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Comedy Nights with Kapil: Maintaining Value Creation
Neeraj Pandey; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B14A056-EMarketing, StrategyBy the end of its first season in spring 2014, “Comedy Nights with Kapil” had become India’s top rated comedy television serial in the nonfiction category. Each episode invited celebrities from Bollywood or sports teams as guests to promote their upcoming movies or ventures. The show had developed its target market and had entered the maturity stage of its business life cycle. What might be future value creation business strategies for the show t...Starting at €8.20
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Make in India: The Operating and Marketing Challenge
Gaganpreet Singh; Simarpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B15A030-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyOn September 25, 2014, the prime minister of India extended an official invitation to businesses across the globe to invest and produce in India. The program, called “Make in India,” began as a way to meet the growing needs of the country’s developing economy by encouraging both local innovation and foreign direct investment. Its goal was to make products without defects and with no negative impact on the environment, while protecting intellectua...Starting at €8.20
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Pepperfry.com: Marketing to Manage Customer Experience
Gaganpreet Singh; Sandeep Puri; Sanjit Kumar RoyCase IVEY-9B17A034-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2016, Pepperfry.com (Pepperfry) was India’s leading online retailer of furniture and home products. As a pioneer in the online furniture and furnishings space, Pepperfry had a first-mover advantage that led to the achievement of significant milestones within a short period. Online marketing, however, involved distinct challenges compared with traditional marketing practices. Improving customer experience at the different stages of a consumer’s...Starting at €8.20
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Ludhiana City Bus Services Limited: Pricing for Profits
Neeraj Pandey; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B14A019-EMarketing, StrategyLudhiana City Bus Service Limited (LCBSL) was created to improve the urban transportation system in the city of Ludhiana, India. As per the existing pricing strategy, bus fares (one of key revenue source for LCBSL) were set by the state government. LCBSL management was convinced that there was ample scope for raising the bus fares. The partial project implementation had been generating a return on capital of 1.9 per cent. To reduce this breakeven...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Watch: Managing Innovation Resistance
Tania Bucic; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B18A005-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyHaving affirmed its place in the computer, phone, and music markets, Apple Inc. (Apple) decided to embark on a brand extension strategy, shifting its focus to wearable technologies. With this shift in mind, Apple launched the Apple Watch in April 2015 as an attempt to enter different industries. Apple Watch integrated fitness and health features with Apple’s mobile operating system (iOS) and other Apple products and services. Because Apple owned ...Starting at €8.20
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Malaysia Airlines: The Marketing Challenge after MH370 and MH17
Neeraj Pandey; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B15A028-EMarketing, StrategyThe chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) had the daunting task of sustaining a business that had suffered the tragic loss of two of its airliners in a span of just four months. Prior to this, a US$392 million loss, as well as the inability to compete with lower-cost carriers, had posed a great challenge to MAS. Management was planning to initiate a cost-cutting strategy to manage pricing and the competitive challenges of the aviatio...Starting at €8.20
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Shoes of Prey: Managing the Dark Side of Value Co-creation
Sanjit Kumar Roy; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B20A022-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyLaunched in 2009, Australian-based Shoes of Prey allowed potential customers to design every detail of a pair of shoes. The co-creation strategy offered customers a sense of ownership and increased their perceived value of the shoes. The company initiallyStarting at €8.20
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United Airlines’ Service-recovery Challenge After Reputation Meltdown
Sandeep Puri; Kushal Dev Kashyap; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B18A015-EMarketingIn 2017, United Airlines suffered a blow to its corporate reputation throughout the United States and international markets, including China, mainly due to an incident on United flight 3411, in which an airport enforcement officer forcibly dragged a passenger out of a plane. The inadequate public relations reaction following the incident and ineffective crisis management left the company reeling. The company became subject to scathing social medi...Starting at €8.20
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Nestlé's Maggi: Pricing and Repositioning a Recalled Product
Neeraj Pandey; Gaganpreet SinghCase IVEY-9B16A025-EMarketing, StrategyIn June 2015, the Indian food regulatory body, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, declared Nestlé’s brand of noodles, Maggi, unsafe for human consumption. Tested samples showed excess levels of lead and added monosodium glutamate. To retain the trust of consumers, Nestlé recalled Maggi from all store shelves in the country. Management was then grappling with an improved re-positioning strategy to help Nestlé retain its considerable...Starting at €8.20
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Coca-Cola Zero Sugar: The Value Cycle during a Relaunch
Gaganpreet Singh; Sandeep Puri; Sharad SarinCase IVEY-9B17A009-EMarketing, StrategyA 2016 consumer survey in the United Kingdom revealed that five out of 10 people did not know that Coca-Cola Zero (Coke Zero) contained no sugar. Many respondents also expected Coke Zero to taste more like Coca-Cola Classic, but found the taste not similar enough. Therefore, Coca-Cola relaunched the product with an ambitious multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that followed a three-dimension value management cycle encompassing value creation, ...Starting at €8.20