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Amazon and Future Group: Rethinking the Alliance Strategy
Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B16M108-EStrategyIn 2014, the chief executives officers of Amazon and Future Group led their companies into an alliance that, while initially successful, encountered some difficulties in regards to discounts on their retail products. With the global retail industry standing at US$25.4 trillion in 2016, and the percentage of which e-commerce made up 7.4 per cent, the partners would have to decide if they should resolve their conflict and remain allies, or if they ...Starting at €8.20
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Profitability of On-Demand Food Delivery Businesses
Marks, M; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SM270-EStrategyBy 2017, pervasive mobile connectivity and the rise of the on-demand economy resulted in an explosion of businesses attempting to fulfill immediate consumer demand in the food delivery market. A broad, secular shift was occurring: Online or mobile orders were rapidly replacing the traditional method of picking up the phone to call in takeout and delivery orders. Still, concerns began to arise as market participants struggled to raise funding a...Starting at €8.20
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DropBox - Series B Financing
Strebulaev, I; Foroughi, J; GouwCase SGSB-F309-EFinanceIn mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization and sharing company, found himself in a difficult, albeit enviable, situation. Houston, who had already raised over $7 million through two rounds of venture funding (one seed round and a Series A round) and developed a large and growing user base, began receiving significant investor int...Starting at €8.20