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Kia Motors: Positioning and Growth Strategies in India
Nitin GuptaCase IVEY-9B21A009-EMarketingKia Motors India (Kia) had tasted success in India within a year of the launch of its product Seltos. Kia’s managing director and chief executive officer was quite happy with the sales figures for Seltos, the mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV) launched in August 2019, and was fairly confident that Kia’s compact SUV Sonet would follow the same path. Kia’s positioning strategies had worked very well thus far, and the company had been able to cul...Starting at €8.20
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Transitioning to a Marketplace Model (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Gupta, Sunil; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-518S12MarketingSachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, co-founders of India's largest e-commerce company, Flipkart, were reviewing the foregoing Facebook post, which had gone viral and received more than 20,000 likes. A third-party seller listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag printed on the strap. Co...Starting at €8.20
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The MonoSpace Launch in Germany (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-503S07MarketingFocuses on the launch of a new elevator product in Germany. In 1996, global construction slumps and low differentiation among competitive offerings has led to significant price competition and margin erosion in the elevator industry. In these circumstances, KONE, one of the global players in this industry, has developed the Monospace elevator product that uses revolutionary technologies. This new product is expected to have a significant impact o...Starting at €8.20
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Managing the Selling Effort (A) (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Herman, KerryCase HBS-515S05MarketingThe CEO of EFL (India), a direct sales organization, must decide which changes to the sales compensation systems would better motivate his sales reps and improve their sales performance.Starting at €8.20
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Paytm: Building a Payments Network
Gupta, Sunil; Narayandas, Das; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-517091-EMarketingBy January 2017, Paytm, a mobile payments company that started in 2010, became India's largest mobile payments platform with over 142 million users and a $5 billion valuation. Could Paytm become the $100 billion company its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma envisioned it to be?Starting at €8.20
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Essential Explorations at MUJI, Teaching Note
Amano, Tomomichi; Narayandas, DasTeaching Note HBS-520050-EMarketingTeaching note for case 520024.Starting at €0.00
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Biocon: Launching a New Cancer Drug in India, Teaching Note
Gupta, Sunil; Narayandas, DasTeaching Note HBS-509039-EMarketingTeaching Note for [508026].Starting at €0.00
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Eureka Forbes Ltd.: Managing the Selling Effort (A) (Photonovel Version)
Narayandas, Das; Das, Kallol; Herman, KerryCase HBS-513015-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The CEO of EFL (India), a direct sales organization, must decide which changes to the sales compensation systems would better motivate his sales reps and improve their sales performance.Starting at €8.20
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Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney
Narayandas, Das; Herman, Kerry; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-513103-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures from J.C. Penney's traditional retail approach, and enacted changes quickly and simultaneously, with little ma...Starting at €8.20
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Cycle for Survival (A)
Narayandas, Das; Herman, Kerry; Fisher, NoahCase HBS-514076-EMarketingKatie Kotkins, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's (MSKCC) Cycle for Survival fundraising event, had to determine the best avenue for continuing the event's success and momentum after its founder, Jennifer (Jen) Goodman Linn (HBS '99) passed away from MFH sarcoma. Jen and her husband, David Linn (HBS '00), had founded Cycle for Survival in 2007 as a way for Jen to give back to the community of doctors that had treated her since h...Starting at €8.20