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TEC Edmonton and TusStar Joint Innovation: An Entrepreneurial Match
Haibo Hu; Chunbing Mao; Phillp Swallow; William Wei; Bruce Thomson; Meiju FeiCase IVEY-9B20M082-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2017, the successful Canadian innovation center TEC Edmonton initiated a joint venture with TusStar, an important Chinese accelerator, and found itself in the middle of a debate about the challenges and opportunities of Chinese investment in Canada’s technology sector. Both organizations were unique collaborations among industry, academia, and government. This joint initiative had added significance because of the implications for these stakeh...Starting at €8.20
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A Speed Race: Benelli and QJ Compete in the International Motorbike Arena
Francesca Spigarelli; Ilan Alon; William WeiCase IVEY-9B09M097-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2005, the Qianjiang Group (QJ), a large-scale Chinese state-owned group, acquired the Italian company Benelli to expand its business in Western markets beyond Italy. Benelli's brand advantage was intended to provide the core competency for QJ to compete in the global motorbike markets; in addition, Benelli's capabilities and know-how in motorbike and scooter engineering also helped QJ complete its product portfolio. After a successful start, t...Starting at €8.20
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ClickDishes: Serving New Cities
William Wei; Lei Jin; Etayankara MuralidharanCase IVEY-9B18A018-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIt was early November 2017, and the chief executive officer of ClickDishes Inc. (ClickDishes), an Alberta-based food service application company, needed to consider the strategic direction of his start-up. ClickDishes had a unique value proposition and very few competitors worldwide. Its chief executive officer wanted to enter a number of new markets very quickly in order to capitalize on his company's first-mover advantage and establish the Clic...Starting at €8.20
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Xinke: Transforming Service through the Crowd Innovation Space
Haibo Hu; Haitao Lu; Tao Huang; Chunbing Mao; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiCase IVEY-9B19M034-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in late 2014, Xinke used a crowdfunding café model to provide a platform for communication among entrepreneurs and investors. In June 2015, Xinke co-operated with a leading real estate company to create a crowd innovation café, and in August 2016, it received A-round financing that led to the establishment of a crowd innovation fund and the creation of a self-access media platform. Xinke had opened a high-end shared office to provide all ...Starting at €8.20
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Bringing Yanjing Beer to Canada
Kimberley Howard; William Wei; Vicky NieCase IVEY-9B14A013-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAn immigrant entrepreneur created Hi-Bridge Consulting Corporation, a company that imported and distributed alcoholic products in Canada, among other activities. In 2009, the entrepreneur brought Yanjing beer to Canada from China, even though the Chinese brewery did not have an articulated international expansion strategy in Canada at the time. Despite numerous challenges in the Canadian beer market, the entrepreneur made significant headway. How...Starting at €8.20
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Shanghai Contron: From Start-up to Growth
Lydia Qianqian Li; Etayankara Muralidharan; William WeiCase IVEY-9B18M169-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyShanghai Contron Information Technology Co., Ltd. was a small technology company in Shanghai, China, established in 2011. The company's main customer was the government, and sales management was the company's primary department. In a rapidly expanding marStarting at €8.20