Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Mi Tiendecita de Moda: Selling Fashion Through Facebook in Peru
Matthias A. Tietz; Susan Calderón UrbinaCase IVEY-9B15M065-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA young Peruvian MBA graduate, who previously had worked in international marketing firms, founded an online fashion store and has been selling North American fashion products through Facebook, personal sales events and pop-up stores. The business has been growing profitably with an increasing customer base, overcoming initial supply side issues. Three years after the launch, however, the personal approach to satisfy each customer, a stronghold o...Starting at €8.20
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Magic Markers (A): Growing a Whiteboard Animation Company
Liliana Lopez Jimenez; Matthias A. TietzCase IVEY-9B18M024-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2013, two entrepreneurs founded Magic Markers, a whiteboard animation company in Bogotá, Colombia, with the mission of gracefully explaining complex issues to interested audiences. The (A) case describes how the company experienced unanticipated growth after one of its videos went viral. The two founders faced several challenges and needed to quickly learn how to manage their growing business. Human resources issues proved to be particularly t...Starting at €8.20
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Mi Tiendecita de Moda: Selling Fashion Through Facebook in Peru (Spanish version)
Matthias A. Tietz; Susan Calderón UrbinaCase IVEY-9B15MS065Entrepreneurship, StrategyA young Peruvian MBA graduate, who previously had worked in international marketing firms, founded an online fashion store and has been selling North American fashion products through Facebook, personal sales events and pop-up stores. The business has been growing profitably with an increasing customer base, overcoming initial supply side issues. Three years after the launch, however, the personal approach to satisfy each customer, a stronghold o...Starting at €8.20
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Magic Markers (B): Managing Credibility in Social Media
Liliana Lopez Jimenez; Matthias A. TietzCase IVEY-9B18M025-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySupplement for product 9B18M024.Starting at €5.74
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Confecciones La Montaña: A Social Business for Peace Building
Liliana Lopez Jimenez, Gustavo Yepes Lopes, Jose Luis Camarena, M. Jahangir Chowdhury, Natalia LeónCase IVEY-W27107-EEntrepreneurshipConfecciones La Montaña (CLM), a social business founded by former Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) combatants in rural Colombia, emerged out of the peace deal signed between FARC and the Colombian government in 2016. The business was part of the effort of former combatants to rejoin civilian life and help alleviate poverty in conflict-affected areas, thereby nurturing appropriate conditions to sustain peace in the country. Howe...Starting at €8.20