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Sunyuki: Organic Fresh-Food Distribution Channels
Jing Liang; Shilei Yang; Jing ChenCase IVEY-9B20A054-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn January 2015, the founder and chairman of Sunyuki Agricultural Co., Ltd. (Sunyuki), was considering a major change to his company. Founded in 2010, Sunyuki was one of the first online fresh-food retailers in southwest China, providing safe, fresh, orgaStarting at €8.20
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Mountain Dew: The Most Racist Soft-drink Commercial in History
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13A021-EMarketingPepsiCo faces criticism after releasing a series of online advertisements for Mountain Dew that featured an angry Mountain Dew–drinking goat, a battered white woman on crutches and the goat in a police lineup of all black men. Critics are offended by the advertisement’s portrayal of violence toward women and racial stereotypes. As the public outcry spreads, Mountain Dew’s senior brand manager needs to devise a course of action or risk damage to o...Starting at €8.20
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Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M078-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (A).Starting at €5.74
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Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M045-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (A).Starting at €5.74
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Kuaishou: Developing a Livestreaming E-Commerce Business
Wei Li; Junfeng Tian; Jianping Liang; Jing Chen; Hubert PunCase IVEY-W26400-EMarketing, StrategyAs a leading short-video social and livestreaming app in China, Kuaishou Technology’s Kuaishou application (app) was facing various challenges, including fierce competition from ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin. In June 2018, to sustain its long-term growth, KuaisStarting at €8.20
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LEGO Group: Building Strategy
Darren Meister; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M086-EMarketing, StrategyThe world famous toymaker, The LEGO Group, assembled an internal management team to create a strategic report on LEGO’s different product lines and business operations. In recent years, numerous threats to LEGO had emerged in the toy industry. The acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by The Walt Disney Company created major implications for valuable toy license agreements. LEGO had also recently lost a long legal battle with major competitor MEGA ...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: The Public Relations Box Office Flop
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M049-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyOn the morning of September 19, 2011, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the online movie provider Netflix Incorporated became witness to growing public discontent and media criticism directed at the company. The previous evening, the CEO had announced on the company blog that Netflix would be splitting into two separate entities. With the proposed change, the Netflix DVD-by-mail service would be spun out and renamed Qwikster. The move would le...Starting at €8.20
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Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (A)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M044-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyMike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), faced a situation of truly disastrous proportions. Earlier that week, service outages had started occurring on RIM’s popular BlackBerry smartphone devices, affecting over 30 million BlackBerry users globally. For a total of three days, RIM engineers worked around the clock to fix the widespread technical problems. However, with the company providing only brief comments to the public, many consum...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba: Launching a Direct Online Retail Model - Teaching Note
Wei Li; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Junfeng TianTeaching Note IVEY-W28626-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W28625.Starting at €0.00
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Sunyuki: Organic Fresh-Food Distribution Channels - Teaching Note
Jing Liang; Shilei Yang; Jing ChenTeaching Note IVEY-8B20A054-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B20A054.Starting at €0.00