Title Taska Kyrana Sdn. Bhd. : to change or not to change its operating days? / Hazirhah Hashim (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Rohaida Basiruddin (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Farzana Quoquab (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), and Maizaitulaidawati Md Husin (International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018 018

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Description 1 online resource (1 pages) : 15 illustrations ; cm Series Emerald emerging markets case studies, 2045-0621 ; volume 8, issue 2 Summary This case demonstrates the dilemma of a founder, cum entrepreneur dealing with the issue related to a change in operating days that would affect her business profitability in the kindergarten industry. The case begins with the problem faced by Azizah Ayob, the founder and entrepreneur of Taska Kyrana when she hears that the state minister of Johor has announced that business operation days will be changed from Sunday to Friday with effect from 1 January 2014. The change would be applicable to government institutions in the state. However, businesses and corporations in the private sector can choose to continue observing Saturday-Sunday weekends or switch to the new official rest days of Friday-Saturday. As customers of Taska Kyrana consist of parents working in public and private sectors, as well as Singaporean parents, Ayob needs to choose either to follow the state requirement or to maintain the usual operation days Notes Using this case, the students should be able to understand the need for institutional support for an entrepreneur; understand a possible growth strategy to cope with the volatile situation; understand the importance of a proper segmentation strategy to target the right group of customers; and understand the importance of a promotional strategy to attract new customers and to retain the existing one in a volatile situation Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details Includes index Bibliography Includes index and bibliographical references Audience Undergraduate students, taking courses of entrepreneurship, marketing management and/or consumer behaviour that cover the topics related to entrepreneurial challenges, institutional support, growth strategy, market segmentation and marketing promotion strategy Subject Market segmentation Target marketing Entrepreneurship Business & Economics -- Marketing -- General. Market research. Genre/Form Case studies. Form Electronic book Author Basiruddin, Rohaida, author Quoquab, Farzana, 1978- author Md Husin, Maizaitulaidawati, author

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