Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Channel Change at the BIG PASTURE in Inner Mongolia
Xiaokui Huang; Miao Cui; Liqin Zhang; Ke WangCase IVEY-9B15A036-EMarketing, StrategyBIG PASTURE Animal Husbandry Company (Group) Co., Ltd. (BIG PASTURE) had achieved great success after nearly 10 years of development. It had started as a ready-to-eat food processing factory that supplied individually owned stores and franchises with self-produced food. Since then, its product line was extended to include fresh and processed beef and mutton. At the same time, BIG PASTURE undertook a major shift from company-operated stores to com...Starting at €8.20
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Beijing Xiaomi Technology Co.: Growth Via Online Channels
Miao Cui; Yanhong Guo; Feixiang Peng; Jilong Wang; Liang Wang; Tianyue YangCase IVEY-9B14A074-EMarketing, StrategyBeijing Xiaomi Technology Co. Ltd. (Xiaomi) had grown into the third-largest cell phone brand in China and the sixth-largest in the world. The company solely deployed online channels, which contributed to its success. In the initial stage, Xiaomi depended on its own online channel to interact with consumers to develop user-friendly products and sell products. Three years after its inception, the company successfully established its flagship store...Starting at €8.20
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Major League Baseball: Strategy Calibration in Light of COVID-19 - Teaching Note
Pavan Munaganti; Skyler King; Matthew Thomson; Andrew PerkinsTeaching Note IVEY-W29950-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W29949.Starting at €0.00
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Hisense: Breaking Recurring Channel Conflict
Miao Cui; Xin Li; Heng Wu; Wanling LiCase IVEY-W26698-EMarketing, StrategyHisense Group Co. Ltd. (Hisense) was a leading manufacturing enterprise in the Chinese household appliance industry. In 2010, Hisense began to lay out its online channels. At that time, the same products had different prices in different channels, which caused fierce channel conflicts. To solve this problem, Hisense segmented online and off-line products and took a series of actions to help off-line channels improve efficiency and reduce prices. ...Starting at €8.20
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Hisense: Breaking Recurring Channel Conflict - Teaching Note
Miao Cui; Xin Li; Heng Wu; Wanling LiTeaching Note IVEY-W26699-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W26698.Starting at €0.00
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Developing a New Smartphone Application: UrbanBaby
Andrew PerkinsCase IVEY-9B12A054-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingUrbanBaby is a newly developed smartphone application (app) that allows users to address the difficult task of finding activities, restaurants and other forms of entertainment for newborns to young teens. A number of issues must be addressed if it is going to be profitable. First, the app’s creators, Alex and Pavel, are unsure how to characterize the large potential target market, parents, or if there are other target markets that might be intere...Starting at €8.20
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Major League Baseball: Strategy Calibration in Light of COVID-19
Pavan Munaganti; Skyler King; Matthew Thomson; Andrew PerkinsCase IVEY-W29949-EMarketing, StrategyMajor League Baseball (MLB) had been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a shortened season without fans in attendance, revenue-generating opportunities decreased dramatically from previous years. This case examines issues that MLB teams dealt with during the 2020 season, including the loss of revenue during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. How would MLB move forward into the 2021 season, having lost a significant amount of money ...Starting at €8.20