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Best Buy Inc. - Dual Branding in China (Spanish version)
Niraj Dawar; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09AS16Marketing, StrategyUn mes después de que Best Buy Inc. (Best Buy), el vendedor más grande de productos electrónicos de consumo en los Estados Unidos, adquirieron Five Star, el tercero vendedor más grande de electrodomésticos y los productos electrónicos de consumo en China en mayo de 2006, la administracíon de Best Buy está evaluando una opción de marca. ¿Se debe Five Star perder su identidad y se comercializa como Best Buy? ¿O mejor debería Best Buy mantener la ma...Starting at €8.20
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Forked River Brewing Co.: Craft Beer Entrepreneurship in an Evolving Industry
Max Stallkamp; Lawrence A. Plummer; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B16M102-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn January 4, 2016, the co-founders of Forked River Brewing Company (Forked River), a small brewery in London, Ontario, revisited the company’s original business plan from 2012. Over the course of only four years, the founders went from home brewing enthusiasts to owners of a striving, award-winning craft brewery. Forked River beers were now offered in pubs, restaurants, and retail stores across the province of Ontario. In the past year alone, Fo...Starting at €8.20
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Sobeys-Project Sunrise: Responding to Disruption
Andreas Schotter; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20M017-EStrategyIn May 2017, the recently appointed chief executive officer of Sobeys, the second-largest grocer in Canada, was considering the company’s financial difficulties. He was tasked with saving Sobeys from near insolvency and planning strategically for the company’s core grocery business. Sobeys had posted a loss of CA$2.1 billion for the fiscal year ending May 2016, compared to a profit of $419 million just a year earlier, partially due to a high-prof...Starting at €8.20
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BYKlyn: Pivoting during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andreas Schotter; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W26071-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn early June 2020, the owner of BYKlyn, an exercise bike fitness studio in New York, was considering her response to the business disruption that the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had caused the health and fitness industry. BYKlyn had recorded consisStarting at €8.20
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Car2go: Individual Urban Mobility and the Sharing Economy
Dmitry Alenushkin; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B13M110-EStrategySet in 2013, this case describes the expansion of car2go, a popular car sharing service developed by Daimler AG. The case addresses the changing commuting preferences among urban residents, the evolution of urban transportation and new service developments in the automotive products market. Unlike traditional models of car sharing or renting, which required advance bookings, hourly billing and returns to the originating location, car2go’s busines...Starting at €8.20
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Best Buy Inc. - Dual Branding in China
Niraj Dawar; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09A016-EMarketing, StrategyA month after Best Buy Inc. (Best Buy), the largest retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, acquired Five Star, the third largest retailer of appliances and consumer electronics in China in May 2006, the management of Best Buy is weighing in on a branding option. Should Five Star lose its identity and be marketed as Best Buy? Or should Best Buy retain the Five Star brand and let the two brands compete with each other in the Chinese...Starting at €8.20