Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Yogurt Mamas: Probiotics in Tanzania
Oana Branzei; David J. Sharp; Jessica Kelly; Osama SiddiquiCase IVEY-9B09M051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case illustrates a grassroots enterprise's path to self-sufficiency in a subsistence market context. It explores the gradual evolution of a business model with strong social mandates (pro-health, pro-women) and asks which growth options best marry profitability and positive social change. The Mwanza, Tanzania-based Yogurt Mamas emerge as entrepreneurial role models in their communities, with funds from Western donors and an exciting new tech...Starting at €8.20
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Kering: Luxury in the Digital World
Marta Jarosinski; June CotteCase IVEY-9B14A045-EMarketing, StrategySince 2005, the chief executive officer of Kering, a conglomerate headquartered in Paris, has successfully streamlined the company’s business strategy to concentrate on luxury goods and sporting and lifestyle brands —including Gucci, Yves St-Laurent, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga, among others — through selling off non-related businesses. By 2012, the company was more focused than ever before but was sluggish in one key aspec...Starting at €8.20