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Semir's E-Commerce: Success and Exploration
Juan Shan; William Wei; Xiaojia Sunny WangCase IVEY-9B18A019-EMarketing, StrategyZhejiang Semir E-Commerce Co. Ltd., the online subsidiary of Chinese casual clothing company Zhejiang Semir Group Co. Ltd. (Semir), grew continuously from its launch in 2012 to become a main contributor to Semir’s success, contributing approximately 30 per cent of Semir’s annual revenue by 2016. Semir entered the online market relatively late after many competing Chinese clothing manufacturers had already established their presence online. Yet it...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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Joysun at the Crossroads
William Wei; Ali Taleb; Vicky NieCase IVEY-9B13M061-EStrategyJoysun was established as a state-owned enterprise in the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in China in 1995. Thanks to the effective leadership of its general manager and to the monopolistic nature of the Chinese import and export industry in the mid-1990s, the company had grown rapidly from a shop with five employees in its early days to a major player in the logistics industry by the end of 2012. However, Joysun’s journey had been rocky due ...Starting at €8.20
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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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I-Star: Expanding in North America
William Wei; Xiaohua Yang; Roger Chen; Kimberley Howard; Stanley KwongCase IVEY-9B12M041-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, StrategyThe president of I-Star America, Inc. and vice-president of I-Star Corporation reflected on the success of I-Star in the Chinese and Japanese IT markets and the challenges of increasing market share in North America, one of the largest markets in the world. I-Star was expected to grow about 30 per cent in the next few years, and the president considered whether the strategy used in Japan could be applied to North America.Many Chinese firms that e...Starting at €8.20
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Branding BY-HEALTH: The Value of Transparency
Denghua Yuan; William Wei; Matthew MardresCase IVEY-9B17M126-EStrategyBY-HEALTH Co., Ltd. (BY-HEALTH), a Chinese dietary supplement company founded in 1995, had a first-mover advantage as a contemporary health supplement provider in Mainland China. It had successfully utilized this advantage to conquer a significant portion of the market. However, by early 2017, maintaining this leadership position in the market had become increasingly difficult, largely due to deteriorating public perception of consumables origina...Starting at €8.20
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A Speed Race: Benelli and QJ Compete in the International Motorbike Arena
Francesca Spigarelli; Ilan Alon; William WeiCase IVEY-9B09M097-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2005, the Qianjiang Group (QJ), a large-scale Chinese state-owned group, acquired the Italian company Benelli to expand its business in Western markets beyond Italy. Benelli's brand advantage was intended to provide the core competency for QJ to compete in the global motorbike markets; in addition, Benelli's capabilities and know-how in motorbike and scooter engineering also helped QJ complete its product portfolio. After a successful start, t...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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Qingke Facilities Leasing: Strategic Decision-Making to Capture the Apartment Leasing Market
William Wei; Vicky Nie; S. Bruce Thomson; Christy-Ke TuCase IVEY-W24848-EMarketing, StrategyIn April 2012, Qingke Facilities Leasing Ltd. (Qingke), a technology-based real estate management company, was founded to provide a long-term apartment rental service to young professionals in Shanghai and some other cities. The goal was to rent constructStarting at €8.20
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China Railway Construction Corporation: Attaining Globalization via High-Speed Rail
Hongxing Cao; Yuanfang Lin; William WeiCase IVEY-9B18M149-EStrategyDespite fast advancements in technology and production capacity, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) faced a variety of challenges and risks on its path to build profitability in the global high-speed rail (HSR) market. Some of these challenges came from nations with competing HSR technology and international expansion plans, while others were related to the country of origin and its effects on perceptions about the product and brand po...Starting at €8.20