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Primark Stores Limited: Low-cost Strategy and Sustainability Initiatives
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M059-EStrategyPrimark was a low-cost, fast-fashion clothing retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom. The company’s low-priced clothing enticed consumers, but it also attracted criticism for exploitative labor practices in the low-cost economies where Primark’s manufacturing was outsourced. However, Primark believed that it created jobs in low-cost economies, and its low prices were the result of efficient initiatives such as no online presence and limited...Starting at €8.20
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India Post
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B13M119-EStrategyThe advent of the world wide web and the entry of private players in India’s post-liberalization era resulted in India Post losing a substantial volume of its business to e-mails, faxes, short-message services and private-courier-service providers. Additionally, government policies regarding India Post had long remained unchanged. As a consequence, India Post was caught up in a vicious cycle of decreasing mail traffic, low levels of technology in...Starting at €8.20
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Indigo Airlines
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B13M033-EStrategyThe case focuses on the profitability of the Indian aviation industry and explains how Indigo Airlines, a new entrant in the Indian aviation space, registered profits within three years of its inception while its competitors continued to struggle with losses. The case demonstrates how a firm incorporating innovative business practices can not only survive but also earn abnormal profits. The strategies adopted by Indigo Airlines to reduce its oper...Starting at €8.20
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BigBasket.com
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B15M010-EStrategyIn India, customers were used to the idea of buying groceries in stores. BigBasket.com, India’s first online grocery retailer, was set to break this mindset. Customers were signing up at an aggressive rate based on word-of-mouth. With a commitment to provide a top-quality product assortment at competitive prices, BigBasket successfully provided last-mile delivery to customers across Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai. While traditional brick and mor...Starting at €8.20
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OYO: Global Expansion
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B19M123-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBetween 2016 and 2019, the India-based budget hotel start-up Oravel Stays Private Limited (OYO) expanded into nine countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. However, OYO faced several crises in its home country: contracted hoteliers oStarting at €8.20
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Amazon: Combatting Antitrust Litigations
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M219-EStrategyOn July 29, 2020, Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon), testified before a United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law that was investigating the company for engagiStarting at €8.20
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Apple Inc.: Fighting Patent Trolling
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M163-EStrategyIn February 2020, Apple Inc. (Apple) was fighting litigation by one of the oldest patent troll firms (a non-practicing entity) in the United States, VirnetX Holding Corporation (VirnetX). VirnetX targeted innovative and cash rich firms and had begun to usStarting at €8.20
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Vazirani Shul: India's First Electric Hypercar
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B19A033-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyVazirani Automotive Pvt. Ltd. debuted its first electric hypercar, the Vazirani Shul, in July 2018 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England. The Shul was promoted as the first electric hypercar from India; however, although the company waStarting at €8.20
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Value Innovation By Chobani
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B16M180-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in 2005, Greek yogourt maker Chobani used value innovation to become the number one yogourt brand in the United States by 2011. However, due to some internal problems such as a lack of seasoned professionals and financial resources, and external factors such as competition and decline in demand, Chobani lost its market share to competitors starting in early 2013. With help from a private venture firm, Chobani took several steps to turn th...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric: Turnaround Management Under Three Different CEOs
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20M150-EStrategyIn 2019, after one year in the position, H. Lawrence Culp Jr., the first outsider chief executive officer (CEO) of General Electric Company (GE) was faced with the task of gaining the stock market’s faith in his ability to turn GE around. During the tenurStarting at €8.20