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Forus Health: Crossing the Disruptive Product Chasm
Ramesh Narasimhan; M.V. Ravikumar; Nattuvathuckal BarnabasCase IVEY-9B14A064-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn April 2013, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Forus Health Private Limited sat in his office in Bangalore, India contemplating the future direction of his company. He was under pressure by his venture capital partner to rapidly penetrate the market for 3nethra — an innovative, multi-functional and low-cost ophthalmology device — before imitators stepped in. Given its features and advantages over expensive imported specialized tools...Starting at €8.20
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Terumo (C) (Spanish Version)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-510S03MarketingPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Este caso proporciona una información actualizada sobre la decisión de la empresa en cuanto a su estrategia de ventas para sus productos de EE.UU. catéter y el progreso del paquete de soluciones. También se analiza la expansión de la firma del "Pranex médica", una formación y reunión espacio único que ofrece facilidad para médicos y enfermeras.Starting at €5.74
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Terumo (A)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508068-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Terumo faces two challenges: how to sell its catheter products in the U.S. and its new "Solution Pack" in its domestic market, Japan. The case provides rich detail on the firm's evolution from a manufacturer of thermometers to a seller of commodity products like syringes to a diversified firm offering a range of advanced products-catheters and graphs, for example-in addition...Starting at €8.20
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Terumo (B)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508069-EMarketingThis case provides an update on the firm's decision regarding its U.S. sales strategy for its catheter products and the progress of Solution Pack.Starting at €5.74
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Carlyle Japan (B)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508093-EMarketingThis is a supplement to the (A) case. It shows that the networks that the firm had been investing in-- commercial banks--were becoming less and less valuable over time. Given this, Tamotsu Adachi must think about how to go about building a new set of networks.Starting at €5.74
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Carlyle Japan (A)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508092-EMarketingTamotsu Adachi, Managing Director of Carlyle Japan, wants to formulate a strategy to improve his firm's ability to source high-quality deals at competitive valuations, or prices. Buyout funds like Carlyle typically have two deal phases: sourcing and monitoring. These correspond to (i) "selling" the benefits to a business owner of going with Carlyle as a buyout partner, and then (ii) increasing the value of that business following the buyout. Sinc...Starting at €8.20
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Vibhava Chemicals: Pursuit of a Cleaner Space
Ramesh Narasimhan; Nattuvathuckal BarnabasCase IVEY-9B12A010-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn April 2011, Vithal Gambhir, the marketing director of Vibhava Chemicals, an entrepreneurial venture and leader in the black phenyl category in the home cleaning agents (HCA) market in South India, was faced with a marketing challenge. A slew of multi-national corporation (MNC) brands in the emerging new category of specialty cleaning agents had eroded Vibhava’s share of the traditional black phenyl category by 50 per cent over the previous eig...Starting at €8.20
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Carlyle Japan (C)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508094-EMarketingThis is a supplement to the (A) and (B) cases. It documents the shift in Carlyle's networking strategy. The firm decreased its focus on building contacts in commercial banking an increased instead the focus on building more contacts with industry directly.Starting at €5.74
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Terumo (C)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508070-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case provides a further update on the firm's decision regarding its U.S. sales strategy for its catheter products and the progress of Solution Pack. It also discusses the expansion of the firm's "Medical Pranex," a unique facility offering training and meeting space for doctors and nurses.Starting at €5.74