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SOHO China: Design, Development, and Social Harmony
Segel, Arthur I; Khaire, MuktiCase HBS-213025-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Founded in 1995 by Zhang Xin and her husband Mr. Pan Shiyi, SOHO China has developed into a world-class real estate development firm that has consistently delivered high-quality projects known for their cutting-edge designs and investment potential. Despite the tremendous success of the firm, Zhang Xin still looks at the future with great uncertainty. Average residential pri...Starting at €8.20
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Beijing Dream, Teaching Note
Segel, Arthur I; Lee, Voon Siang; Tian, Jialei; Wang, Ying LauraTeaching Note HBS-208016-EFinanceTeaching Note to 208015.Starting at €0.00
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Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank
Jin, Li; Liao, Li; Sesia, Aldo; Wu, JianyiCase HBS-211080-EFinanceShenzhen Development Bank, China's first publicly traded company, was undergoing the non-tradable share reform. Its current controlling shareholder, private equity firm Newbridge Capital LLC, needs to negotiate with its diverse minority shareholders to find a compromise on the terms of the conversion of the non-tradable shares held by Newbridge into tradable shares. Further delay in implementing this reform will put Shenzhen Development Bank into...Starting at €8.20
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8 Spruce Street, Teaching Note
Segel, Arthur ITeaching Note HBS-214051-EFinanceTeaching Note for 213134.Starting at €0.00
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Gome: Going Public
Jin, Li; Liao, LiCase HBS-208001-EFinanceGome, China's largest electronics retailer, is plotting the best course to go public. Unlike many high-growth businesses in China, Gome has only moderate financing needs. Its charismatic and ambitious chairman Wong Kwongyu has built an expansive retail network in China and successfully used trade credits by suppliers and banks to make Gome a highly cash generative business. The decision to go public has three inseparable components: why, where, a...Starting at €8.20
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Gome: Bidding for China Paradise
Jin, Li; Liao, LiCase HBS-208002-EFinanceGome, China's largest electronics retailer, has the opportunity to acquire China Paradise, the number three player in the Chinese electronic retailer industry. This happened in the general context of a great market development and potential consolidation of the household electronic appliance retailing sector. Gome, Suning, and China Paradise, the three largest players in the market, all experienced phenomenal growth, but Gome is slowly losing ste...Starting at €8.20
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Fu Ji Food and Catering
Jin, Li; Liao, Li; Zhu, Jielun; Sun, WenkaiCase HBS-208004-EFinanceFu Ji, the largest corporate caterer in China, is thinking about how its financing strategy accommodates the overall corporate strategy. Fu Ji has enjoyed phenomenal growth as the corporate catering market in China develops. But that growth in the business also entails a transition from a single restaurant to a restaurant chain, then to a catering business. Is Fu Ji well equipped for the new business model? What does it need to do on the financin...Starting at €8.20
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Beijing Dream
Segel, Arthur I; Lee, Voon Siang; Tian, Jialei; Wang, Ying LauraCase HBS-208015-EFinanceThe purchase of a single-family home is generally the major investment for most young couples in China. Shows in detail the process that a young couple goes through in late April 2007 to find, finance, and close on an apartment in Beijing within what they believe to be their financial capabilities. Takes place in the context of the rapidly developing Chinese real estate market and introduces issues concerning the search and property acquisition t...Starting at €8.20
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Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite): Plus ca change...
Goldberg, Ray A.; Segel, Arthur I; Ofek, Elie; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-913402-EFor centuries Lafite has been the most admired wine Estate in the world. How does Baron Eric de Rothschild protect this crown jewel in a conservative manner while DBR develops other Chateaux blending wine programs,and reaches out to new areas such as China and begins to take a more active interest in the world's number one market- the United States.Starting at €8.20
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Framedia (A) (Abridged)
Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Jin, Li; Liao, LiCase HBS-208048-EFinanceExamines an acquisition in the highly competitive outdoor media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction leads to eventual consolidation of the whole industry and positive stock reactions. Discusses equity consideration in the context of an M&A transaction, and the role of private equity and venture capital in the development and the eventual consolidation of the industry in emerging markets. Provides a context in which to disc...Starting at €8.20