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Super Shampoo Products and the Indian Mass Market
S. Ramesh Kumar; Nitya GuruvayurappanCase IVEY-9B10A026-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe case analyzes the response of the non-users of shampoo in an emerging environment, namely India. The non-users belong to the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum and they respond with their perceptions about the category of shampoo and well-known brands. The entrepreneur's challenge is to obtain the insights, analyze the attitude of the non-users towards the category and brands, and prepare a strategy to position a new brand of shampoo (S...Starting at €8.20
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Ethnic Consumers Consulting
S. Ramesh Kumar; Nitya Guruvayurappan; Madhurjya BanerjeeCase IVEY-9B10A030-EMarketing, StrategyNitya was preparing for a meeting with an Indian company that manufactured hair oil and fairness cream. She wanted to make use of past research in order to offer her client insights on consumer values. Were emerging markets significantly different from developed markets in terms of consumer values? Were existing brands connecting with Indian consumers? Could values become associated with different socio-economic classes of consumers? With radical...Starting at €8.20
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Himalaya Herbal Toothpaste: Category and Brand Involvement in an Emerging Market
S. Ramesh Kumar; Nitya GuruvayurappanCase IVEY-9B11A032-EMarketing, StrategyRamesh Kumar was curious to determine whether consumers were loyal to toothpaste brands. Himalaya Herbal Toothpaste had herbal offerings in the retail and prescription segments, affording him the opportunity to conduct research. Were consumers loyal to a particular brand of toothpaste? Did they remember the functional brand benefits? Were consumers buying brands due to the social benefits reflected in ads? Did consumers continue to buy particular...Starting at €8.20
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Himalaya Face Wash: Brand Associations and Lifestyles
S. Ramesh Kumar; Eric MinjCase IVEY-9B12A059-EMarketing, StrategyThe Himalaya Drug Company is interested in obtaining insights into how the lifestyle of consumers is associated with the use of face washes, especially of its own brand. As the population of India, which is primarily under the age of 35, becomes more affluent and self-conscious, personal grooming has become more important. Several brands have positioned themselves in the market according to various attributes and benefits. Himalaya wants to under...Starting at €8.20
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Shiny Provision Store: Retailing Challenges in the Indian Context
S. Ramesh Kumar; Radhika VishvasCase IVEY-9B10A017-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIndia has millions of kirana (small stores) but modern retail outlets are emerging. The case illustrates the challenges confronting the shop owner of Shiny Provision Store, a kirana in the suburbs of Bangalore, India. A customer, who is a market researcher, decides to explore how a small retailer in the food and groceries business can survive in an environment that is getting increasingly sophisticated in terms of professional techniques being ap...Starting at €8.20
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Himalaya Drug Company: Repositioning a Herbal Soap
S. Ramesh Kumar; Venkata Seshagiri Rao; Narayana Trinadh KotturuCase IVEY-9B13A048-EMarketing, StrategyIn an initiative to develop its herbal soap offering and create a repositioning strategy for its soap products, one of the front-runners in the Indian skincare market explored the perception of the brand image, using survey data to compare its own image with those of two of its strongest competitors. The challenge for this brand was to reposition itself and build its equity after taking into consideration the perceptual results of the study and t...Starting at €8.20
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BancoSol and Microfinance in Bolivia
Lal, Rajiv; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-516005-EStrategyBancoSol, a microfinance bank headquartered in La Paz, Bolivia, was forced to adjust its lending strategy and business model because of a regulatory change. 60% of the bank's lending portfolio would have to move to the productive sector of the Bolivian economy by 2018, and these loans would have a controlled interest rate of 11.5%. How would BancoSol meet these targets, fulfill its mission, and remain profitable?Starting at €8.20
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Super Shampoo Products and the Indian Mass Market (Spanish version)
S. Ramesh Kumar; Nitya GuruvayurappanCase IVEY-9B10AS026Entrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe case analyzes the response of the non-users of shampoo in an emerging environment, namely India. The non-users belong to the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum and they respond with their perceptions about the category of shampoo and well-known brands. The entrepreneur's challenge is to obtain the insights, analyze the attitude of the non-users towards the category and brands, and prepare a strategy to position a new brand of shampoo (S...Starting at €8.20
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Akbank: Options in Digital Banking
Lal, Rajiv; Cekin, EselCase HBS-515115-EStrategyThis case discusses the digitalization strategies of a leading bank in Turkey, Akbank, and how to position its digital banking products going forward. The Turkish banking industry was undergoing a transformation prompted by the demands of the country's digitally savvy, young population, and by new regulations on consumer banking that threatened banks' profitability. Akbank had a legacy as the best financial services company in Turkey, but it knew...Starting at €8.20
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Betting on Blockchain (Spanish version)
Lal, Rajiv; Johnson, ScottCase HBS-519S15StrategyIn March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is getting ready to debut a trade digitization platform. Maersk hopes the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process. Maersk intends for stakeholders throughout the supply chain to utilize the platform, including its competitors. Blockchain, made famous through cryptocurrency, will power part of the p...Starting at €8.20