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Alibaba Group: Fostering an E-commerce Ecosystem
Seung Ho Park; Ziqian (Stella) ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M217-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Alibaba Group (Alibaba), the largest e-commerce platform operator in China, boasted in its New York Stock Exchange prospectus about its e-commerce ecosystem, which was being built over time. Alibaba’s chairman and chief executive officer declared that the company’s mission was to “make it easy to do business anywhere.” However, the ecosystem, which was well suited for people’s Internet habits of the past, would not likely be up-to-date i...Starting at €8.20
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Random House: Shifting to E-Books in a Globalized World
Sarah Bickert; Volker Diestegge; Thorsten Knauer; Katja Möslang; Andrea Schroer; Friedrich SommerCase IVEY-9B13M083-EStrategyThe publisher Random House, a fully owned subsidiary of the German family company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA, faces significant changes in its markets and internal structure. While printed books have been the company’s core competence from its earliest years, with the advent of the Internet, customers, especially in the West, are beginning to prefer electronic books. Will printed books be completely replaced by digital ones, or will e-books remain...Starting at €8.20
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The Entrepreneur's Dilemma: Alibaba, Tencent and Amazon as e-Commerce Platforms
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Haibin Yang; Yukun Yang; Xin QiuCase IVEY-9B15E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyA nascent women’s apparel online store on Tmall, China's largest business-to-consumer retail platform operated by Alibaba Group, was just beginning to establish itself on the online market utilizing the tools and services provided by Tmall to develop and operate its business. Within four months after the business was launched, Tmall unexpectedly released a new policy which significantly increased the annual service fee and cash deposit for indivi...Starting at €8.20
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GLOVO: Q-commerce, the evolution of E-commerce (Italian version)
Audicana Arcas, J.; Martínez Jiménez, M.Case IIST-PI-219-I-ITService and Operations ManagementNel giugno 2021, Glovo, la società di consegne spagnola per eccellenza, aveva appena raccolto 450 milioni di euro di finanziamento e aveva sfiorato i 2.000 milioni di valutazione, in 5 anni di vita. Tuttavia, la strada non era stata facile per un'azienda che stava trasformando il tradizionale concetto di "fattorino" integrando la tecnologia. Il suo modello di business era cambiato più volte per competere in un mercato dominato dai giganti e trova...Starting at €8.20
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Global Expansion: Pinduoduo's Cross-Border E-Commerce Initiative
Wei Li; Jing Chen; Hubert PunCase IVEY-W35264-EStrategyIn August 2022, Pinduoduo Inc., one of the fastest growing and largest e-commerce companies in China, faced several challenges. Alongside intensified competition from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc., as well as weakened consumer spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pinduoduo had reached a potential growth ceiling within the domestic market. To explore new growth avenues, Lei Chen, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, w...Starting at €8.20
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The Vanca: Dilemmas of an E-commerce Entrepreneurial Startup
Jones Mathew; Pinaki DasguptaCase IVEY-9B15M035-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Vanca, an online apparel brand and supplier to online retailers (“e-tailers”) has achieved a fair degree of success by focusing on quality, innovative designs, “fast fashion” and a strong network with its customers. Management is looking to grow the business further; however, there are challenges such as uneven sales across some of its product ranges, maintaining its competitive edge and the threat from private labels being introduced by the ...Starting at €8.20
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E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, MargaretCase HBS-514059-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance that teens would easily develop nicotine addictions from smoking the fruit-flavored products. Manufacturers a...Starting at €8.20
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E Ink (Spanish version)
Amabile, Teresa M.; Archambault, SusanCase HBS-802S04EntrepreneurshipE Ink es una start-up de alta tecnología de intentar revolucionar la comunicación de impresión a través de pantallas de tinta electrónica. Los fundadores y altos directivos de esta de dos años de edad, la firma se están esforzando para traducir un gran avance tecnológico en un prototipo de trabajo, se mueven desde el prototipo hasta la fabricación a gran escala, y mantener el entusiasmo de mercado de la compañía. Al mismo tiempo, se trata de una ...Starting at €8.20
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El e-Learning
Sánchez, L.; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-415Service and Operations ManagementEl e-learning se está convirtiendo en un canal más para generar aprendizaje, tanto en el mundo educacional como en el empresarial. Aunque algunos autores consideran que su diseño debe tener en cuenta las características individuales del estilo de aprender del individuo, la mayoría de los programas de e-learning están desarrollados sin considerarlas. Este puede ser uno de los grandes orígenes de sus fracasos. La tecnología facilita un proceso, per...Starting at €8.20
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The e-Choupal Initiative
Horniman, Alexander B.; Venkataraman, S.; Thiemele, Anne-Laure; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0343-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAn international corporation’s agricultural business division reviews its seven-year-old IT initiative among rural Indian farmers. Suitable for learners at all levels, the case is ideal for modules on strategic change, transformational change in a value chain, and development at the bottom of the pyramid. It also provides excellent insight into how corporations can improve both profits and lifestyles in developing nations while bolstering their w...Starting at €8.20