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Konica Minolta Business Solutions (HK) Ltd.: Pioneering Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
Kevin Au; Rebecca ChungCase IVEY-9B19M008-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyKonica Minolta Business Solutions (HK) Ltd. was likely the first multinational corporation in Hong Kong to put the ideas of corporate social enterprising into practice. Its new service business that was launched in 2014 (the i-Transform Station) employed so-called “hidden youths”—disadvantaged individuals who refrained from joining mainstream society—empowering them to reconnect with society. While the initiative drew the attention of the company...Starting at €8.20
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Ho Tak Kee Book Co. Ltd. - A Third Generation at a Crossroads (B)
Kevin Au; Barbara LiCase IVEY-9B09M033-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHo Tak Kee, originally a professional publisher and printer that started back in the 1950s in Hong Kong, faced static performance for decades. This forced the founder and grandfather of the family to decide to close down the printing department. This decision pushed his youngest son, On-ping, to a critical point resolving whether and how to continue the family business. Under pressure, On-ping turned to his son John for support but the request pu...Starting at €5.74
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La Entrevista HBR: Acelerando el paso
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807FStrategyEl Mahindra & Mahindra Group, una de las casas comerciales más conocidos de la India, está tratando de ser más grande, más global y más innovadora, todo al mismo tiempo. En post-económicos-reformas fiebre del oro de la India, el grupo, cuyas ventas fueron 2.007 $ 6.6 mil millones, ha invertido en una gran cantidad de negocios no relacionados, desde la fabricación de aviones para la producción de películas. El tractor insignia y las empresas de SU...Starting at €8.20
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Don't Integrate Your Acquisitions, Partner with Them (Spanish version)
Kale, Prashant; Singh, Harbir; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0912MStrategyA takeover usually signals the demise of one of the two corporations involved in the tussle - no prizes for guessing which one. Breaking with this practice, some companies from emerging markets are preserving the identity of companies they've taken over and giving them near-total autonomy. The acquirers (the AV Birla Group, the Mahindra group, and the Tata group in India; the Ulker Group in Turkey; and AmBev in Brazil, among others) have also ret...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo China cambió su agenda global de adquisiciones
Williamson, Peter J.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R1104KStrategyel progreso económico de China ha sido tan deslumbrante que la gente a menudo se olvidan de que China, Inc. ha visto su cuota de fracasos también. Basta con mirar a las primeras adquisiciones transfronterizas que las empresas chinas hicieron. Muchas de estas ofertas, incluyendo la adquisición de alto perfil de TCL de Thomson de Francia, adquisición de Ssangyong Motor Company de Corea del Sur de SAIC, y la compra de Murray de América del largo del...Starting at €8.20
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Por qué no intentamos ser la compa a más respetada de India
Murthy, N.R. Narayana; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R1111DKnowledge and CommunicationPuede que no parece ser uno, pero es bastante Murthy la contraria. En un momento en que pocos indios dicen que podrían convertirse en empresarios, fundó Infosys con sólo $ 1.000. Cuando nadie cree que la India podría competir en el campo de alta tecnología, se atrevió a desarrollar servicios de software para la exportación. En una época en que casi nadie en la India llevó a cabo negocios de manera ética, que se dispuso a crear una sociedad basada...Starting at €8.20
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TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (B)
Kevin Au; Mingles TsoiCase IVEY-9B08M033-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplemental case to TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (A), product 9B08M032. TeaBox management had identified employee dissatisfaction as a major reason for its poor first-year evaluation. Manpower reallocation was seen as a key success factor, and properly executed it could prove to the stakeholders that it was capable of running a successful social venture. The superintendent of TeaBox formed a committee to decide upon...Starting at €5.74
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Right Clients, Right Way: Successes and Challenges of Brand Consultant Tommy Li
Kevin Au; Bernard Suen; Na Shen; Justine TangCase IVEY-9B10M101-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTommy Li was a designer and brand consultant renowned for his black humour and bold visual impact. With business spanning Hong Kong, China, Macau, Japan, and Italy, Tommy Li was one of the few Hong Kong designers to have entered the international market. In his ten years of experience as a design staff member, Li learned that getting the right clients was the key to a successful design consultancy business. Therefore, Li set up his own company to...Starting at €8.20
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How China Reset Its Global Acquisition Agenda
Williamson, Peter J.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R1104K-EChina's economic progress has been so dazzling that people often forget that China, Inc. has seen its share of failures too. Just look at the first cross-border acquisitions that Chinese companies made. Many of those high-profile deals-including TCL's acquisition of France's Thomson, SAIC's takeover of South Korea's Ssangyong Motor Company, and the D'Long Group's purchase of America's Murray, Inc.-ended badly. But for the Chinese, failure is not ...Starting at €8.20
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Finding a Higher Gear
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807F-EStrategyThe Mahindra & Mahindra Group, one of India's best-known business houses, is trying to become bigger, more global, and more innovative-all at the same time. In India's post-economic-reforms gold rush, the group, whose 2007 sales were $6.6 billion, has invested in a slew of unrelated businesses, from aircraft manufacture to film production. The flagship tractor and SUV businesses are readying to make big bets in, respectively, the Chinese and U.S....Starting at €8.20