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Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market
Gupta, Sunil; Narayandas, Das; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-518097-EMarketingIn 2017, both Flipkart and Amazon claimed leadership position in India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports hint that Reliance Industries, a large Indian conglomerate, is planning to extend its e-commerce offering beyond fashion to electronics, mobile phones and even groceries. As th...Starting at €5.74
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Altamar Brands, LLC: A Growth Journey
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-ENT-0197-EEntrepreneurshipThis case will work well in Entrepreneurship electives or in Executive Education courses dealing with challenges faced by start-up enterprises. When W. L. Lyons Brown started Altamar Brands in 2005, he wanted to develop new brands or partner with ones that had achieved commercial acceptance and then make use of his skills and capital to scale them to build a portfolio of “boutique” category leaders. Revenue for 2008 was negatively affected by the...Starting at €8.20
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Flipkart: Transitioning to a Marketplace Model, Teaching Note
Gupta, Sunil; Narayandas, DasTeaching Note HBS-516095-EMarketingTeaching note for case 516017. In 2015, Sachin and Binny Bansal, co-founders of India's largest e-tailer, Flipkart, announced that the company would switch to a marketplace model and move its logistics arm into a separate company. At the time of the announcement, Snapdeal already claimed to be India's largest marketplace, and Amazon and other deep-pocket traditional retail giants like Reliance, Future Group, and Tata left no stone unturned to ca...Starting at €0.00
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Transitioning to a Marketplace Model (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Gupta, Sunil; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-518S12MarketingSachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, co-founders of India's largest e-commerce company, Flipkart, were reviewing the foregoing Facebook post, which had gone viral and received more than 20,000 likes. A third-party seller listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag printed on the strap. Co...Starting at €8.20
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Flipkart (A): Transitioning to a Marketplace Model
Narayandas, Das; Gupta, Sunil; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-516017-EMarketingSachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, co-founders of India's largest e-commerce company, Flipkart, were reviewing the foregoing Facebook post, which had gone viral and received more than 20,000 likes. A third-party seller listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag printed on the strap. Co...Starting at €8.20
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Humildad, una capacidad básica en la era de las máquinas inteligentes
Hess, Edward D.Article ART-3098Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementLa mayoría de nosotros nos consideramos bastante inteligentes. De lo contrario, no habríamos logrado nuestro actual puesto directivo. Pero el tipo de pensamiento que te llevó hasta aquí no bastará en la era de las máquinas inteligentes, en la que la tecnología será más inteligente que nosotros. Para hacer frente a la competencia por los trabajos que queden, debemos abandonar mentalidades y comportamientos anticuados en favor de lo que el autor de...Starting at €8.20
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Can You Win Back Online Shoppers? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Teixeira, Thales S.; Gupta, SunilArticle HBS-R1509K-EMarketingBenjy's, an electronics and appliance retailer, is losing business because of "showrooming": Customers come into the chain's stores to see, touch, and compare products but then buy at a lower cost from online competitors. Does the company's answer lie in matching online prices, trying to thwart price comparisons, improving customer service, offering exclusive products, charging manufacturers a fee for showcasing their products, or something else?...Starting at €8.20
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Paytm: Building a Payments Network
Gupta, Sunil; Narayandas, Das; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-517091-EMarketingBy January 2017, Paytm, a mobile payments company that started in 2010, became India's largest mobile payments platform with over 142 million users and a $5 billion valuation. Could Paytm become the $100 billion company its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma envisioned it to be?Starting at €8.20
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Amazon in 2021 (Spanish version)
Gupta, Sunil; Rodriguez, Margaret L.Case HBS-515S06MarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Amazon launched its website in July 1995 to sell books online. Since then it has expanded into a variety of businesses that some see as unrelated. By 2019 Amazon has grown to become a digital giant with over $233 billion in annual sales but its profitability has been uneven. Has it spread itself too th...Starting at €8.20
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Cuál es el valor de los clientes que no pagan
Gupta, Sunil; Mela, Carl F.Article HBS-R0811GMarketingclientes libres que están subvencionados por el pago de los clientes son esenciales para una amplia gama de empresas, como las compañías de medios de comunicación, servicios de empleo, e incluso los proveedores de TI. Pero debido a que generan ingresos sólo de manera indirecta, averiguar el verdadero valor de los clientes - y la cantidad de atención que dedicar a ellos - siempre ha sido un reto. los modelos tradicionales de valoración cliente no ...Starting at €8.20