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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Paying for CSR is Good Governance
Bryan HongArticle IVEY-9B17TB06-ELeadership and People ManagementIs there a place for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in effective executive compensation? This author’s research says “yes.” Compensation for CSR both helps to serve shareholder interests and is a sign of good corporate governance. The author’s research on corporate governance and executive compensation for CSR examined whether incentives for CSR in executive compensation contracts were systematically related to more (or less) shareholder-f...Starting at €8.20
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Mahindra Rise: A Brand Architecture Decision
Ashita Aggarwal; Sulakshana "Lulu" RaghavanCase IVEY-9B14A077-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2009, the Mahindra Group, a US$16.3 billion multinational corporation based in Mumbai, India, had introduced a new positioning called “Rise” to provide meaning to its brand and help unite its various businesses under a common umbrella. Successful integration and implementation of the new positioning required the company to re-examine its brand architecture, which was currently a complex, inside?out arrangement that resulted in a diffused image...Starting at €8.20
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Seijing Motor Corporation: Reposition or Extend the Pickup Brand
Ashita Aggarwal; Shriram Iyer; Projesh KarCase IVEY-9B18A012-EMarketingIn early 2016, the country head for Seijing Motor Corporation (SMC) in India was worried about stagnant sales of the company’s Supreme pickup brand. The Supreme brand had gained only a single-digit market share over the past year, and SMC’s share of the growing large pickup market had steadily fallen, from 40 per cent in 2005 to 10 per cent in 2015. SMC’s Supreme brand was competing with the market leader in the pickup segment. The pickup needed ...Starting at €8.20
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Evoe Spring Spa: A Positioning Dilemma
Ashita Aggarwal; Renuka Kamath; Sunil RaoCase IVEY-9B13A051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe co-founders of Evoe Spring Spa need to decide on the positioning of their business in the nascent Indian spa market. Indian consumers perceive spas as an expensive indulgence for the rich, and some spa services are seen as socially and culturally unacceptable. As a result, the co-founders need to build this category by changing consumer attitudes toward spa services. To identify the target segment and the best positioning for Evoe, the co-fou...Starting at €8.20
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Balaji Wafers Taking the Pepsi Challenge - Teaching Note
Rajiv Agarwal; Ashita AggarwalTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M145-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M145.Starting at €0.00
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Seijing Motor Corporation: Reposition or Extend the Pickup Brand - Teaching Note
Ashita Aggarwal; Shriram Iyer; Projesh KarTeaching Note IVEY-8B18A012-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B18A012.Starting at €0.00
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Paris Baguette: The Expansion Question
Bryan Hong; Ji-Hwan Lee; Kevin KimCase IVEY-9B15M014-EStrategyIn 2014, Paris Baguette was the largest bakery chain in South Korea with 3,200 stores throughout the country and 178 locations in China, Southeast Asia and the United States. Since 1988, the company had vertically integrated with ingredient suppliers and developed its own food processing capability, giving it considerable control over the value chain. In addition, it had developed an innovative franchise arrangement that allowed for improved cash...Starting at €8.20
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Café Coffee Day: Brand Transformation through Repositioning
Ashita Aggarwal; Sulakshana "Lulu" RaghavanCase IVEY-9B16A034-EMarketing, StrategyCafé Coffee Day pioneered retail café culture in India with its entry into the market in 1996. After enjoying success for more than a decade, the brand felt the need to evolve in order to suit consumer preferences and better compete in the market space. The Café Coffee Day management team commissioned a brand image study to better understand consumer perceptions. The results showed that although Café Coffee Day's “regular guy/girl” brand archetyp...Starting at €8.20
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Rocket Internet: Rise of the German Silicon Valley
Bryan Hong; Dave TangCase IVEY-9B15M098-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyRocket Internet, a unique technology incubator based in Germany, invests in and develops startups in Europe and emerging markets that are versions of successful technology firms primarily located in the United States, such as eBay, Zappos, Amazon and Groupon. Fundamentally, the company seeks to reduce the uncertainty of entrepreneurial startup ventures by imitating proven business models and replicating them in other geographic regions. Rocket In...Starting at €8.20
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GreedyGame: Leveraging Online-Gaming for Brand Storytelling - Teaching Note
Ashita Aggarwal; Suraj Commuri; Ankit RawalTeaching Note IVEY-8B21A008-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B21A008.Starting at €0.00