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The Expansion of Ping An, Teaching Note
Pozen, Robert C.; Yang, Nina J.Teaching Note HBS-311141-EFinanceTeaching Note for 311133.Starting at €0.00
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Daqi
Pozen, Robert C.; Armbrust, Rick; Zhang, TonyCase HBS-309113-EIn 2008, Daqi was one of the largest Internet portals for user-generated content and leading word-of-mouth marketing provider in China. Grace Zhou, Daqi's CEO, was contemplating the risks and benefits of expanding Daqi's services into three new content areas-news, music, and popular bloggers. Each potential area of Daqi's expansion offered extensive benefits, such as major growth opportunity, as well as risks, including private lawsuits, governme...Starting at €8.20
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The Expansion of Ping An
Pozen, Robert C.; Yang, Nina J.Case HBS-311133-EFinanceIn June 2010, Mingzhe Ma, chairman and chief executive officer of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China ("Ping An" or "the Company"), sat down with Sun Jianyi, vice chief executive officer and executive vice president at Ping An, to discuss the future direction of the Company. They would have to answer questions at the upcoming shareholder meeting about Ping An's financial strategy for diversification within China and globally. Ping An had b...Starting at €8.20
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Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund, Teaching Note
Pozen, Robert C.; Gu, XiaoyuTeaching Note HBS-311138-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 311137.Starting at €0.00
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Nippon Steel Corporation
Datar, Srikant M.; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-109038-EAccounting and ControlNippon Steel Corporation, the largest Japanese steel producer and second largest in the world faces challenges in pursuing strategy to become a true global player. Nippon Steel had long been the top Japanese company, however the emergence of a global player, Arcelor-Mittal, prompted globalization of the steel industry. The company feels the urgent need to also globalize the company by not just increasing overseas production but also making necess...Starting at €8.20
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BMVSS: Changing Lives through Innovation One Jaipur Limb at a Time (Abridged)
Datar, Srikant M.; Chaturvedi, Saloni; Bowler, Caitlin N.Case HBS-115009-EAccounting and ControlBhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known for its patient-centric culture, its focus on innovation, and for developing the $20 Stanford-Jaipur knee, BMVSS has assisted over a million people in its lifetime of 44 years. As ...Starting at €8.20
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BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time, Teaching Note
Datar, Srikant M.; Bowler, Caitlin N.; Chaturvedi, SaloniTeaching Note HBS-118111-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for cases 114007 and 115009.Starting at €0.00
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Leading Change at Simmons (A) (Spanish version)
Casciaro, Tiziana; Edmondson, Amy C.; McManus, Stacy; Roloff, KateCase HBS-415S14Leadership and People ManagementExplores the challenge of managing large-scale organizational change at Simmons, an old and established company that manufactures and distributes mattresses. The new CEO, Charlie Eitel, hired to turn the organization's performance around, considers whether to implement an untraditional training program that includes outdoor experiential team-building activities as a central element of his change strategy. Asks participants to consider the decisio...Starting at €8.20
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Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund
Pozen, Robert C.; Gu, XiaoyuCase HBS-311137-EEconomicsThe China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in that it had a strictly commercial orientation and market-driven investment mandate to invest in foreign assets but also served as the parent company of a 100 percent-owned subsidiary...Starting at €8.20
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Revitalizing State Bank of India
Datar, Srikant M.; Bhatta, N. M.; Krishnan, Rishikesha; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-116043-EKnowledge and CommunicationState Bank of India is India's oldest and largest bank with the government of India as its majority shareholder. Arundhati Bhattacharya, a 35-year old veteran of the bank, is appointed as its chairman in October 2013. Her appointment coincides with Moody'Starting at €8.20