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NeoGenius: B2B or (Not) To Be
Dominic Lim; Eric MorseCase IVEY-9B17M001-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNeoGenius Co., Ltd. (NeoGenius) was an early-stage entrepreneurial venture based in South Korea. Founded in February 2000, NeoGenius provided a wide range of business-to-business (B2B) e-business software and related services. In June 2001, the company was up and running, but it faced competition from larger firms, and the effects of a global economic downturn; as a result, its financial performance was falling short of expectations. NeoGenius ha...Starting at €8.20
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Self-Motivation of Entrepreneur Lu Chengdui
Dezhi Chen; Fang Dai; Dominic LimCase IVEY-9B17C047-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIt was September 2009 when 21-year-old entrepreneur Lu Chengdui first considered entering the partnership that led to his becoming the chairman and general manager of Wenzhou Cijueshi Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (Cijueshi) in Zhejiang Province, China. Lu started his entrepreneurial efforts when he was in college; he became a serial entrepreneur and achieved great performance. His story drew the attention of both the media and the public. Lu w...Starting at €8.20
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Grandma Treesaw's Bannock: Mixing In Growth
Dominic Lim; Zuhayr Abbas; Nick FoxCase IVEY-W34807-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeresa Ward, founder of Grandma Treesaw’s Bannock (GTB), had recently received positive media coverage from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and was hoping to leverage it to grow her Yukon-based bannock-mix business. She was considering two options: expand her direct to consumer offer by working with Shopify Inc. to improve GTB’s e-commerce sales or grow her product portfolio by introducing two new flavours of bannock mix. A few questions lo...Starting at €8.20
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Axess Law Professional Corporation: The Next Level of Growth
Dominic Lim; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20M070-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn June 2018, Lena Koke, the co-founder of Axess Law Professional Corporation, a legal services enterprise in Toronto, Ontario, was examining how to take the firm to the next level of growth. Koke had to determine what legal products and services the firm could expand and diversify into, how the firm should leverage information technology to reinforce its low-cost positioning, and how the firm should finance growth. The co-founder must evaluate t...Starting at €8.20
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Zashita Ltd.: Identifying Opportunity in Safety
Dominic Lim; Blaine MorryCase IVEY-9B19M014-EStrategyIn 2018, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Zashita Inc. (Zashita) was contemplating the future strategic direction of his security and electrical contracting firm based in Irkutsk, Russia. The company had experienced outstanding sales growth since its founding in 2013, and this trend was expected to continue into 2019 with the existing business. Despite this, the CEO had identified a new, untapped opportunity in Irkutsk—smart home technology i...Starting at €8.20
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Medicloud Singapore: Digital Health Entrepreneurship in an Evolving Industry
Yun Su; Dominic LimCase IVEY-9B20M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2016, two years after the founding of Medicloud, a Singapore-based start-up that offered a medical appointment-booking application, the founder and chief executive officer recognized that the start-up had yet to monetize. A decision regarding a pivot was imminent. He also recognized that there were new opportunities in the areas of employee benefits and insurance for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). He needed to answer two ...Starting at €8.20
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Carrot Rewards: Carrot at a Crossroads
Dominic Lim; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B21M033-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn December 2018, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Carrot Rewards (Carrot), a profitable Canadian social enterprise, was facing a turning point. The company, which had been founded three years earlier, was about to implode. Its single largest client had just conveyed its decision to pull out, causing a sudden 65 per cent drop in the company’s annual revenue. Should Carrot continue with the prevailing model-one day at a time? Shoul...Starting at €8.20
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Freshii Inc.: Scaling Up Culture
Dominic Lim; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B18M175-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of Freshii Inc., a leading Canadian-based, international franchised restaurant chain, had developed a distinctive corporate culture at the restaurant’s head office. In July 2017, Freshii was expanding its healthy food, faStarting at €8.20
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Igraj Uci Rasti (Learn Play Grow): Scaling a Start-Up in Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dominic Lim; Erica Yarmol-Matusiak; Tyson DenhamerCase IVEY-9B20M097-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIgraj Uči Rasti (IUR), which meant “play, learn, grow” in English, was the name of a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) that produced educational materials to teach basic literacy skills to children aged 3 to 10. The company’s founder and chief execuStarting at €8.20
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Sachi Superfoods: In Pursuit of the Next Superfood
Dominic Lim; Kayla Gray; Anay GaneriwalaCase IVEY-W34703-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAfter importing three hundred bags of ground sacha inchi, a seed with promising nutritional benefits, from Peru, Kayla Gray has important decisions to make. Her new venture, Sachi Superfoods, is ready to launch; however, she does not have a clear plan on how to best market her product. Gray must decide on the best market segment to pursue in addition to the most effective marketing channel for her product.Starting at €8.20