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El Ganso Takes Flight (B)
Amigó i Navarro, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-181-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyAfter experiencing impressive growth, El Ganso brings LVMH on board as a strategic partner in a move that will help the Spanish clothing group tackle several significant challenges it's facing. This case discusses how the deal for L Capital to take a stake in El Ganso's parent company was forged, the aspects of the alliance with LVMH that were most significant, the elements of a new strategic plan developed by the company, and the changes made to...Starting at €5.74
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El Ganso levanta el vuelo (B)
Amigó i Navarro, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-181Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyTras manifestar un crecimiento notable, El Ganso incorpora a LVMH como socio estratégico en un movimiento que ayudará al grupo textil español a encarar los importantes retos a los que se enfrenta. Este caso explica cómo se fraguó la entrada de L Capital en el accionariado, qué aspectos de la alianza con LVMH resultaron más relevantes, en qué consistió la realización de un nuevo plan estratégico y qué cambios se produjeron en el modelo de expansió...Starting at €5.74
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Olivia Baker recibe un e-mail
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-251Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOlivia sigue con sus planes de expansión, pero sin tener demasiado en cuenta a uno de los miembros de su equipo, George Foster, que fue el que la ayudó en sus inicios. Olivia ha personalizado demasiado su empresa, de forma que no delega y concentra en ella todo el poder, con las debidas consecuencias y sin dar protagonismo al resto del equipo.Starting at €8.20
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Olivia Baker Got an E-mail
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-251-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOlivia continues with her expansion plans, but she gives little regard to one of the members of her team, George Foster, who helped her at the beginning. Olivia has personalized her business too much, to the extent that she does not delegate and has all of the power, with the consequences this entails. She does not share responsibility with the rest of the team.Starting at €8.20
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Fashion2Go: Just Another Fashion E-Tailer
Aditya Kumar Banerjee; Rajesh PillaniaCase IVEY-9B15M127-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, as large investments poured into the e-commerce space in India, there was a general expectation that the online retail (e-tail) industry was heading toward a consolidation that would squeeze out smaller players. While e-tailers in India focused on following a marketplace model and developing a brand for their online market platforms, fashion2go created a product brand that targeted a very specific segment of young customers. Fashion2go w...Starting at €8.20
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The E-Line Cityboard
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-784-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSix months after incorporating the company, the two founders of the firm E-Line Cityboard Supply Ltd. (ELC) were preparing the first Board of Directors meeting. ELC was a London-based distributor and online retailer of the E-Line Cityboard, a portable and rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing wheeled board, commonly referred to in the market as a "hoverboard." Increased competition and legislation prohibiting the use of hoverboards in publi...Starting at €8.20
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EasyLife: Developing a Regional E-Commerce Platform
Miao Cui; Xin Li; Yan Zhao; Sitara Aziz; Yupan Guo; Linhai GuoCase IVEY-9B17M032-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter several years of effort, Dalian Zhongding Information Co. (DZI) had become the leading prepaid card distributor in Liaoning Province. When government regulations and the rise of online third-party payment options sent the prepaid card business into decline, DZI transformed itself into an online intermediary by building a regional e-commerce platform offering fast home delivery, mainly of supermarket products. Despite its marketing efforts, ...Starting at €8.20
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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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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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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