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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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Carlyle Japan (B)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508093-EMarketingThis is a supplement to the (A) case. It shows that the networks that the firm had been investing in-- commercial banks--were becoming less and less valuable over time. Given this, Tamotsu Adachi must think about how to go about building a new set of networks.Starting at €5.74
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Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity, Teaching Note
Lal, RajivTeaching Note HBS-509074-EMarketingTeaching Note for [506055].Starting at €0.00
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Toyota Recalls (A): Hitting the Skids
Quelch, John A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-511016-EMarketingIn the fall of 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation, once revered for its commitment to quality and reliability, faced a highly publicized series of recalls in the United States representing approximately a year's worth of sales in one of its most important markets. While the first Toyota recall was met with widespread disbelief but continuing support for the brand, subsequent revelations and recalls tested the brand's resilience in the U.S. The firm's...Starting at €8.20
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Toyota Recalls (B): Mr. Toyoda Goes to Washington
Quelch, John A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-511041-EMarketingCase describes the testimony to the U.S. Congress of the Toyota CEO and the head of its U.S. motor sales.Starting at €5.74
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Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, MargaretCase HBS-514057-EMarketingSince founding CancerScan in 2008, Jun Fukuyoshi and Yoshiki Ishikawa had helped to improve cancer screening rates in Japan. Between 2005 and 2007, awareness of breast cancer in Japan rose from 55% to 70%, but the incidence of breast cancer screenings remained constant. Jun and Yoshiki applied marketing research techniques to increase the screening rate for breast cancer, a disease which killed over 12,000 Japanese women in 2011. Cancer screening...Starting at €8.20
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Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, MargaretCase HBS-514084-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2014, Yasuchika Hasegawa was orchestrating the transformation of Takeda from a Japanese pharmaceutical company with a global footprint into a global company with a Japanese heritage. A 33-year veteran of Takeda, Hasegawa-san was appointed president of Takeda in 2003 and chief executive in 2009. By 2013, Takeda was in the midst of implementing its new Vision 2020 plan, a s...Starting at €8.20
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Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation, Teaching Note
Quelch, John A.Teaching Note HBS-514100-EMarketingTeaching Note for product #514057.Starting at €0.00
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Asahi Group Holdings Limited: Global Expansion Versus Financial Leverage
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Tomas HovorkaCase IVEY-W26041-EMarketing, StrategyIn May 2021, Asahi Group Holdings, Limited (Asahi), a Japanese global beer, spirits, soft drinks, and food company, shifted its focus to non-alcoholic beers. The shift was made after spending US$20 billion to acquire premium beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, a Belgian multinational drinks and brewing company.
The Japanese beer market had been shrinking for decades with Japan’s declining population, and more recently, the market ...Starting at €8.20
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Terumo (A)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508068-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Terumo faces two challenges: how to sell its catheter products in the U.S. and its new "Solution Pack" in its domestic market, Japan. The case provides rich detail on the firm's evolution from a manufacturer of thermometers to a seller of commodity products like syringes to a diversified firm offering a range of advanced products-catheters and graphs, for example-in addition...Starting at €8.20