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Flashfood.Shop: Self-Service Retailing of Fresh Meals in China
Yibo Lyu; Shaojie Han; Qing Liu; Jingqin SuCase IVEY-9B19M036-EStrategyOn April 1, 2017, Flashfood.Shop, a new brand in self-service retailing of fresh meals, was founded in Dalian, Liaoning province, China. The self-service retail platform provided office workers with affordable and convenient fresh meals 24 hours per day. Flashfood.Shop used intelligent self-catering machines as its physical sales terminals and it used an intelligent self-catering system as its online service interface. By the end of June 2018, Fl...Starting at €8.20
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HY Capital: Making Venture Capital Investment Decisions in a Changed Environment
Yibo Lyu; Yushan Zhou; Shaojie Han; Binyuan He; Zewei Yu; Jianfeng HuCase IVEY-9B19N023-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceAt the end of 2017, the director of HY Capital, was facing an investment decision. Two years earlier, HY Capital had invested in Dalian New Vision Media Co. Ltd. (New Vision), a company working on augmented reality products for early childhood education.Starting at €8.20
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IDL: Enabling the Conventional Retail Industry
Yibo Lyu; Lining Bao; Qing Liu; Yushan Zhou; Shaojie Han; Liangqi Xu; Jianen Sun; Chun Kong AuCase IVEY-9B20A042-EMarketingIDL Innovation Hong Kong Co. Ltd. (IDL) was a well-known interior design company specializing in commercial retail centres. The design company’s goal was to help its partners create more value by presenting effective interior design. However, with the risStarting at €8.20
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Dalian Venture Workshop Technology Service Co., Ltd.: Business Incubation in China
Yibo Lyu; Shaojie Han; Qing Liu; Jingqin Su; Jianfeng HuCase IVEY-9B18M184-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in 2012 in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, Dalian Venture Workshop Technology Service Co., Ltd. (Venture Workshop) was a business incubator that provided early stage start-ups with incubation and investment services. In 2014, China identified VeStarting at €8.20
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COSCO: Implementing Sustainability
Marquis, Christopher; Yin, Juelin; Yang, DongningCase HBS-412081-ELeadership and People ManagementIn January 2005, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) announced it would join the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). At that time, COSCO initiated sustainability reporting practices in line with the UNGC, and over the next six years these efforts evolved into an information technology platform integrating all the company's sustainability processes and indicators. In fall 2011, the company's leadership considered the following strategic...Starting at €8.20
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The HBT Merger (China Roles Version)
Tiedens L; Melvin S; Levine Y; Cronkite J; Hoyt D; Sutherland SCase SGSB-L22CHN-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a role-play case, intended for use in a leadership development course for MBA students. The case has four roles, two each for students playing U.S.- and China-based managers. There are two versions of the case, one for students playing the role of U.S.-based managers (L-22US), and one for students playing the role of China-based managers (L-22CHN). Each version has a set of common facts, plus a set of facts known only to that side. Th...Starting at €8.20
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The HBT Merger - Teaching note
Tiedens L; Melvin S; Levine Y; Cronkite J; Hoyt D; Sutherland STeaching Note SGSB-L22TN-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a role-play case, intended for use in a leadership development course for MBA students. The case has four roles, two each for students playing U.S.- and China-based managers. There are two versions of the case, one for students playing the role of U.S.-based managers (L-22US), and one for students playing the role of China-based managers (L-22CHN). Each version has a set of common facts, plus a set of facts known only to that side. Th...Starting at €0.00
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The HBT Merger (U.S. Roles Verison)
Tiedens L; Melvin S; Levine Y; Cronkite J; Hoyt D; Sutherland SCase SGSB-L22US-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a role-play case, intended for use in a leadership development course for MBA students. The case has four roles, two each for students playing U.S.- and China-based managers. There are two versions of the case, one for students playing the role of U.S.-based managers (L-22US), and one for students playing the role of China-based managers (L-22CHN). Each version has a set of common facts, plus a set of facts known only to that side. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Weibo: The Chinese Social Media Business Model
Yibo Lyu; Shaojie Han; Qing Liu; Jingqin Su; Jianen SunCase IVEY-9B19M081-EStrategyIn 2012, Sina Weibo stood out from competing microblogging products and developed into the largest social media platform in China. However, in 2013, competition from WeChat, a lack of high-quality content, and the exposure of an excessive number of fake aStarting at €8.20
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KUB: Brand Marketing on New Media
Yibo Lyu; Li Li; Qing Liu; Shaojie Han; Haifen Lin; Jianen SunCase IVEY-9B20A051-EMarketingHangzhou Kub Baby Products Co. Ltd. (Kub), an e-commerce company established in 2009, sold maternal and child products. After a decade of development, Kub had earned praise from customers for the high-value, high-quality, and cost-effective products it soStarting at €8.20