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Aviron Interactive Inc.: Bootstrapping a Gamification Fitness Startup
Derrick Neufeld; Ning Su; Ken Mark; Vy Hoang; Michael LaPalme; Angela VavitsasCase IVEY-9B19E003-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIn 2016, Toronto entrepreneur Andy Hoang was working to launch a new business, Aviron Interactive Inc., a developer and marketer of interactive rowing machines that would use gamification to allow users to work out with others through a virtual connection and an innovative, remotely-activated resistance adjustor. Hoang wanted to create the new business by wrapping an outsourced services model around a central core that included the key business i...Starting at €8.20
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Didi, Kuaidi, and Uber in China
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangCase IVEY-9B16M059-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, China’s leading domestic Internet-based ride-hailing company, Didi, claimed more than 50 per cent of the Chinese ride-hailing market, followed closely by a major local competitor, Kuaidi. As Didi and Kuaidi actively competed against each other, U.S.-based Uber entered the battle with a different strategy. In the face of the increasingly complex and constantly changing landscape of China’s ride-hailing market, Didi’s founders wondered wha...Starting at €8.20
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Cialis Lifecycle Management: Lilly's BPH Dilemma
Ofek, Elie; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-513005-EMarketingHow should Eli Lilly further develop and market a new indication of its highly successful erectile-dysfunction (ED) drug, Cialis, without confusing Cialis's hard-won brand equity with physicians and patients? With the final stages of clinical trials for the new indication, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), soon to be carried out, the team had to make a decision soon. On its face, the market opportunity for a BPH indication, and its synergies wi...Starting at €8.20
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ExerciseApp
Barbara L. Marcolin; Ning Su; Corey RochkinCase IVEY-9B13E001-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe CEO and founder of ExerciseApp decided to take the plunge and spec out the features of his new iPhone mobile application and supporting website. He planned for ExerciseApp to stream exercise workouts from pro-athletes to followers who wanted to “Train. Play. Be. Like the Pros” and get an edge to their workouts. As he envisioned the application, he realized he would need a lot of help with the technology and the setup of this entrepreneurial v...Starting at €8.20
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PepsiCo India: Performance with Purpose
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Khurana, Rakesh; Lal, Rajiv; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-512041-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2010, PepsiCo India's management is working to translate PepsiCo's new mission, "Performance with Purpose," into practice in the India market. The mission calls for continued financial performance and market leadership, as well as greater emphasis on healthy products, natural resource management, and employee empowerment. PepsiCo India and other regional PepsiCo business ...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen Group: Driving Big Business With Big Data
Ning Su; Naqaash PiraniCase IVEY-9B14E002-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe Volkswagen Group (VW Group) had set a firm-wide "Strategy 2018," which sought to make Volkswagen "the most successful and fascinating automaker in the world by 2018." According to the strategy, the company would reach annual sales of 10 million vehicles worldwide. To achieve this ambitious goal, VW Group placed "intelligent innovations and technologies" at the top of its agenda. Big data, broadly defined, represented an important opportunity ...Starting at €8.20
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Acibadem Healthcare Group
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, Natalie; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-315120-EThis case focuses on Ac badem Healthcare Group's, Turkey's only premium nationwide hospital network, potential expansion strategies after it was acquired by International Healthcare Holdings Berhad (IHH) in 2011, the world's second-largest publicly listed health care group and a private hospital leader in Singapore and Malaysia. By providing perspectives on both Ac badem and IHH-Parkway-Pantai's operational models, growth aspirations, collabora...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen Group: Driving Big Business With Big Data (Spanish version)
Ning Su; Naqaash PiraniCase IVEY-9B14ES002Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe Volkswagen Group (VW Group) had set a firm-wide "Strategy 2018," which sought to make Volkswagen "the most successful and fascinating automaker in the world by 2018." According to the strategy, the company would reach annual sales of 10 million vehicles worldwide. To achieve this ambitious goal, VW Group placed "intelligent innovations and technologies" at the top of its agenda. Big data, broadly defined, represented an important opportunity ...Starting at €8.20
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America (A)
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-313012-EService and Operations ManagementCancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a U.S. network of four privately owned oncology focused factory hospitals, was weighing options for growth. CTCA was entirely cancer focused and specialized in treating patients with complex and advanced-stage cancers, who were reached through advertising its integrative, team-based approach to care. CEO Stephen Bonner needed to decide whether to focus future expansion on building additional full-scale ...Starting at €8.20
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McKesson
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-312002-EMcKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010 revenues, just made its first foray into health care services with the acquisition of U.S. Oncology, an integrated cancer care company, whose expertise it could leverage in offerings catered to other physician specialties. Wi...Starting at €8.20