Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Beyond Meat: Changing Customer Behaviour in Food Consumption
Chris Laszlo; Katherine Gullett; Peter Rezk; Nilesh RautCase IVEY-9B19A053-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2014, the founder and chief executive officer of Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown, reflected on the question that had led him to start the company: “How difficult can it be to change what you eat for dinner?” The small start up based in Los Angeles, California, had faced considerable challenges in changing customer perceptions and attitudes since it was founded in 2009. Its intention was to address both health and environmental problems related to mea...Starting at €8.20
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Hitch Health: Transport Solution or Platform
John McVea; Dan MclaughlinCase IVEY-9B18M140-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2017, the co-founder and vice-president of Hitch Health in Minneapolis Minnesota was faced with an intriguing but challenging strategy decision. Hitch Health had been created as part of Upstream Health Innovations at Hennepin County Medical Center to improve transportation services for its many vulnerable patients. By using human-centred design, Hitch Health had succeeded in developing a system of ride sharing and sophisticated informati...Starting at €8.20