Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Hisense-Hitachi Joint Venture: Expanding Internationally - Teaching Note
Paul W. Beamish; Su LiuTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M169-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M169.Starting at €0.00
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The Qingdao International Beer Festival - Teaching Note
Su Liu; Alex Beamish; Hailing LiuTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M081-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M081.Starting at €0.00
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Mini Iron & Alloys Private Limited: Springing into a New Future
Rajiv Misra; Arohini Narain; Shloka JaiswalCase IVEY-9B20D020-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe case details the challenges of running a small manufacturing enterprise in India. The current operations at Mini Iron & Alloys Private Limited (MIA), which produced springs for rail wagons, were stable, and business had grown. However, the demand forStarting at €8.20
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Chariot Comics: Faster Release
Rajiv Misra; Aniruddho ChakrabortyCase IVEY-9B13DS007Service and Operations Management, StrategyChariot Comics, a comic-book production house, is refining its processes for the production of comics. Currently, launching a comic requires 52 to 54 days, which the company wants to reduce to 45 days. Working toward this objective requires analysis of the current process and a review of the various alternatives to achieving the desired time reduction.Starting at €8.20
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Hisense's Internationalization Dilemma: Co-Operation with Loewe - Teaching Note
Su Liu; Paul W. BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M155-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M155.Starting at €0.00
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ERKE: Consumption Binge Caused by Donations
Weina Li; Su Liu; Chenxi YiCase IVEY-W27047-EMarketing, StrategyHongxing ERKE Industrial Co., Ltd. (ERKE), founded in 2000, was the first large Chinese sportswear company to list overseas. Despite the difficulties it faced caused by poor management and the decline of its brand influence, ERKE donated ¥50 million worth of aid to disaster-hit areas in Henan, China, shortly after severe flooding in the province in July 2021. The donation caused an unprecedented online event in China and ignited the enthusiasm of...Starting at €8.20
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Mini Iron & Alloys Private Limited: Springing into a New Future - Teaching Note
Rajiv Misra; Arohini Narain; Shloka JaiswalTeaching Note IVEY-8B20D020-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20D020.Starting at €0.00
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The Qingdao International Beer Festival’s Pandemic Predicament
Su Liu; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9B21M030-EStrategyIn mid-2020, the organizer of the Qingdao International Beer Festival (QIBF) faced a predicament. The QIBF was an annual festival held every August in Qingdao, China; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizer had initially abandoned the idea of holding the QIBF in 2020. By the end of March 2020, the spread of the pandemic in China had been basically contained. The organizer then decided to restart the event preparations. However, on Ju...Starting at €8.20
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Hisense-Hitachi Joint Venture: Expanding Internationally
Paul W. Beamish; Su LiuCase IVEY-9B16M169-EStrategyIn June 2014, Hisense of China and Hitachi of Japan were considering whether their 11-year-old joint venture (JV) should once again assume responsibility for its international sales. After developing a solid central air-conditioner market share in China, in 2009, the JV began to sell in various overseas regions but struggled. In April 2012, the partners agreed to have a Hisense subsidiary (the HIMC) assume full responsibility for selling the JV’s...Starting at €8.20
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Hisense-Hitachi Joint Venture: Expanding in Southeast Asia
Paul W. Beamish; Su LiuCase IVEY-9B16M220-EStrategyBefore re-entering the Southeast Asian market in 2015, the Hisense-Hitachi joint venture mainly used the well known Hitachi brand to explore overseas markets. After the JV had accumulated enough capacity to adopt a product differentiation strategy, they decided to treat the Hisense brand as the focal brand in Southeast Asia and adopted a series of distribution strategies that differed from what they had used to sell Hitachi branded products elsew...Starting at €8.20