Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Striders: Running Toward or Away from Growth
Gayathri Sampath; Akarsh MahendraCase IVEY-9B19M045-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founders of Strider Miles (Striders), a running club headquartered in Mumbai, India, faced a dilemma. Over 14 years, they had built a business based on their love for sport and their own entrepreneurial inclination. The growth of Striders was an outcome of both a growing interest in running for fitness as well as the promoters’ efforts. The founders had, thus far, made minimal investments in fixed assets and marketing and promotion. Going for...Starting at €8.20
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Unicommerce eSolutions: The Exit Decision
Nilesh Gupta; Shantam ShuklaCase IVEY-9B19M039-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn a late evening in December 2014, three co-founders of Unicommerce eSolutions Pvt. Ltd. (Unicommerce) assembled for a meeting. A couple of months earlier, Unicommerce, an India-based software-as-a-service solution provider for order- and warehouse-management activities in the e-commerce industry, had received an offer of US$10 million in series-B funding from Tiger Global Management to fund their business growth. The offer seemed fair, and the ...Starting at €8.20
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Zenatix: Discovering Market Fit
Puran Singh; Harleen KaurCase IVEY-9B19A019-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2013, three friends from college came together to found Zenatix, an Indian energy data analytics company. Based on Internet-of-things technology, the team built WattMan, a hardware-based product that could monitor the usage and performance of electrical assets such as air conditioners and refrigerators. It saved energy costs by suggesting corrective action. Zenatix faced challenges in identifying the right target market for WattMan and matchin...Starting at €8.20
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Namratha Oil Refineries Pvt. Ltd.: Tackling Oil Giveaway
Amol S. Dhaigude; Vasanth Kamath VP; Arun P. SasiCase IVEY-9B19E022-EDecision Analysis, EntrepreneurshipIn March 2017, the director of operations at Namratha Oil Refineries Pvt. Ltd., a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality packaged coconut oil in southwest India, faced a challenge. Because of inefficiencies in the company’s packaging divisioStarting at €8.20
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Homesake: Homerun in Home Décor
Deepak Pandit; Shalini Rahul TiwariCase IVEY-9B19M102-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, Homesake entered the home décor sector in India by designing, producing, and selling home décor products, including lighting, tableware, and wall hangings. By 2018, after three years in operation, Homesake had generated sufficient sales that itsStarting at €8.20
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Snapdeal: A Nightmare or a Benefit in Reverse Logistics (Spanish Version)
Poonam Garg; Rashmi Kumar Aggarwal; Vaibhav GargCase IVEY-9B16ES039Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIn 2015, Snapdeal, an e-commerce company in India, faced a supply chain situation in reverse logistics. In conforming to the industry trends, the company had a policy on assured product returns, which led to most customers returning to an online merchantStarting at €8.20
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Super Milk Products Private Ltd. (A): Keventers Milkshakes and Beyond
Swati Singh; Sudhir Naib; Kartikeya SinghCase IVEY-9B19M127-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, three entrepreneurs in India decided to resurrect the 100-year-old iconic Keventers brand, which had stopped selling milkshakes in the 1970s. Although earlier generations had grown up enjoying Keventers' milkshakes, millennials had very little asStarting at €8.20
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CampusHash: Evolving Business Model of an Entrepreneurial Venture
Atul Arun Pathak; Saroj Kumar Pani; Anish AgarwalCase IVEY-9B19M098-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2016, the three partners of CampusHash Technologies LLP (CampusHash), an Indian start-up focused on conducting software training programs, had to make some pressing strategic decisions. CampusHash’s revenues had not grown as expected and the paStarting at €8.20
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Zerodha: Sustaining a Leadership Position in India
Vipul Kumar Singh; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B19A048-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn January 2019, the low-cost brokerage house Zerodha emerged as India’s largest broker by number of customers. From 2014 to 2018, Zerodha's client addition had grown by 200–300 per cent annually; however, the company now needed a strategy to maintain andStarting at €8.20
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Farm Electronics: The Business-to-Business Marketing Dilemma
Aditya BilloreCase IVEY-9B20A005-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn January 2019, the sole proprietor and the general manager of Farm Electronics met to discuss critical options for the possible growth path of their company. Farm Electronics was a 42-year-old, small-scale electrical and electronic industrial equipment manufacturer based in Indore, India. The company’s product portfolio consisted of various transformers, relay coils, power supplies, and direct-current motors, which were designed according to it...Starting at €8.20