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PacificLink iMedia: To List or to Sell
Andrew Karl Delios; Alvin LamCase IVEY-9B16M202-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of a digital media firm had to decide whether to list or to sell his company, PacificLink iMedia (PacificLink) in 2015. The founder had fielded more than 20 offers from various companies to acquire PacificLink since 2007–2008. He rejected all these past offers, because he was working to position the company to list on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, in 2015, the founder received an offer from Accenture that ap...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (A)
Roberto Galang; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B09M074-EStrategySan Miguel Corporation is one of the oldest and largest companies in the Philippines. In its 100 year history, it has established a clear leadership position in the Philippine beer industry, as well as having made successful forays into other related and unrelated product areas. In the late 2000s, Eduardo Cojuangco, the CEO of San Miguel Corporation, which was South Asia's largest food and beverage company, found himself in a quandary. Cojuanco w...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo: Game On!
Parul Purwar; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B16M158-EStrategyIn 2015, Nintendo—the iconic Japanese video game company—was faced with the decade-long challenge of responding to an industry that had changed in ways it had not anticipated. Under its new president, Nintendo had to contend with large-scale changes in the global gaming market. By not adapting to changing customer needs, Nintendo had lost the customer loyalty it had once enjoyed, as was evident from the decline in the number of units sold. It fac...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (B)
Roberto Galang; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B12M079-EStrategyThis supplement to Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (A) provides a brief update on the diversification strategy pursued by the company.Starting at €5.74
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The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industries in China
Andrew Karl Delios; Parul PurwarCase IVEY-9B16M226-EStrategyThis industry note details the state of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries in China in 2012. It has details on the size of the respective industries, their growth, their regulation and key political actors, as well as information and analysis on other important stakeholders in the pharmaceutical and health care sectors in China in the 2010s. The level of detail is high, as is the complexity of information presented. The note can be used...Starting at €8.20
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PacificLink iMedia: Becoming a Full Service Interactive Agency
Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B09M023-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case presents the decisions facing the managing director/executive director of PacificLink iMedia (PacificLink), more than 10 years after he founded the company. The company had experienced periods of growth and decline since its founding and was facing a period of uncertain growth given the turmoil in world markets in 2009, following several years of strong growth and expansion. The director anticipated that the company could continue to gr...Starting at €8.20
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Suntech Power, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-712001-EStrategyTeaching Note for 712001.Starting at €0.00
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AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.Teaching Note HBS-712035-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711036.Starting at €0.00
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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance
Iyer, Lakshmi; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712038-EEconomicsIn January 2012, the government of India faced significant challenges to achieving three key objectives of high growth, inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals, widespread citizen protests against corruption, and disagreements with coalition partners. Could ...Starting at €8.20
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Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-712061-EEconomicsFor the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies-wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. In 2009, the government focused broadly on "indigenous innovation," a policy to adopt and then develop technology in dozens of high-tech sectors. As with the earlier focus on renewables, explicit gove...Starting at €8.20