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Forbes Technosys Limited (A): Bill Payment Kiosk Business
Davinder Singh; Anuj SahuCase IVEY-9B16M221-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2010, Forbes Technosys Limited (FTL) was not doing well. After more than a year, the company’s bill payment kiosk business was losing money and no longer seemed viable. The time had come to re-evaluate all aspects of this business line and make decisions regarding FTL’s future course of action. Accordingly, FTL’s chief executive officer proposed an idea regarding prepaid mobile recharges using the existing bill payment kiosks, along with a...Starting at €8.20
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Forbes Technosys Limited (B): Bill Payment Kiosk Business
Davinder Singh; Anuj SahuCase IVEY-9B16M222-EStrategyIn May 2010, Forbes Technosys Limited (FTL) was not doing well. After more than a year, the company’s bill payment kiosk business was losing money and no longer seemed viable. The time had come to re-evaluate all aspects of this business line and make decisions regarding FTL’s future course of action. Accordingly, FTL’s chief executive officer proposed an idea regarding prepaid mobile recharges using the existing bill payment kiosks, along with a...Starting at €5.74
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Wiener Staatsoper (A): Streaming from the Vienna Opera House
Dagmar Abfalter; Sebastien Boutonnet; Serge Poisson-de HaroCase IVEY-9B16M218-EStrategyThis case series focuses on the challenges faced by prestigious arts organizations when confronted with new cultural arts consumption modes, especially those created by the explosion of digital consumption opportunities. In 2012/13, the Wiener Staatsoper (the Vienna State Opera) enjoyed a 99 per cent occupancy rate but, apart from the national broadcasting network, lacked a presence in the digital arena. In contrast, performances by New York’s Me...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Face the Music (Update 2016) - Teaching Note: Facing Increased Competition
Sastre Boquet, Isaac; Vroom, GovertTeaching Note SMT-112-EStrategyThe case describes the business model of the music streaming company Spotify, setting it against the backdrop of a music industry that had faced steep revenue declines since the advent of digital formats in the late 1990s and the rise of illegal file sharing. The case also presents the competition Spotify faces from the likes of Pandora, Google and Apple and asks whether Spotify has a viable long-term business model despite its explosive user and...Starting at €0.00
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Eco Tasar Silk: Sales Force Calling It Quits
Sushmita Waraich; Ajay ChaturvediCase IVEY-9B17C019-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn 2016, the managing director of Eco Tasar Silk Private Ltd., an organization that sold handloom Tasar silk products created by low-income artisans in rural, underdeveloped areas of India, faced issues with his sales team. The managing director’s dedication and perseverance, coupled with his past experience in a non-governmental organization in a similar field, had helped his company grow quickly over a short period of time. However, as the comp...Starting at €8.20
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Mental and Natural: Building a Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform in China
Xiaomei Li; Lawrence A. PlummerCase IVEY-9B17M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2016, the entrepreneurial founder of Mental and Natural Company, a digital multimedia company in China, wanted to have ready access to China’s best multimedia talent and expertise, but without burdening the company with an excessive number of employees. The entrepreneur and his team were developing a cloud-based multimedia crowdsourcing and collaboration platform, which would allow the company to quickly and easily crowdsource the needed ...Starting at €8.20
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JSW Steel: Shared Value at Vijayanagar Steel Plant
Sandeep Goyal; Amit Kapoor; Wilfried AulburCase IVEY-9B17M065-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2015, JSW Steel Limited had established itself as one of India’s leading steel producers. Since 2002, it had increased its capacity from 1.6 million tons per annum (MTPA) to 18.0 MTPA at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18 per cent; increased production from 1.30 MTPA to 12.36 MTPA at a CAGR of 19 per cent; and increased market capitalization by 59 times, from US$79.26 million to US$4.676 billion. The company’s innovative shared-value a...Starting at €8.20
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Programming Business Models Through Digital Density (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Zamora, JavierArticle ART-3013-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe exponential growth of digital connections and data generates myriad interactions between organizations, people and things that executives can leverage to enhance their current business models or create entirely new ones. But how best to harness the power of this digital density? This article presents a framework to help senior executives tap connected data and pinpoint the programmable elements of their value proposition. The author also high...Starting at €8.20
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Programming Business Models Through Digital Density
Zamora, JavierArticle ART-3013-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe exponential growth of digital connections and data generates myriad interactions between organizations, people and things that executives can leverage to enhance their current business models or create entirely new ones. But how best to harness the power of this digital density? This article presents a framework to help senior executives tap connected data and pinpoint the programmable elements of their value proposition. The author also high...Starting at €8.20
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PhoneWin: Winning in Rural Markets
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Yan Gong; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B17M096-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Jiangsu Huabo Industrial Group Co. Ltd. brought together offline logistics services and an online platform to create Jiangsu PhoneWin Logistics Management Co. Ltd. (PhoneWin). PhoneWin’s purpose was to exploit e-commerce opportunities for phones and related services in small towns and villages in China. Although competition was fierce from several large e-commerce companies in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, PhoneWin achieved some success. By ...Starting at €8.20