Title The journey of Blitz : challenges lie in running the family business / Sloksana Subramaiam, (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Farzana Quoquab, (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Jihad Mohammad, (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017 ♭2017

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Description 1 online resource (3 pages) : 18 illustrations Series Emerald emerging markets case studies, 2045-0621 ; volume 7, issue 4 Summary This case illustrates the challenges a woman faces taking on the running of her family business, without any prior experience. Hema is a well-educated girl with a diploma in childhood education from UTM-Johor; she was happily working as a school teacher. Her parents are entrepreneurs Encik Sittumalai and Puan Rani. Her Mother Puan Rani set up a business in 2005, under the name of Blitz, producing and selling Indian cookies. In 2010, Blitz was one of the best homemade Indian cookies in the market of Johor Bahru, and supplied their products to five main Indian restaurants. In March 2012, Rani was diagnosed with final stage colon cancer and as a result the business was halted, and the organization was not able to pay employees' salaries. Hema found herself left with no choice but to resign from her teaching job and take care of the family business Notes From this case, it is expected that the students will be able to: understand the fundamental functions of marketing; learn about the four Ps of marketing including product, price, promotion and place; learn about different techniques and strategies to analyze organizations and market situation including SWOT and Porter's five forces; gain knowledge about market segmentation and growth strategies; identify problems and challenges faced by a new manager in running a company; analyze a situation whereby a new manager needs to adapt to a new role, duties and responsibilities; analyze the external and internal environment using SWOT; understand competition using Porter's 5 forces; think thoroughly, deeply and critically to make a decision that can solve the problem in hand Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details Includes index Bibliography Includes index and bibliographical references Audience This case is designed for undergraduate and MBA students Subject Marketing -- Case studies Entrepreneurship -- Case studies Consumer behavior -- Case studies Business & Economics -- Marketing -- General. Sales & marketing. Genre/Form Case studies. Form Electronic book Author Quoquab, Farzana, author Mohammad, Jihad, author

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