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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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Fengshou Crab Manor
Yan Gong; Liman Zhao; Liang DongCase IVEY-9B16M063-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySince its founding in 2002, Fengshou Crab Manor had become one of the top brands in China’s mitten crab sector by using a distinctive gift voucher model. The company had attracted over 100,000 loyal customers from companies and non-profit institutions in Beijing and Shanghai. At the beginning of 2013, however, the government’s Central Committee unveiled an eight-point code of conduct to reduce bureaucracy and boost ties with the public, which adv...Starting at €8.20
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CPT: The Constant Hunt for Entrepreneurial Opportunities
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter continuous business growth and taking advantage of new business opportunities, China Precision Technology Group transformed from a small producer of coils for television tuners to an enterprise with five different business sectors: consumer electronics, automobile parts, optical, health care, and stamping equipment. In 2014, on the company’s 24th anniversary, the company’s founder and chief executive officer was evaluating the achievements ...Starting at €8.20
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Testin: Partnering with Multinational Corporations
Shameen Prashantham; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B17M127-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2017, Beijing Testin Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Testin), had forged partnerships with multiple large multinational companies (e.g., Microsoft, IBM, ARM, Intel). Since it was founded in 2011, Testin had served over 800,000 application developers by conducting more than 150 million quality and security tests on over 2.5 million mobile applications. It had received several rounds of financing totaling over $80 million. Many Chinese Interne...Starting at €8.20
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51.com: Rise to the Top via Spin-Off
Yan Gong; S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M078-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOnline social network service provider Five One Network Development Co. Ltd. (51.com) was founded in August 2005 and entered the online game industry in 2011, when browser games became popular in China. Although it continuously invested in developing online games, it had failed to reach its goal of becoming one of the top 10 companies in China. The online game industry had seen fierce competition and was finding it difficult to retain talented em...Starting at €8.20
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Branded Lifestyle Holdings Limited: Strategic Transformation in China
Daniel Han Ming Chng; Jianhua Zhu; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B18M114-EStrategyBranded Lifestyle Holdings Limited (Branded Lifestyle) was an Asian apparel retail company that emerged in 2011 after Fung Retailing Limited acquired Hang Ten Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. With five apparel brands, Branded Lifestyle was profitable in most of its Asian markets. However, it was struggling in China and had reported annual loses until the acquisition. In 2014, a new managing director of glo...Starting at €8.20
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Blackstone's Investment in Intelenet
Lerner, Josh; Bapat, Sandeep; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-213036-EEntrepreneurshipThree years had passed since Blackstone's investment in Intelenet Global Services, their third largest investment in India. Great progress had been made, but now a new challenge loomed. Globank, a large global bank, was Intelenet's largest customer. Intelenet's contract with Globank was set to expire in the next seven months, and all of Intelenet's assets and people working on the account, would move to Globank. Amit Dixit, managing director at t...Starting at €8.20
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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An IPO in India, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-809018-EFinanceTeaching Note for [807095].Starting at €0.00
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Oriental Fortune Capital: Building a Better Stock Exchange
Lerner, Josh; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-811105-EFinanceWhen ChiNext opened in October 2009 as the second tier market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), it aimed to provide Chinese entrepreneurs with equity capital and to facilitate the exits of venture capital firms and other investors which had previously relied on the New York, London, and Hong Kong markets for public offerings. A year into ChiNext's operation, Dr. Wei Chen, Chairman and founder of Oriental Fortune Capital, one of the fastest-g...Starting at €8.20
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Hony, CIFA, and Zoomlion: Creating Value and Strategic Choices in a Dynamic Market, Teaching Note
Lerner, JoshTeaching Note HBS-812068-EFinanceTeaching Note for 811-032.Starting at €0.00