Ivey Business School (Canada)
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ClickDishes: Serving New Cities
William Wei; Lei Jin; Etayankara MuralidharanCase IVEY-9B18A018-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIt was early November 2017, and the chief executive officer of ClickDishes Inc. (ClickDishes), an Alberta-based food service application company, needed to consider the strategic direction of his start-up. ClickDishes had a unique value proposition and very few competitors worldwide. Its chief executive officer wanted to enter a number of new markets very quickly in order to capitalize on his company's first-mover advantage and establish the Clic...Starting at €8.20
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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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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