Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Cafe Xaragua: The Calgary Opportunity
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karim MashnukCase IVEY-9B13B004-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyAfter one year of operations, a young entrepreneur and his two partners must evaluate a decision that will change the scope and direction of their business, an online retail store that sells fair-trade coffee beans imported from a developing country. An oStarting at €8.20
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Reliance Jio: Revolutionizing Indian Telecom
Tripti Ghosh Sharma; Arcot Ravi Praveen; Libin Joshua; Ashish Tiwari; Alankrita -Case IVEY-9B17M043-EStrategyReliance Industries Limited entered the Indian telecommunications industry by launching Reliance Jio Infocomm, which offered high-speed, fourth-generation data services. Its business strategy was to provide integrated access to information, entertainment, and commerce at high speed and low prices. Despite the competitive landscape and various other challenges, the company was optimistic that it could acquire 100 million customers in 100 days. Thi...Starting at €8.20
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Barry's Batting Cages Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karim MashnukCase IVEY-9B13B005-EAccounting and ControlIn 2012, the owner of a popular batting cage reveals financial details about her company’s long-lived assets for the purpose of completing the necessary fiscal-year accounting transactions.Starting at €8.20
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Wilshire Sports Importers Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karim MashnukCase IVEY-9B13B013-EAccounting and ControlThe sole shareholder and manager of a premier soccer cleat retailer/wholesaler must analyze his company's 2010 performance. The company had experienced significant growth during the past two years and the manager was anxious to find out if the company's recent expansion was as profitable as he had predicted.Starting at €8.20
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Flipkart.com
Tripti Ghosh Sharma; Rohith Desikan; Lakshmi Narasimhan S.; Shalabh JainCase IVEY-9B14M066-EService and Operations Management, StrategyFlipkart.com is one of India’s best known online retailers. Founded in 2007, with the ambitious dream of becoming India’s Amazon.com, Flipkart.com started out selling books and quickly expanded its product portfolio to include laptops, computer peripherals, consumer durables, consumer electronics, fashion accessories, media and games. Flipkart’s products were competitively priced, its customer service was exemplary and it offered innovative solut...Starting at €8.20
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Farmacy Inc.: Harbourfront Guardmedics Pharmacy
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karim MashnukCase IVEY-9B13B010-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipA pharmacist/entrepreneur was investigating the feasibility of opening a GuardMedics Pharmacy franchise in a large urban centre. She spoke to several friends and confidants currently in the industry in an attempt to collect enough data to project cash flows and financial statements for the venture.Starting at €8.20
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Hero MotoCorp
Tripti Ghosh Sharma; Naval ShevadeCase IVEY-9B15M056-EStrategyAfter a 26 year partnership in the Indian two-wheeler industry, Hero and Honda parted ways. Honda had now become one of Hero’s main competitors. The case covers the reasons for the split, the challenges faced by Hero and the strategic initiatives it had to use to overcome these challenges. After the split, rebranding and re-positioning itself as a stand-alone brand was of primary importance to Hero MotoCorp. To ensure that Hero MotoCorp continued...Starting at €8.20
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Snapdeal.com
Tripti Ghosh Sharma; Dheeraj Tewani; Laksh Sharma; Amit Sharma; Naval ShevadeCase IVEY-9B16M019-EStrategySnapdeal.com had launched as a platform for online discount coupons, then revamped its business model in the evolving Indian e-commerce sector to become one of India’s largest e-commerce retailers. In India’s rapidly growing market, the major players jockeyed for the top position and used various business models and strategic initiatives. Now, the entry of Amazon into the industry challenged the market dynamics and Snapdeal.com faced challenges o...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix in India: The Way Ahead
Tripti Ghosh Sharma; Suraj S; Mitali Srivastava; Tarun Chandoke; Prachi PrakashCase IVEY-9B17M033-EStrategyNetflix, Inc. (Netflix), the world’s leading provider of subscription video on demand (SVoD), launched its Indian platform on January 6, 2016. Due to its huge population, India represented a lucrative market. Furthermore, the younger generation in India had dynamic consumption patterns that were comparable to those of Western consumers, giving Netflix another reason to invest in the country. However, six months after Netflix’s launch in India, as...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon's KiranaNow: The Indian Online Grocery Market
Tripti Ghosh Sharma; Satvik Chundru; Rashi Aggarwal; Aadya Gupta; Mayank SinghCase IVEY-9B17M038-EStrategyIn 2015, the Indian retail industry contributed around 10 per cent to India’s gross domestic product, and online retail had a growth rate of 85 per cent. In the same year, food and grocery made up 60 per cent of the Indian retail market, and the online grocery segment was estimated at US$600,000. To capture its share of this market, Amazon India launched its own online grocery arm, KiranaNow, with a marketplace model. As it set out to carve out a...Starting at €8.20