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Four Seasons Minghu: Organizational Resilience and the Path to Recovery
Miao Cui; Xiaoxue Zhou; Di Cai; Bing Liu; Shaobo LiCase IVEY-9B20M063-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBefore 2013, Shandong Four Seasons Minghu Hotel Co. Ltd. was a high-end restaurant and food service company. In December 2012, the Chinese government implemented the Eight-Point Regulation that prohibited government officials from indulging in luxury banquets and high-end meals. The new government policy had a negative effect on many companies across the high-end food service industry, whose customer base consisted mainly of government officials....Starting at €8.20
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Xiaomi: Entering International Markets
Miao Cui; Yan Zhao; Sitara Aziz; Mimi XiaoCase IVEY-9B17M045-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter recognizing numerous opportunities in the global market, Xiaomi Technology Corporation Ltd. (Xiaomi), based in Beijing, charted its overseas market strategy in 2013. However, opportunities came with challenges, and during the internationalization process, Xiaomi encountered many problems. By 2016, after three years of hard work, Xiaomi had gained more experience than profits. Compared with Xiaomi’s domestic success, Xiaomi’s internationaliz...Starting at €8.20
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Jiemo Net: How to Position a Profit Model
Miao Cui; Yupan Guo; Yan Zhao; Sitara Aziz; Tuo Li; Xin LiCase IVEY-9B17M021-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJiemo.net (Jiemo), an Internet-based study-abroad consultant agency headquartered in Dalian, China, began in 2010 by providing application support to customers who wished to apply to study abroad. In 2014, the company discovered that profit existed in providing services to students once they had been accepted to study abroad. Jiemo changed its traditional pricing model, used social media marketing, and collaborated with other agencies to establis...Starting at €8.20
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Handu Group: Continued Growth through Business Model Innovation
Di Cai; Mingyong Yu; Mingyu Li; Miao CuiCase IVEY-9B18M150-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHandu Group was an online fast fashion apparel brand established in 2006 with headquarters in Jinan, China. The company had successfully adjusted its business models since 2006, transitioning from an unknown seller on the shopping website Taobao into a leStarting at €8.20
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Supor: How to Resolve Channel Conflict
Miao Cui; Yiwei Du; Jingqin Su; Sitara Aziz; Yi HuCase IVEY-9B16M161-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2007, the chairman of Supor Group led the company in a new venture in the sanitary ware industry. Supor Group was the first listed company in the Chinese cookware market, and Supor Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. (Supor) was Supor Group’s most important industry. Supor established three production bases in Zhejiang and Shenyang, China. Its marketing channels included brand agents and direct-sale stores. The company also opened an online flagship store...Starting at €8.20
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The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A), Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Fuller, Joseph B.; Raman, Manjari; Maruyama, DonaldTeaching Note HBS-819066-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 818089.Starting at €0.00
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Hot Chicken Takeover
Kerr, William R.; Raman, Manjari; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-819078-EEntrepreneurshipBy December 2018, entrepreneur Joe DeLoss's fried chicken company, Hot Chicken Takeover, has opened three restaurants in Columbus, Ohio using an unconventional employment model that helps people with criminal records get back on their feet. DeLoss is proud of the supportive employment environment he has cultivated, but wonders how to scale it beyond Columbus.Starting at €8.20
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Hot Chicken Takeover, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Raman, Manjari; Hull, OliviaTeaching Note HBS-820021-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note to case 819078Starting at €0.00
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CredEx Fintech: Managing Dual Business Models
Miao Cui; Xiaoxue Zhou; Qianjin Fang; Ziyi Wang; Xia TangCase IVEY-9B20M105-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLaunched in 2010, CredEx Fintech Co. Ltd. (CredEx) operated until 2017 as a mobile credit platform, connecting lenders and borrowers in the Chinese small- and microcredit market. In 2017, the Chinese government introduced a regulation to address misconducStarting at €8.20
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CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
Kerr, William R.; Norris, Michael; Raman, ManjariCase HBS-818081-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization's performance since its 2006 founding. Founded to address an imminent retirement bubble of middle skills workers in the utilities industry, CEWD had since expanded its mission to focus on workforce development initiatives to improve the skills and diversity of the industry's workforce. The group was an example of an indust...Starting at €8.20