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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
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KITKAT in Japan (A): Sparking a Cultural Revolution
Philip Sugai; Adrian SossnaCase IVEY-9B17A037-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2008, the marketing manager for Nestlé Japan’s confectionery business and his team were struggling to redefine the KITKAT brand within the Japanese market. KITKAT as a brand faced a real threat as the retail environment rapidly shifted toward increasingly powerful convenience store chains and consumer preferences shifted toward more novel consumable products. With more than 200 companies competing within Japan’s crowded and relatively stable c...Starting at €8.20
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Nestlé KITKAT in Japan (B): The Roots of Premiumization
Philip SugaiCase IVEY-9B17A038-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySupplement for product 9B17A037. The KITKAT team had experienced great success over the past few years by building a powerful and resonating brand and enhancing their production capabilities to enable them to adapt to changing demands from their channel partners. However, the harsh realities of a changing market demographic, and increasingly powerful convenience store chains, created a clear sense of urgency for creative solutions to continue the...Starting at €5.74
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Othellonia: Growing a Mobile Game
Ascarza, Eva; Amano, Tomomichi; Gupta, SunilCase HBS-520016-EMarketingIn the summer of 2019, Yu Sasaki, Head of the Game Division of DeNA, a Japanese mobile gaming company, is evaluating various growth strategies for its recent game Othellonia. Sasaki needs to decide if he should focus on customer acquisition, retention, or monetization.Starting at €8.20
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Kansai Digital Phone: Zutto, Gaining Japanese Loyalty, Teaching Note
Martinez-Jerez, F. AsisTeaching Note HBS-107064-EMarketingTeaching note to (106-006).Starting at €0.00
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Tanpin Kanri: Práctica Minorista de Seven-Eleven Japan
Lal, Rajiv; Han, ArarCase HBS-507S06MarketingToshifumi Suzuki, presidente y CEO de los Siete y me Holding Co., fue ampliamente reconocido como el cerebro detrás de aumento espectacular de Seven-Eleven Japón. Aunque Seven-Eleven Japón comenzó como un pequeño licenciatario de la cadena de tiendas estadounidense 7-Eleven, Inc. (entonces Southland Corp.) en 1974, se convirtió en el mayor minorista taquillera en Japón, eclipsando las ventas de su entonces los padres Ito-Yokado . Para el año 2005...Starting at €8.20
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Kao Corporation (Spanish Version)
Quelch, John A.; Stern, Aimee L.; Kameda, NorikoCase HBS-509S14MarketingA medida que se expande el mercado de pañales japoneses, gestión de Kao debe determinar su respuesta a la introducción de nuevos productos por parte de sus dos principales competidores. Las opciones incluyen el lanzamiento de una nueva marca de alta calidad precio o un nuevo bajo precio de marca, o el aumento de los gastos de publicidad y promoción para la línea de pañales actual de Kao.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Consumer Touchpoints at Nissan Japan
Teixeira, Thales S.; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-516035-EMarketingIn 2015, Nissan was third place in the Japanese auto market, behind Toyota and Honda. The challenge of increasing market share was that 80% of car shoppers who were non-Nissan owners did not consider Nissan during their purchase process. This process involved three main consumer touchpoints: mass media advertising, internet auto websites and the physical dealerships. In the last 5 years, the importance of the dealers in influencing car sales had ...Starting at €8.20