Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Investing in a Unicorn: The Case of Luckin Coffee Gone Rogue
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin Roxas; Maria Theresa ManalacCase IVEY-9B21N001-EFinanceLuckin Coffee Inc. (Luckin), an emerging growth firm that aimed to become the market leader in the coffee industry in China, had quickly grabbed market share by using freebies and discounts to entice cost-conscious Chinese consumers to try its products. Luckin sold its coffee and snacks through a proprietary mobile app, and customers either picked up their orders from strategically located stores or had them delivered. By the end of 2019, Luckin ...Starting at €8.20
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Social Advocacy and Guerrilla Marketing: The No Fly List Kids Canada
Fareena SultanCase IVEY-9B19A022-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingA group of Canadian parents wanted the Canadian government to create a redress system related to Canada’s no-fly list, which affected some of their young children whenever they flew. The parents formed an advocacy group called the No Fly List Kids group in 2016, and the group undertook various campaigns—including innovative guerrilla marketing campaigns and uses of both digital and traditional marketing—to highlight the issue of Canadian children...Starting at €8.20
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Carlos Ghosn: Hero or Villain - Teaching Note
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin RoxasTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M092-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M092.Starting at €0.00
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Otsuka Kagu Ltd: Saving the Furniture Business
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin Roxas; Karina Iris YuvallosCase IVEY-9B18M195-EStrategyFounded in 1969 as a small operation, Otsuka Kagu, Ltd. became Japan’s largest furniture retailer and was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1980. A membership program in 1993 managed to revitalize the company’s sales at a time when Japan was in a receStarting at €8.20
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Cubo Modular Inc.: Managing Demand for Bamboo Houses
Andrea Santiago; Al Rosenbloom; Fernando Martin RoxasCase IVEY-W25411-EMarketingCUBO Modular Inc. (CUBO) was a start-up social enterprise in the Philippines that emerged shortly after its chief executive officer, Earl Forlales, received a substantial cash award for besting 1,200 entries in a competition. The concept behind Forlales’sStarting at €8.20
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Social Advocacy and Guerrilla Marketing: The No Fly List Kids Canada - Teaching Note
Fareena SultanTeaching Note IVEY-8B19A022-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B19A022.Starting at €0.00
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Niantic, Inc.: Pokemon Go and the Rise of Augmented Reality Gaming
David T.A. Wesley; Fareena SultanCase IVEY-9B19A006-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn the summer of 2016, the unprecedented growth of Pokémon GO introduced augmented reality into mainstream gaming. Pokémon GO was developed by San Francisco-based Niantic, Inc. (Niantic), a highly successful spinoff from Google Inc., which partnered with the Japanese video game company Nintendo Co., Ltd. to bring the popular video game franchise into the mobile gaming sphere. Niantic's version included the innovative use of augmented reality, a t...Starting at €8.20
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Investing in a Unicorn: The Case of Luckin Coffee Gone Rogue - Teaching Note
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin Roxas; Maria Theresa ManalacTeaching Note IVEY-8B21N001-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B21N001.Starting at €0.00
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The 2006 World Cup: Mobile Marketing at adidas (A)
Andy Rohm; Fareena Sultan; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B07A016-EMarketing, StrategyThe manager of Mobile Media for adidas International is debating what to do, given the sparse amount of traffic to date at the adidas FIFA World Cup mobile portal. By February, there had been only 3,000 visits to the mobile site, compared to the one million visits predicted earlier based on the previous success of a Lucas Films Star Wars mobile campaign. Given that the World Cup is a global event viewed by millions of people in person and more th...Starting at €8.20
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The 2006 World Cup: Mobile Marketing at adidas (B)
Andy Rohm; Fareena Sultan; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B07A017-EMarketing, StrategyThe manager of Mobile Media for adidas International is debating what to do, given the sparse amount of traffic to date at the adidas FIFA World Cup mobile portal. The (B) case describes the results of a new effort to use a popular portal to advertise the adidas World Cup mobile site. The case can be used to discuss the impact of using different media channels to deliver marketing communications.Starting at €5.74