Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Oral Insulin: Breakthrough Innovation at Biocon
Nita Sachan; Prasad Kaipa; Anand Nandkumar; Charles DhanarajCase IVEY-9B11M065-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis case deals with the innovation challenges of a medium-sized firm (under $1 billion) in an emerging economy (India), particularly the challenges of product development and commercialization. The management has to decide how to proceed with a promising novel formula for oral insulin — promising both in terms of financial returns as well as social impact. The company has spent several years of research and development in getting the drug throug...Starting at €8.20
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Ashta Chamma - The Biggest Small Movie Ever Made (B)
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Rajesh Chakrabarti; Hari Krishna Mulpuri; Payal Goel; Vamsi Krishna Kothapalli; Sneha Beriwal; Vijay Bhaskar Chowdary SuryadevaraCase IVEY-9B10M080-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Ashta Chamma — The Biggest Small Movie Ever Made (A) presents the outcome after the movie’s release.Starting at €5.74
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Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology: The Commercialization Challenge
Nita Sachan; Prasad Vemuri; Anand Nandkumar; Charles DhanarajCase IVEY-9B11M064-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis case deals with the commercialization challenges that a premier research institute in an emerging economy faces despite conducting cutting-edge research. The case is set in 2009 in Hyderabad, India, soon after the appointment of CCMB’s new director, Dr. Mohan Rao. Rao has to decide how to proceed with incentivizing the scientists to find potential applications for their research when most scientists are merely interested in doing basic resea...Starting at €8.20
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Ashta Chamma - The Biggest Small Movie Ever Made (A)
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Rajesh Chakrabarti; Hari Krishna Mulpuri; Payal Goel; Vamsi Krishna Kothapalli; Sneha Beriwal; Vijay Bhaskar Chowdary SuryadevaraCase IVEY-9B10M079-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA young man in India follows his passion through to near-bankruptcy. Equipped with an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, he avoids a high-paying corporate job and instead starts a stockbroking firm. After ups and downs in several businesses, he finally decides his real fulfilment will come from producing a full-length movie — Ashta Chamma, based on the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Ernest. The case chronicles the various issues he faces: funding ...Starting at €8.20