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HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Teaching Note HBS-316157-EThis teaching note is designed to support the teaching of HBS case number 316013, "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics."Starting at €0.00
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Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Teaching Note HBS-316158-ETeaching note for case 316135.Starting at €0.00
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (B)
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316186-EIn 1861, the Heard brothers faced a decision: should they continue their family firm's business model that had made them a successful commission house in China, or was it time to make fundamental adjustments to their work? This case reveals that the brothers decided to maintain the status quo, primarily because of a lack of decision-making mechanism amongst the brothers. The firm rapidly went downhill, before declaring bankruptcy in 1875.Starting at €5.74
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HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316013-EKnowledge and CommunicationBy 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993 into a global conglomerate that ranked #464 in the Global 500. Much of this success it had achieved by cross-industry expansion within China, but since 2008, it had increasingly looked to expand globally. The HNA Group in general and Hainan Airlines in particular were recognized for their quality of service within China. However, this high reputati...Starting at €8.20
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From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: The Evolution of Tsinghua University
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316141-ETsinghua University is one of the most prominent universities in China, and, increasingly, in the world. Its evolution to this position reflects the major developments in Chinese history--outward looking internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, creative survival in the 1940s, Sovietization in the 1950s and 1960s, chaos in the 1970s, rebuilding in the 1980s, and, since the 1990s, a laser focus on becoming one of the best higher education instituti...Starting at €8.20
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (A)
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.; Ji, John S.Case HBS-316185-EAugustine Heard Sr. founded Augustine Heard & Company, a commission house focused on trade between China and the United States, in 1840. He welcomed his four nephews into the family business as it expanded in the increasingly complex economic and political environment of 19th century China. By 1861, the business had been flourishing for many years, but the context for foreign trade in China was changing. The four nephews, all having been made par...Starting at €8.20
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Manik Distribution Agency: An Existential Challenge
Sapna Popli; Bikramjit Rishi; Lovesh JethwaniCase IVEY-W33392-EMarketing, StrategyMr. Dharamdas Desai was running a distribution agency in Madhopura, a town in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. He asked his son, Paresh, to analyze the business’s financial situation. Paresh found that the business’s post COVID compound annual growth rate was around 4 per cent and the operating profits had also declined. Paresh looked at the business situation and wanted to revamp the business strategically. Paresh came out with three alternat...Starting at €8.20
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Paytm: Facing a Targeting Dilemma in a Competitive Market
Harvinder Singh; Bikramjit Rishi; Rahul Batra; Rohith K RCase IVEY-W27743-EDecision Analysis, MarketingPaytm was India’s first digital wallet service provider. It revolutionized the country’s digital payments landscape, but it was slow to adopt Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments. The entry of WhatsApp into the digital payments industry on November 6, 2020 intensified the competition in the UPI segment of the market that Google Pay and PhonePe already dominated by focusing on person-to-person (P2P) transactions. With a strong 400-million use...Starting at €8.20
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University of Hong Kong: Bridging East and West
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316068-EIn the early 20th century, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) was established in order to serve as a bridge between Mainland China and the British Empire. As an elite institution in the 21st century, HKU continued in its role as a bridge, connecting Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the world, but in a very different global context. President Peter Mathieson believed that HKU still had an important role to play, but knew that HKU needed to adapt to C...Starting at €8.20
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Agricultural Revolution without a Land Revolution: the Megafarms of CP Group, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Teaching Note HBS-316159-ETeaching note for case 316150.Starting at €0.00