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Fengshou Crab Manor
Yan Gong; Liman Zhao; Liang DongCase IVEY-9B16M063-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySince its founding in 2002, Fengshou Crab Manor had become one of the top brands in China’s mitten crab sector by using a distinctive gift voucher model. The company had attracted over 100,000 loyal customers from companies and non-profit institutions in Beijing and Shanghai. At the beginning of 2013, however, the government’s Central Committee unveiled an eight-point code of conduct to reduce bureaucracy and boost ties with the public, which adv...Starting at €8.20
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PhoneWin: Winning in Rural Markets
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Yan Gong; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B17M096-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Jiangsu Huabo Industrial Group Co. Ltd. brought together offline logistics services and an online platform to create Jiangsu PhoneWin Logistics Management Co. Ltd. (PhoneWin). PhoneWin’s purpose was to exploit e-commerce opportunities for phones and related services in small towns and villages in China. Although competition was fierce from several large e-commerce companies in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, PhoneWin achieved some success. By ...Starting at €8.20
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Mary Kay China: People and Love
Jean Lee; Liman Zhao; Yunting LuCase IVEY-9B17C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyMary Kay (China) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (Mary Kay China) was one of China’s leading direct-enterprises in skincare products and cosmetics. In September 2015, the president of Mary Kay China was considering how best to continue to grow the company in the face of increasing e-commerce. The parent company and all its subsidiaries ascribed to the mission of enriching women’s lives; its guiding principles emphasized relationships and connections between ...Starting at €8.20
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Red Star Macalline: Strategic Evolution
Jie Li; Jean-Louis SchaanCase IVEY-9B17M086-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, the founder and chief executive officer of Red Star Macalline, China’s largest furniture shopping mall operator, was finalizing the company’s new growth plan—the “1001 Strategy.” The plan was to be implemented in two phases: first, building 1,000 brick-and-mortar shopping malls, focused on home improvement products, and then integrating the malls into a seamless ecosystem through a single overarching Internet platform. The company faced ...Starting at €8.20
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ArcelorMittal (B)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M002-EStrategyFrom the perspectives of the senior executive of Mittal and the senior executive of Arcelor, this case looks at post-merger integration. As with many mergers, the ArcelorMittal merger was touted as a merger of equals. Unlike most, it was actually managed as such and it worked. The case series looks at three critical decision points (one for each case) and challenges that the two senior executives faced from the line organization during the execut...Starting at €5.74
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ArcelorMittal (C)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M003-EStrategyFrom the perspectives of the senior executive of Mittal and the senior executive of Arcelor, this case looks at post-merger integration. As with many mergers, the ArcelorMittal merger was touted as a merger of equals. Unlike most, it was actually managed as such and it worked. The case series looks at three critical decision points (one for each case) and challenges that the two senior executives faced from the line organization during the execut...Starting at €5.74
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ArcelorMittal (A)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M001-EStrategyFrom the perspectives of the senior executive of Mittal and the senior executive of Arcelor, this case looks at post-merger integration. As with many mergers, the ArcelorMittal merger was touted as a merger of equals. Unlike most, it was actually managed as such and it worked. The case series looks at three critical decision points (one for each case) and challenges that the two senior executives faced from the line organization during the execut...Starting at €8.20
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Hopax (B)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Yung-Chien LouCase IVEY-9B10M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Hopax (A), product number 9B10M004, explains that, unlike the other players, Hopax decides to fight in court after Staples, Hopax's largest customer in the United States, decides to cancel its contract.Starting at €5.74
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Hopax (C)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Yung-Chien LouCase IVEY-9B10M006-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Hopax (A), product number 9B10M004, recounts the events that followed until 2008 and explains how the company applied principles of judo strategy to become the second largest supplier of repositionable notes in the world.Starting at €5.74
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Phil Chan (A)
Paul W. Beamish; Jean-Louis SchaanCase IVEY-9B08M038-EStrategyThe case deals with a scam that has been run out of Nigeria since 1990. In it, foreign companies are approached for their assistance in facilitating an international transfer of funds in order to receive a very large but unearned commission. In the case, a Hong Kong-based manager who is travelling to Nigeria is unaware that he is walking into a situation where his company is about to be cheated. The objective of the case is to raise the issue of ...Starting at €8.20