Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Shanghai Contron: From Start-up to Growth
Lydia Qianqian Li; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiCase IVEY-9B18M169-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyShanghai Contron Information Technology Co., Ltd. was a small technology company in Shanghai, China, established in 2011. The company's main customer was the government, and sales management was the company's primary department. In a rapidly expanding marStarting at €8.20
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Xinke: Transforming Service through the Crowd Innovation Space - Teaching Note
Haibo Hu; Haitao Lu; Tao Huang; Chunbing Mao; Etayankara MuralidharanTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M034-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M034.Starting at €0.00
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Xinke: Transforming Service through the Crowd Innovation Space
Haibo Hu; Haitao Lu; Tao Huang; Chunbing Mao; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiCase IVEY-9B19M034-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in late 2014, Xinke used a crowdfunding café model to provide a platform for communication among entrepreneurs and investors. In June 2015, Xinke co-operated with a leading real estate company to create a crowd innovation café, and in August 2016, it received A-round financing that led to the establishment of a crowd innovation fund and the creation of a self-access media platform. Xinke had opened a high-end shared office to provide all ...Starting at €8.20
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CaiHong: Combining Legal Services and the Internet
Weiwei Huo; William Wei; Peihong Xie; Xiaohan Hu; Etayankara Muralidharan; Haining Wu; Yi HuangCase IVEY-9B20D004-EStrategyShanghai Jiujia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (CaiHong) was founded in April 2015 by entrepreneur Junyuan Huang. The company has transitioned from an e-commerce platform to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to better compete in China’s Legal Service Plus Internet (LSPI) industry. While exploring some key concepts about CaiHong, such as market positioning, business model innovation, SaaS, and growth strategies, several questions are raise...Starting at €8.20
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Amul's IT-Enabled Service Delivery to Dairy Farmers
Harekrishna Misra; S. R. AsokanCase IVEY-9B16E020-EInformation Technologies, StrategyKaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (Kaira Union), a member union of the popular dairy brand Amul, was using information technology (IT)-enabled services to benefit individual dairy farmers with very small herd sizes in India. The technical inputs, such as veterinary services, were provided through veterinary centres located near clusters of villages. To improve service delivery, better manage inventory, deploy veterinarians...Starting at €8.20
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Health Insurance to the Base of the Pyramid
Suresh B.P.; S. R. AsokanCase IVEY-9B11A015-EMarketing, StrategyThis case describes a unique insurance scheme in India called Krupa Arogya Suraksha, promoted by the Shree Krishna Arogya Trust. The product was designed with the aim of extending basic health coverage to the “base-of-the-pyramid” population at an affordable premium. The services were provided by Shree Krishna Hospital, of which the Trust was an associate. The Trust and the hospital were looking at a win-win situation: in providing modern health ...Starting at €8.20
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Laxmi Protein Products
Saswata N. Biswas; S. R. Asokan; Suresh B.P.Case IVEY-9B12A029-EMarketing, StrategyThis case describes a typical situation faced by any firm engaged in marketing a commodity. Laxmi Proteins processed and sold pigeon pea, called toor or tur in Hindi. The processed grain was known as toor dal and was an important source of protein in the predominantly vegetarian diet of Indians. With the ongoing economic boom and subsequent increase in household income, it was expected that expenditures on more wholesome diets would increase and ...Starting at €8.20
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Shanghai Contron: From Start-up to Growth - Teaching Note
Lydia Qianqian Li; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M169-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M169.Starting at €0.00