Ivey Business School (Canada)
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HY Capital: Making Venture Capital Investment Decisions in a Changed Environment
Yibo Lyu; Yushan Zhou; Shaojie Han; Binyuan He; Zewei Yu; Jianfeng HuCase IVEY-9B19N023-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceAt the end of 2017, the director of HY Capital, was facing an investment decision. Two years earlier, HY Capital had invested in Dalian New Vision Media Co. Ltd. (New Vision), a company working on augmented reality products for early childhood education.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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Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (A)
Jean Lee; Liman Zhao; Yunting LuCase IVEY-9B19C001-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyScanteak Corporation was a furniture retailer founded in Singapore in the 1970s. By 2010, it had established more than 100 stores around the world. It had also become the first furniture company to be listed on the Taiwan OTC (Over-the-Counter) Exchange. The two founders had invested a great deal in developing the business and preparing their children to become their successors. In 2003, the two founders’ daughter joined the company to help grow ...Starting at €8.20
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Four Seasons Minghu: Organizational Resilience and the Path to Recovery
Miao Cui; Xiaoxue Zhou; Di Cai; Bing Liu; Shaobo LiCase IVEY-9B20M063-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBefore 2013, Shandong Four Seasons Minghu Hotel Co. Ltd. was a high-end restaurant and food service company. In December 2012, the Chinese government implemented the Eight-Point Regulation that prohibited government officials from indulging in luxury banquets and high-end meals. The new government policy had a negative effect on many companies across the high-end food service industry, whose customer base consisted mainly of government officials....Starting at €8.20
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Nashwork: How to Solve the Equilibrium Problem
Shumin Yan; Chen Xiang; Linteng ZhouCase IVEY-9B20M016-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNashwork was founded in July 2013 in Beijing and developed into the largest co-working space company in China by focusing on rapid expansion and internal growth. Nashwork received A-round financing, which was followed by B-round financing one year later, before a series of problems surfaced in the basic operations of the company. By 2017, after three rough years building its customer base and occupancy, the main problem facing Nashwork was its da...Starting at €8.20
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Iloof: Expanding from Online to Offline Channels
Yi Liao; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Jun LiCase IVEY-9B20D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIloof Technology Co. Ltd. was a Chinese start-up high-technology company at the forefront of the smart water bottle market, one of the newest sectors in the reusable water bottle industry. Smart bottles or cups, also known as interactive water bottles, were technologically advanced devices that had wireless communication capabilities to connect with electronic devices, such as smart phones. They also helped record and optimize the user’s water in...Starting at €8.20
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Sunyuki: Organic Fresh-Food Distribution Channels
Jing Liang; Shilei Yang; Jing ChenCase IVEY-9B20A054-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn January 2015, the founder and chairman of Sunyuki Agricultural Co., Ltd. (Sunyuki), was considering a major change to his company. Founded in 2010, Sunyuki was one of the first online fresh-food retailers in southwest China, providing safe, fresh, orgaStarting at €8.20
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Ronds: A Pioneer in a Blue Ocean (A)
Doreen Kum; Qizhang Liu; Bin DingCase IVEY-9B20A011-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyRonds Science & Technology Incorporated Company (Ronds) was a leading smart solutions provider in China’s machine condition monitoring market. Since its establishment, 10 years earlier, the high-tech company’s monitoring and diagnostic solutions have been implemented across various industries, with the strongest foothold in the wind energy industry. However, the co-founder and chairman of Ronds observed that most Chinese industrial enterprises we...Starting at €8.20
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Norlha: Scaling Up Sustainable Luxury on the Tibetan Plateau
Haitao Yu; Diane-Laure ArjaliesCase IVEY-9B19M027-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNorlha Textiles was a yak wool enterprise located on the Tibetan Plateau in China. Founded in 2007, the company designed and produced yak wool textiles made by Tibetan nomads and sold globally to customers that included such luxury brands as Hermès, Louis Vuitton, and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2015, the company employed 120 local people, enabling them to adapt to the modern world while preserving their local traditions. Also in 2015, the local gover...Starting at €8.20
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Incubation and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Hugh Thomas; Chi Fai Chan; Howard Lam; Icy Fong Lai NgaiCase IVEY-9B19A038-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of the government-owned Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) is setting the marketing policy for the incubation program at HKSTP, Hong Kong’s leading incubator of high-technology companies. Seeing marketing as a driving force to convey the strategy of HKSTP, the CEO must analyze the key services through which HKSTP can increase an incubatee’s chances of success; analyze the advantages and di...Starting at €8.20