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Otsuka Kagu Ltd: Saving the Furniture Business
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin Roxas; Karina Iris YuvallosCase IVEY-9B18M195-EStrategyFounded in 1969 as a small operation, Otsuka Kagu, Ltd. became Japan’s largest furniture retailer and was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1980. A membership program in 1993 managed to revitalize the company’s sales at a time when Japan was in a receStarting at €8.20
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Cubo Modular Inc.: Managing Demand for Bamboo Houses
Andrea Santiago; Al Rosenbloom; Fernando Martin RoxasCase IVEY-W25411-EMarketingCUBO Modular Inc. (CUBO) was a start-up social enterprise in the Philippines that emerged shortly after its chief executive officer, Earl Forlales, received a substantial cash award for besting 1,200 entries in a competition. The concept behind Forlales’sStarting at €8.20
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Transitions Asia: Managing Across Cultures, Teaching Note
Chua, Roy Y. J.; Mozgai, Sharon; Lau, DawnTeaching Note HBS-414045-ELeadership and People ManagementThe director of an interim executive research firm, Chee Lung Tham, faced a clash of culture and management styles when his mainland China client threatened to fire the American interim manager that Tham had assigned. The client, Wong Lung, ran a family-owned garment manufacturing business along with his younger brother, as well as his two overseas-educated children. While Wong needed the American manager's technology expertise, his own brother a...Starting at €0.00
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CDG: Managing in China's Economic Transformation
Chua, Roy Y. J.; Chen, Shaohui; Kwan, Lisa B.Case HBS-411067-ELeadership and People ManagementChina Data Group (CDG) is a leading business processes outsourcing company based in Beijing, China. Roc Yang, Chairman of CDG had to confront a dilemma when he discovered that one of his senior managers gave a gift to a potential client in an effort to win a large business deal. Although this practice was pervasive in the China business context characterized by heavy reliance on personal relationships or guanxi, it went against the founding princ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (Spanish version)
Chua, Roy Y. J.; Eccles, Robert G.Case HBS-416S17Leadership and People ManagementShanghai Tang is a luxury brand that focuses on Chinese-inspired fashion, accessories, and home decoration products. In Fall 2008, amidst a growing global economic crisis, Raphael Ie Masne, executive chairman of Shanghai Tang, had to decide what to do with the recently vacant creative director position. Did Shanghai Tang need to hire a new creative director at this uncertain economic time? Or could he take on the role of the creative director him...Starting at €8.20
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Takata Bankruptcy: Failure of Leadership or Innovation Gone Rogue
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin RoxasCase IVEY-9B20C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyTakata Corporation was a business-to-business firm based in Japan, whose logo once symbolized safety. In 2013, however, the company mishandled its airbag recall crisis, which was Japan’s largest automotive safety recall. The crisis led to the largest corporate bankruptcy filing of a Japanese firm and impacted Japanese banks involved in a collateral-free syndicated loan. How could the company have better managed the crisis?Starting at €8.20
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Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang, Teaching Note
Chua, Roy Y. J.; Kwan, Lisa B.Teaching Note HBS-411026-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 410018.Starting at €0.00
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CDG: Managing in China's Economic Transformation, Teaching Note
Chua, Roy Y. J.; Mozgai, SharonTeaching Note HBS-412085-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411-067.Starting at €0.00