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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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Rain Industries Limited: Responding to Global Supply Chain Shifts
Kalyan C. Chejarla; Sourabh Bhattacharya; Vinay Kalakbandi; Shantanu BagchiCase IVEY-W25341-EService and Operations ManagementRain Industries Limited (Rain), through its wholly owned subsidiary Rain Carbon Inc., produced upcycled carbon products from the by-products of steel and petroleum and other industries. The demand- and supply-driven shifts and various sustainability initiatives by industries both downstream and upstream in Rain’s existing supply chain could prove to be disruptive, requiring strategizing and future-proofing. When the Government of India’s Ministry...Starting at €8.20
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Kaps Foods India Pvt. Ltd.: Data Mismanagement
Ritu Singh; Vinay KalakbandiCase IVEY-9B18D021-EService and Operations ManagementKaps Foods India Private Limited (Kaps), a privately held company, was one of the leading manufacturers of ice cream in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, in Central India. The company’s manufacturing unit had the capacity to produce 20,000 litres of ice cream per day in 65 different stock keeping units. In December 2016, Kaps was dealing with an issue of demand and supply mismatch. Seasonality in the demand of ice cream created an imbalance between demand an...Starting at €8.20
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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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Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution
Groysberg, Boris; Jinjo, NaokoCase HBS-419011-ELeadership and People ManagementHironobu Tsujiguchi, a Japanese chocolatier, had chosen an unusual path to success as a pastry chef. Instead of spending most of his time in his kitchen and focusing on one or two confectionery categories like most pastry chefs, he chose to work on diverse projects and leverage his reputation as a winning competitive chef to experiment with tastes and achieve business success. While Tsujiguchi enjoyed popularity and success in a broad array of pr...Starting at €8.20
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Misaki Capital and Sangetsu Corporation
Gow, Ian D.; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Jinjo, Naoko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-117007-EAccounting and ControlJapan's corporate culture has traditionally prioritized the interests of stakeholders such as employees and suppliers over those of shareholders. After a decades-long economic slump, Japan's government has begun efforts to improve corporate governance and firms' incentives to engage with shareholders. Misaki Capital was founded in 2013 with a strategy of constructively engaging with portfolio firms, providing operational and financial advice to m...Starting at €8.20
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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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Rain Industries Limited: Responding to Global Supply Chain Shifts - Teaching Note
Kalyan C. Chejarla; Sourabh Bhattacharya; Vinay Kalakbandi; Shantanu BagchiTeaching Note IVEY-W25342-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product W25341.Starting at €0.00