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PacificLink iMedia: To List or to Sell
Andrew Karl Delios; Alvin LamCase IVEY-9B16M202-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of a digital media firm had to decide whether to list or to sell his company, PacificLink iMedia (PacificLink) in 2015. The founder had fielded more than 20 offers from various companies to acquire PacificLink since 2007–2008. He rejected all these past offers, because he was working to position the company to list on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, in 2015, the founder received an offer from Accenture that ap...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (A)
Roberto Galang; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B09M074-EStrategySan Miguel Corporation is one of the oldest and largest companies in the Philippines. In its 100 year history, it has established a clear leadership position in the Philippine beer industry, as well as having made successful forays into other related and unrelated product areas. In the late 2000s, Eduardo Cojuangco, the CEO of San Miguel Corporation, which was South Asia's largest food and beverage company, found himself in a quandary. Cojuanco w...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo: Game On!
Parul Purwar; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B16M158-EStrategyIn 2015, Nintendo—the iconic Japanese video game company—was faced with the decade-long challenge of responding to an industry that had changed in ways it had not anticipated. Under its new president, Nintendo had to contend with large-scale changes in the global gaming market. By not adapting to changing customer needs, Nintendo had lost the customer loyalty it had once enjoyed, as was evident from the decline in the number of units sold. It fac...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (B)
Roberto Galang; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B12M079-EStrategyThis supplement to Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (A) provides a brief update on the diversification strategy pursued by the company.Starting at €5.74
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The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industries in China
Andrew Karl Delios; Parul PurwarCase IVEY-9B16M226-EStrategyThis industry note details the state of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries in China in 2012. It has details on the size of the respective industries, their growth, their regulation and key political actors, as well as information and analysis on other important stakeholders in the pharmaceutical and health care sectors in China in the 2010s. The level of detail is high, as is the complexity of information presented. The note can be used...Starting at €8.20
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PacificLink iMedia: Becoming a Full Service Interactive Agency
Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B09M023-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case presents the decisions facing the managing director/executive director of PacificLink iMedia (PacificLink), more than 10 years after he founded the company. The company had experienced periods of growth and decline since its founding and was facing a period of uncertain growth given the turmoil in world markets in 2009, following several years of strong growth and expansion. The director anticipated that the company could continue to gr...Starting at €8.20
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Womenomics in Japan
Groysberg, Boris; Yamazaki, Mayuka; Sato, Nobuo; Lane, DavidCase HBS-417002-ELeadership and People Management"Womenomics in Japan" profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for women in the economy--not as a matter of social policy or gender equity per se, but as an essential element of any solution to Japan's persistent low economic growth. Several decades of economic stagnation led Abe to spearhead a multi-faceted reform effort to shake off deflation and come to grips...Starting at €8.20
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Terumo (A)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508068-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Terumo faces two challenges: how to sell its catheter products in the U.S. and its new "Solution Pack" in its domestic market, Japan. The case provides rich detail on the firm's evolution from a manufacturer of thermometers to a seller of commodity products like syringes to a diversified firm offering a range of advanced products-catheters and graphs, for example-in addition...Starting at €8.20
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Rice in Japan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Trumbull, Gunnar; Jinjo, Naoko; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-717032-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Carlyle Japan (B)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508093-EMarketingThis is a supplement to the (A) case. It shows that the networks that the firm had been investing in-- commercial banks--were becoming less and less valuable over time. Given this, Tamotsu Adachi must think about how to go about building a new set of networks.Starting at €5.74