Ivey Business School (Canada)
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LIDL: A German Grocer in the United States
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiCase IVEY-9B19A007-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German grocery chain Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Lidl) opened its first 20 U.S. stores in the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Key target segments of Lidl were budget-conscious customers, middle-class families with children, and elderly customers on a fixed income. Lidl offered lower prices than its competitors and quickly gained a strong advantage in the marketplace. Despite high early consumer demand, ho...Starting at €8.20
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ExtraCarbon: Working for a Cleaner Future
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna Nafees; Saumyajit GuhaCase IVEY-9B20M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyExtraCarbon was a company focused on the sorting stage of India’s unorganized waste management industry. The company was founded in 2013 with owners’ capital and some investments from friends and family. In October 2018, one of these friend investors expressed a desire to exit the venture. Although ExtraCarbon had made steady progress since its founding, the company did not have enough money to buy out the investor’s stake, and the company’s valu...Starting at €8.20
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Pharmeasy: Expansion Dilemma Amidst Regulatory Uncertainties
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna NafeesCase IVEY-9B20M090-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe two co-founders of PharmEasy, an online medical store and pharmacy website launched in 2015, faced a new challenge in December 2018. Recent judgments by the Madras and Delhi High Courts had suspended the operations of India’s more than 250 online pharStarting at €8.20
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Global Metal Company: The Challenges of Scaling Up in the Unorganized Sector - Teaching Note
Lubna Nafees; Rakesh GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M025-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M025.Starting at €0.00
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China National Offshore Oil Corporation: Operations in Canada
Xiaoyu Liu; Hao Lu; Loren Falkenberg; Harrie VredenburgCase IVEY-9B18M182-EStrategyIn 2005, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) began investing in Canada, when it acquired 16.69 per cent equity of MEG Energy Corp., a private Calgary-based energy company. In 2011, it acquired OPTI Canada, a Canadian oil company that had goneStarting at €8.20
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Telus: Ethics and Cellphone Tower Sites - Teaching Note
Xiaoyu Liu; Hao LuTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M183-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M183.Starting at €0.00
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Anhui LIGOO: A Battery Management System for New Energy Vehicles
Jin Hong; Ping Deng; Zheng Zhao; Hao Lu; Xiumei GuoCase IVEY-9B18M098-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAnhui LIGOO New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (LIGOO) had survived and made developments in the field of battery management systems (BMS) in the changing environment of new energy vehicles (NEVs), amid policy adjustment in China. Established in 2010, LIGOO had achieved a respectable market share and acquired a reputation as possessing excellent BMS technology in the electric vehicle industry. However, due to a cold market in the industry and weak r...Starting at €8.20
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Anhui LIGOO: A Battery Management System for New Energy Vehicles - Teaching Note
Jin Hong; Ping Deng; Zheng Zhao; Hao Lu; Xiumei GuoTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M098-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M098.Starting at €0.00
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LIDL: A German Grocer in The United States - Teaching Note
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiTeaching Note IVEY-8B19A007-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B19A007.Starting at €0.00
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ExtraCarbon: Working for a Cleaner Future - Teaching Note
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna Nafees; Saumyajit GuhaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M044-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M044.Starting at €0.00