ISBN:
9781784410797
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This simple case study tells the story of three young men who started an online business-to-business trading portal for fun, and to help fund them through university. They seized the opportunity of a major assignment to ask a new lecturer, the narrator, to guide them into profitability. Reluctantly, the young men were coerced into a literature survey, which proved surprisingly helpful to them. A simple research project followed, using mixed methods (survey, expert opinion, key account interviews). Based on the survey results and some simple frameworks from the literature, the young men not only completed their exercise, but also went on to turn their hobby into a sustainable business. The business still exists today, based on the simple study conducted some 12 years ago.
In:
Field guide to case study research in business-to-business marketing and purchasing, Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014, (2014), Seite 13-37, 9781784410797
In:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
In:
year:2014
In:
pages:13-37
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1108/S1069-096420140000021001
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