Teaching note for product 9B14M152.

An ethical hacker had recently started his entrepreneurial venture, EnterAll InfoSec Solutions. A technologist who believed that “ethical hacking” had huge market potential, he and his partner were searching for a business model that would address the information security needs of corporate clients, public sector undertakings (PSUs) and government institutions. Ethical hacking was a specialized and relatively nascent field, and the entrepreneur foresaw .....more

Teaching note for product number 9B14A021.

Lance Armstrong, a world-famous cyclist, was charged with using performance-enhancing drugs (i.e. “doping”). Armstrong had vehemently denied similar charges a few years earlier; however, this time there was substantial proof available and Armstrong accepted the charges. Subsequent to this news, most of the brands that had endorsed Armstrong terminated their contracts with him. As a cancer survivor, Armstrong had started Livestrong Foundation, an organization .....more

This case focuses on Infibeam, a small, new e-commerce company in India, as an illustration of innovative B2B contractual agreements that enabled it to acquire a significant customer base at a very low cost. However, it must now develop innovative strategies for marketing communication, customer value proposition and a new IT e-commerce rural platform in order to achieve its required growth estimates and raise capital for a new project in cooperation .....more

Teaching note for product 9B12M094.