 1950, Horst cultivó relaciones con los atletas y las federaciones nacionales para ex...Starting at €8.20