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JD.Com: HR Management Challenges Arising from Rapid Growth and Transformation
Jean Lee; Rain Long; Rebecca Yuen Man Chung; Leah TanCase IVEY-9B19C024-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBetween 1998 and 2018, JD.com Inc. (JD.com) transformed from a compact disc (CD)-burner shop into a technology-driven group of service companies (JD Group) and China’s largest retailer by revenue. Yu Long joined the Group in August 2012 as chief human resStarting at €8.20
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Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (A)
Jean Lee; Liman Zhao; Yunting LuCase IVEY-9B19C001-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyScanteak Corporation was a furniture retailer founded in Singapore in the 1970s. By 2010, it had established more than 100 stores around the world. It had also become the first furniture company to be listed on the Taiwan OTC (Over-the-Counter) Exchange. The two founders had invested a great deal in developing the business and preparing their children to become their successors. In 2003, the two founders’ daughter joined the company to help grow ...Starting at €8.20
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Bringing the Cloud to Earth (Spanish version)
Iansiti, Marco; Herman, KerryCase HBS-612S01Information TechnologiesAdam Famularo, general manager, Cloud Computing business, CA Technologies, and David Dobson, WVP and group executive, Customer Solutions Group, were preparing for a presentation on communicating and positioning CA Technologies' new strategy for cloud computing. Analysts had voiced concern over several 2010 acquisitions, and highlighted CA Technologies' need to clearly state its strategy and objectives and identify a compelling way to position and...Starting at €8.20
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Living on the Razor's Edge (Spanish version)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-813S11EntrepreneurshipDescribes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work.Starting at €8.20
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Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board (Spanish Version)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-814S11EntrepreneurshipDescribe los problemas que enfrenta el fundador-director general en relación con la construcción de un tablero, el montaje de un equipo ejecutivo, la gestión de tensión entre los co-fundadores, y la externalización de trabajo de desarrollo.Starting at €5.74
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Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-716S16Service and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20
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Succession in Chinese Family Businesses (A): Fotile and the Mao Family
Jean Lee; Rebecca Chung; An JingCase IVEY-9B15C020-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe three cases in this series focus on two Chinese families’ experiences with entrepreneurship and succession. Because most family businesses in China are relatively young, these first-generation entrepreneurs use their own approach to identify and develop their successors, and to pass their “wealth” to their offspring in a context shaped by unique Chinese cultural elements. The role-play exercise that relates to the (C) case illustrates the cur...Starting at €8.20
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Wensli Silk: Succession and International Luxury Branding
Jean Lee; Rebecca Chung; An JingCase IVEY-9B16C023-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn 2011, China-based Wensli Group’s newly appointed chairwoman was preparing to transform the company’s silk business into a global luxury brand. It was a lofty goal for a company that started out as a township silk factory before growing into the largest silk-producing company in China. Tapping into the luxury market, however, presented a challenge because Chinese companies were better known for producing cost-conscious products. That meant Wens...Starting at €8.20
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Midea Group: Founder to CEO Succession
Ziqian (Stella) Zhao; Jean LeeCase IVEY-9B17C012-ELeadership and People ManagementMidea Group Co., Ltd. was a white goods empire built by its Chinese founder over several decades; consequently, the Midea brand led the home appliance industry in China. In August 2012, the 70-year-old founder and chairman retired as board chairman. The founder’s chosen successor was a 45-year-old professional manager and the former chairman and chief executive officer of one of Midea Group’s firms. This manager faced a grim situation as he took ...Starting at €8.20
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GE and the Industrial Internet
Lakhani, Karim R.; Iansiti, Marco; Herman, KerryCase HBS-614032-EService and Operations ManagementCEO Jeff Immelt considers whether GE is moving fast enough on its new Industrial Internet initiative. The undertaking includes building out an Industrial Internet, connecting machines and devices, collecting their data and operations, and providing services to clients based on analytics of this data and information. The case considers the implications of such an initiative across all 6 of GE's business units, and how best and how quickly to execu...Starting at €8.20