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Shanghai Contron: From Start-up to Growth
Lydia Qianqian Li; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiCase IVEY-9B18M169-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyShanghai Contron Information Technology Co., Ltd. was a small technology company in Shanghai, China, established in 2011. The company's main customer was the government, and sales management was the company's primary department. In a rapidly expanding marStarting at €8.20
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Victorinox: 125 años dando la talla
Jamro, Konrad; Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Lee, Yih-TeenCase DPO-202Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementCon 125 años de experiencia y unos valores únicos, Victorinox parecía estar preparada para sobrevivir a la crisis económica mundial que se hizo patente en otoño de 2008. A finales del verano de 2009, antes de la reunión del Consejo de Administración de la empresa, su CEO, Karl Elsener Jr., de 51 años, se preguntaba si darían resultado las medidas tomadas hasta entonces para luchar contra la crisis, teniendo en cuenta que esta era más amplia y pro...Starting at €8.20
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Xinke: Transforming Service through the Crowd Innovation Space
Haibo Hu; Haitao Lu; Tao Huang; Chunbing Mao; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiCase IVEY-9B19M034-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in late 2014, Xinke used a crowdfunding café model to provide a platform for communication among entrepreneurs and investors. In June 2015, Xinke co-operated with a leading real estate company to create a crowd innovation café, and in August 2016, it received A-round financing that led to the establishment of a crowd innovation fund and the creation of a self-access media platform. Xinke had opened a high-end shared office to provide all ...Starting at €8.20
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Victorinox: 125 Years in the Cutting Edge
Jamro, Konrad; Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Lee, Yih-TeenCase DPO-202-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementWith 125 years of experience and a unique set of values, Victorinox seemed to be well prepared to survive the worldwide economic crisis, which became evident in the fall of 2008. At the end of the summer of 2009, before the brand board meeting, 51 year-old Carl Elsener Jr., the CEO of the company, was wondering whether the measures taken so far to fight back the crisis would work, taking into account that the current crisis was much deeper and wi...Starting at €8.20
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CaiHong: Combining Legal Services and the Internet
Weiwei Huo; William Wei; Peihong Xie; Xiaohan Hu; Etayankara Muralidharan; Haining Wu; Yi HuangCase IVEY-9B20D004-EStrategyShanghai Jiujia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (CaiHong) was founded in April 2015 by entrepreneur Junyuan Huang. The company has transitioned from an e-commerce platform to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to better compete in China’s Legal Service Plus Internet (LSPI) industry. While exploring some key concepts about CaiHong, such as market positioning, business model innovation, SaaS, and growth strategies, several questions are raise...Starting at €8.20
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Japan Tobacco International (JTI): Achieving Excellence through Diversity
Lee, Yih-Teen; Poelmans, StevenCase DPO-364-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case describes how Japan Tobacco International (JTI) managed the cultural diversity in the company as well as the process of postmerger integration with Gallaher. It demonstrates that diversity can be a natural part of a company and how diversity can be managed through clear leadership from the top and a well-designed system for human resources management. It also raises questions on how to leverage diversity to make the company more innovati...Starting at €8.20