Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Chunyu: The First Mover in Chinese M-Health Industry
Jingui Xie; Haji Suleman Ali; Feiyan Jia; Muhammad Adnan Zahid Chudhery; Bin DingCase IVEY-9B19M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyChunyu Yisheng (Chunyu) was the largest mobile health (m-health) application in China. Since its creation in July 2011, the application had focused on providing online medical information and consultations with professional doctors. Chunyu's business model was based on free and premium online health care services. In the first three years, Chunyu gained more experience than profits. The primary concern for the founder and chief executive officer ...Starting at €8.20
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iFLYTEK: Leading Chinese Speech Technology
Jingui Xie; Zhiying Liu; Muhammad Adnan Zahid Chudhery; Renzhi YuCase IVEY-9B16M064-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2014, iFLYTEK was a proven leader in the Chinese speech technology industry with over 70 per cent of the domestic market; however, the company’s growth had become stagnant. As competitive pressures were rising, iFLYTEK’s chief executive officer needed to determine whether the company should continue to pursue its current business-to-business strategy or instead adopt new opportunities in the business-to-consumer market.Starting at €8.20
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Wipro Consumer Care: Merchandising for Success
Sreeram Sivaramakrishnan; Gaurav Thapar; Varun Gattani; Abhra ChatterjeeCase IVEY-9B14A031-EMarketing, StrategyVisual merchandising (VM) plays an important role in hypercompetitive product categories. Though shoppers may be exposed to advertisements extolling the virtues of brands, they tend to get swayed at the point of purchase due to an attractive display or simply because of the prominence of a brand at the retail location. As such, companies must invest in processes and infrastructure to make effective VM possible.Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting is ...Starting at €8.20
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HaoDF: The Pioneer of Online Healthcare in China
Jingui Xie; Feiyan Jia; Haji Suleman AliCase IVEY-9B19M103-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2016, HaoDF Online launched an "Internet hospital" in Yinchuan, China, which, in its first three months, served more than 31 million users and conducted online diagnosis and treatment for almost 1 million patients. The online health care servicesStarting at €8.20
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QualityKiosk: Drawing up a Sales Strategy
Sreeram Sivaramakrishnan; Anuroop KrishnaCase IVEY-9B17A064-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyQualityKiosk Technologies Private Limited (QualityKiosk) was an information technology company providing software application testing and quality assurance services to banks and insurance companies in India. In 2015, QualityKiosk had over 70 per cent penetration in the insurance sector in terms of numbers of customers, and only 30 per cent penetration in the banking sector. Anuroop Krishna, head of QualityKiosk’s banking vertical, must put togeth...Starting at €8.20
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Asclepius Consulting: The Sales Force Dilemma
Sreeram SivaramakrishnanCase IVEY-9B13A036-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2012, Asclepius Consulting is one of the many small software companies in India that have aspirations to become product companies as opposed to being services companies. Asclepius Consulting deals in hospital management information systems and has a product and service offering that is competitive and well received by customers. However, due to lack of capital, the company has been unable to invest in a sales force, and this has created a prob...Starting at €8.20
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QualityKiosk: Sales Force Design for Anabot
Sreeram Sivaramakrishnan; Anuroop KrishnaCase IVEY-W28435-EMarketing, StrategyIn December of 2020, the head of product development at QualityKiosk Technologies Private Limited (QualityKiosk) was grappling with a significant issue. QualityKiosk provided application quality assurance, business automation, digital experience management, and data analytics services to financial services companies across India. Krishna had to recommend the way forward for the company’s latest product—Anabot, a new information technology (IT) jo...Starting at €8.20