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Huawei: A Silent Chinese Telecom Multinational
Zhang, Yingying; Kase, KimioCase SM-1560-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and CommunicationIn terms of sales, Huawei is the world's fourth-largest maker of network equipment, after Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent. It also ranked second in optical networking and third in mobile-network gear in 2008. It is one of the leading global telecommunications solution providers with a revenue of 18.33 billion USD in 2008 and a net income of 1.15 billion USD. Contrary to the typical image of Chinese companies that depicts them...Starting at €8.20
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
Kase, Kimio; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Independent Investigation CommissioCase SM-1579-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe questions may largely fall into two categories: (1) Did Japan or PM Kan and his team cope well with the crisis (i.e., questions regarding efficiency and effectiveness)? And, perhaps more importantly, (2) Have lessons been learned that would help Japan prepare for other natural or man-made catastrophes (i.e., questions regarding learning and knowledge-creation)?Starting at €8.20
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals: Dr. Beat Richner's Lifework
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDr. Beat Richner, a 62-year-old Swiss pediatrician, set up children's hospitals in 1991 at the behest of the Cambodian King after the devastation brought about by the civil war. By 2009 he has managed to open and run four of them, both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They are almost entirely dependent on private donations, which, collected through his cello concerts and the Kantha Bopha Foundation, largely come from Europe and other parts of the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Norio Ohga: The Fifth President of Sony Corporation
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1481-EStrategyThe case analyses the conceptual scheme or model identified in Norio Ohga's management style, which we call the proto-image of the firm (PIF) approach. Sony's success in its diversification strategy is explained on the basis of PIF.Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, President of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483-EStrategyThis case examines the professional career of Chihiro Kanagawa, and shows how he turned Shin-Etsu Chemicals into a major international player in a sector in which Japanese companies had traditionally been uncompetitive. The case illustrates Kanagawa's dynamic management style and the value system on which it is based and we call the profit- arithmetic (PA) approach. Shin-Etsu Chemical's success by not spending money on projects not generating imm...Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, Presidente de Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483StrategyEste caso revisa la carrera profesional de Chihiro Kanagawa y explica cómo convirtió Shin-Etsu Chemicals en uno de los participantes más importantes a nivel internacional en un sector en el que históricamente las empresas japonesas no habían sido competitivas. El caso ilustra el estilo de gestión dinámico de Kanagawa y el sistema de valores en los que se basa y que denominamos política "profit- arithmetic" (PA). Asimismo se explica el éxito de la...Starting at €8.20
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The Chinese Wireless Communications Industry in 2012 and Beyond: An Industry Note - Teaching Note
Burgelman, R; Gang, Zheng,, Yajuan, WangTeaching Note SGSB-SM227TN-EStrategyThis industry note provides an extensive overview of the wireless communications industry in China at the end of 2012. At the time China had over 1.1 billion mobile subscribers, and the country was predicted to have 500 million smartphones in use by the end of 2013. The note discusses the industry’s value chain (carriers, device manufactures, component providers, content and applications providers, and telecom equipment providers), and the role o...Starting at €0.00
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DKSH in 2011 and 2012 - Teaching note
Burgelman, R; , Ludescher, MCase SGSB-SM204TN-EStrategyThe case discusses the post-IPO strategies, opportunities and challenges for Swiss global trading company DKSH, the leading market expansion (MES) provider with a focus on Asia. DKSH was well positioned to capitalize on three key MES industry trends: 1) Asia as the growth market per se, driven by the thriving middle classes of the emerging economies, 2) growing inner-Asian trade, and 3) the tendency of companies to outsource, stemming from the c...Starting at €8.20
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The Chinese Wireless Communications Industry in 2012 and Beyond: An Industry Note
Burgelman, R; Gang, Zheng,, Yajuan, WangCase SGSB-SM227-EStrategyThis industry note provides an extensive overview of the wireless communications industry in China at the end of 2012. At the time China had over 1.1 billion mobile subscribers, and the country was predicted to have 500 million smartphones in use by the end of 2013. The note discusses the industry’s value chain (carriers, device manufactures, component providers, content and applications providers, and telecom equipment providers), and the role o...Starting at €8.20
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Los hospitales infantiles Kantha Bopha: el trabajo de toda una vida del Dr. Beat Richner
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl Dr. Beat Richner es un pediatra suizo de 62 años que en 1991 construyó un hospital infantil a petición del rey de Camboya tras los destrozos que se produjeron durante la guerra civil. En 2009 ya había conseguido poner en marcha cuatro centros en Phnom Penh y Siem Reap. Sus hospitales dependen casi exclusivamente de las donaciones privadas, que se recaudan en los recitales de violonchelo del doctor y a través de la Fundación Kantha Bopha y prov...Starting at €8.20