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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Iloof: Expanding from Online to Offline Channels
Yi Liao; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Jun LiCase IVEY-9B20D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIloof Technology Co. Ltd. was a Chinese start-up high-technology company at the forefront of the smart water bottle market, one of the newest sectors in the reusable water bottle industry. Smart bottles or cups, also known as interactive water bottles, were technologically advanced devices that had wireless communication capabilities to connect with electronic devices, such as smart phones. They also helped record and optimize the user’s water in...Starting at €8.20
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Sunyuki: Organic Fresh-Food Distribution Channels
Jing Liang; Shilei Yang; Jing ChenCase IVEY-9B20A054-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn January 2015, the founder and chairman of Sunyuki Agricultural Co., Ltd. (Sunyuki), was considering a major change to his company. Founded in 2010, Sunyuki was one of the first online fresh-food retailers in southwest China, providing safe, fresh, orgaStarting at €8.20
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JD: E-invoice with Blockchain
Nina Yan; Jing Chen; Hubert Pun; Yongqin LeiCase IVEY-9B20M047-EStrategyJingdong (JD), the leading innovation-driven e-commerce company and retail infrastructure service provider in China, had rapidly expanded its enterprise procurement market. In the process, however, it faced major issues related to poor customer experience, the high cost of risk control for the value-added tax (VAT), and inefficient invoice management. In early 2018, JD (the supplier of invoices) collaborated with the China Pacific Insurance (Grou...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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Yangtzekiang Garment Group Company: Challenges and Opportunities in Transformation- Teaching Note
Jianping Liang; Hubert Pun; Jing ChenTeaching Note IVEY-8B18D001-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B18D001.Starting at €0.00
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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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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding: Queueing Challenges
Meng Zhang; Kaixuan Qin; Jing Chen; Shilei YangCase IVEY-W31852-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was a world-renowned giant panda research institution and tourism destination and had successfully attracted millions of tourists since its opening. The surge in tourists, however, had also increased pressure to provide a tourist-friendly experience, and long wait times generated more complaints than any other issue. Tourists experienced long queues at the ticket offices and at the entrances of th...Starting at €8.20
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Suning.com: Managing the Challenges of Expansion - Teaching Note
Yan Zhu; Jing Chen; Hubert PunTeaching Note IVEY-W27155-EStrategyTeaching note for product W27154.Starting at €0.00