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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Wooden Bakery: Should It Enter the U.S. Market
Hagop Panossian; Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B16M128-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA leading family-owned Lebanese bakery-convenience store chain, Wooden Bakery, was in the process of deciding the company’s next options for growth in Lebanon and in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The owner was pondering the use of aggressive growth strategies such as franchising and area-development franchising. Additionally, the founder of the company and its board members were facing the biggest decision in the company’s history as th...Starting at €8.20
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BLC Bank and the Quest for Women's Empowerment in MENA
Farah Matar; Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B15M106-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2010, the assistant general manager and head of strategic development at Lebanon’s BLC Bank attended the annual summit of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, a leading organization of financial institutions that drove the creation of women’s wealth worldwide. On her return to Beirut, she encouraged her bank to capitalize on the inclusion of women as a relevant differentiator from both a business and societal perspective. The result of resea...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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Savemom: The Smart Wearable Solution for Maternal Health Care
Renuka Kamath; Shrinath V.Case IVEY-W27806-EEntrepreneurship, Knowledge and CommunicationIn January 2020, two social entrepreneurs were looking back at the first five years of operation of their venture JioVio Healthcare. The entrpreneurs had designed, developed, and implemented their cloud-based Internet of Things software Savemom. Using feedback from key stakeholders, Savemom assisted in the early detection of preventable complications during pregnancy and safe delivery, especially for expectant mothers in rural India, with a goal ...Starting at €8.20
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Captain Fresh: Value Fishing across Segments - Teaching Note
Renuka Kamath; ShabbirHusain R.V.Teaching Note IVEY-W32009-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product W32008.Starting at €0.00
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Direct-To-Consumer brand Suta: Weaving in Conversion Rate Optimization - Teaching Note
Sheila Roy; Renuka KamathTeaching Note IVEY-W28031-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingTeaching note for product W28030.Starting at €0.00
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Sustainability in the Arab World: The Aramex Way
Dima Jamali; Cedric DawkinsCase IVEY-9B11M060-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn 1982, Fadi Ghandour founded Aramex, a leading provider of logistics and transportation solutions with headquarters in Amman, Jordan. From its early inception, Ghandour strategically included principles and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in the company’s culture in order to align business interests and competence with stakeholders’ needs. The community and environment were regarded as key stakeholders driv...Starting at €8.20
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Castrol India Limited: An Innovative Distribution Channel
Renuka KamathCase IVEY-9B16A044-EMarketing, StrategyIn January 2006, the general manager of sales at Castrol India Limited was concerned. Sales of Castrol motorcycle oil for four-stroke engines was far less than it should be, especially when considering the five million motorcycles being added to Indian roads each year. Most motorcycle oil changes took place in franchised workshops during the warranty period and in non-franchised workshops after the warranty period. The general manager wanted to i...Starting at €8.20
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Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems: Promoting Development in a Post-war Context
Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B11M050-EStrategyThe project manager of the Partnership for Lebanon (PFL) and Cisco Systems’s regional director of corporate affairs for the Middle East and Africa met in September 2009, three years after the PFL was first initiated. The meeting primarily revolved around the challenge of sustainability and what useful suggestions they could put forward to their partners to ensure that the projects initiated through the PFL were not dependent on the continuous inv...Starting at €8.20
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Wooden Bakery: Should It Enter the U.S. Market - Teaching Note
Hagop Panossian; Dima JamaliTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M128-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M128.Starting at €0.00