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Air India: The Image Damage of “Pee-Gate”
Shraddha Puri; Shweta Pandey; Siddhant Puri; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-W33710-EDecision Analysis, MarketingThis case describes unruly passenger behaviour on National Aviation Company of India Ltd.’s New York-Delhi flight. It elaborates on the airline crew’s failure to effectively address an elderly woman’s predicament and assuage her concerns after an inebriated passenger urinated on her. As a result, Air India was exposed to social media ridicule, public scorn, loss of customer loyalty and trust, and a severe dent in its brand image. With the plummet...Starting at €8.20
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FieldFresh Foods: Frozen Vegetables Business
Davinder Singh; Uday GosainCase IVEY-9B15M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA joint venture company that started its operations in 2004 in India was in the business of growing, processing and marketing fresh fruits and vegetables, both in India and abroad. As new market opportunities emerged in response to the growing demand for frozen products in the domestic market, the company launched frozen vegetables in the Indian market in 2011 and successfully established the supply chain covering contract farming, processing and...Starting at €8.20
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Books for Change: Reorienting Business and Marketing Strategies
Davinder Singh; Vinod KaliaCase IVEY-9B12A060-EMarketing, StrategyBooks for Change (BfC), a small publisher, produces books that focus on the social sector. The company’s purpose is to raise awareness about specific development issues among academia, researchers and policy makers. BfC was started in 1998 by ActionAid, an international non-governmental organization working in the field of social development. Like other small publishers, BfC faces various challenges, including a lower demand for its books and dif...Starting at €8.20
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Tea Connect: Exploring New Options
Swati Soni; Sandeep Puri; Shweta Pandey; Tina JainCase IVEY-9B20A059-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyTea Connect, a chain of five tea cafés in India, had ended 2019 with sales revenues of ₹48.1 million. The co-founder of Tea Connect had the ambitious target of opening 20 cafés and achieving sales revenues of ₹200 million by 2020. The co-founder planned the renovation of the cafés to improve the speed of service, but he also wanted to launch Tea Connect–branded consumer packaged products. Three franchising offers for stores in Jaipur, Jodhpur, an...Starting at €8.20
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Forbes Technosys Limited (B): Bill Payment Kiosk Business
Davinder Singh; Anuj SahuCase IVEY-9B16M222-EStrategyIn May 2010, Forbes Technosys Limited (FTL) was not doing well. After more than a year, the company’s bill payment kiosk business was losing money and no longer seemed viable. The time had come to re-evaluate all aspects of this business line and make decisions regarding FTL’s future course of action. Accordingly, FTL’s chief executive officer proposed an idea regarding prepaid mobile recharges using the existing bill payment kiosks, along with a...Starting at €5.74
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Forbes Technosys Limited (A): Bill Payment Kiosk Business
Davinder Singh; Anuj SahuCase IVEY-9B16M221-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2010, Forbes Technosys Limited (FTL) was not doing well. After more than a year, the company’s bill payment kiosk business was losing money and no longer seemed viable. The time had come to re-evaluate all aspects of this business line and make decisions regarding FTL’s future course of action. Accordingly, FTL’s chief executive officer proposed an idea regarding prepaid mobile recharges using the existing bill payment kiosks, along with a...Starting at €8.20