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The Renault KWID: Disrupting India's Hatchback Market
Jones Mathew; Banasree Dey; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B17A023-EMarketing, StrategyThe Renault KWID was successfully launched in India in the entry-level car segment as a new competitor for the Maruti Suzuki Alto, the largest-selling passenger car in the country. By August 2016, the market leader’s market share had fallen to 40.6 per cent from 48.5 per cent earlier that year, while the Renault KWID gained a market share of about 19.8 per cent. Despite the KWID’s remarkable success, however, Renault’s strategy for the future nee...Starting at €8.20
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The Vanca: Dilemmas of an E-commerce Entrepreneurial Startup
Jones Mathew; Pinaki DasguptaCase IVEY-9B15M035-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Vanca, an online apparel brand and supplier to online retailers (“e-tailers”) has achieved a fair degree of success by focusing on quality, innovative designs, “fast fashion” and a strong network with its customers. Management is looking to grow the business further; however, there are challenges such as uneven sales across some of its product ranges, maintaining its competitive edge and the threat from private labels being introduced by the ...Starting at €8.20
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Tiktauli de Corps: A Branding Dilemma
Jones Mathew; Banasree Dey; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B18A066-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn July 2018, the chief executive officer of Tiktauli De Corps (TDC) was thinking about the branding strategy of the company. Founded in India in August 2012 as a casual wear apparel brand, TDC had grown rapidly. The company featured three main business lStarting at €8.20
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (C)
Kirby, William C.; Wang, YuanzhuoCase HBS-318091-EThis case updates Wanxiang Group's activities since 2012, focusing on its electric vehicle strategy and a transition of the group's leadership.Starting at €5.74
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (B)
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316186-EIn 1861, the Heard brothers faced a decision: should they continue their family firm's business model that had made them a successful commission house in China, or was it time to make fundamental adjustments to their work? This case reveals that the brothers decided to maintain the status quo, primarily because of a lack of decision-making mechanism amongst the brothers. The firm rapidly went downhill, before declaring bankruptcy in 1875.Starting at €5.74
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Li & Fung 2006
McFarlan, F. Warren; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307077-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the opportunities and strategy facing one of the most innovative global supply-chain companies, and the strategy it has chosen to deal with the expanding demand for its services. Li & Fung links thousands of factories in India, China, and elsewhere to nearly a thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system th...Starting at €8.20
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Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-308052-ESetting up the goal to become one of the top 20 enterprises in the world dairy industry by 2010, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group had ambitious plans. As one of China's biggest national dairy companies, its main challenge was competing as a local company against joint venture rivals who benefited from perks granted to "foreign" companies. To set itself apart, Yili focused on research and development and innovative ways to improve the industry. Provi...Starting at €8.20
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy Yuen; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-308058-EWith an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of distressed c...Starting at €8.20
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China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-308091-ESupplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program that sought to further develop the company's corporate governance practices to meet international corporate governance standards. The company hoped th...Starting at €5.74
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China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Manty, Tracy Yuen; Donovan, G.A.Case HBS-309034-EChina Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities, its penetration rate was over 100%. With such huge successes, Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly saturated in the cities, China Mobile needed to broaden its base of subscribers. Wang believed that further investment in China's rural villages was a key strategy that would help the f...Starting at €8.20