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Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait
Hill, Linda A.; Teppert, Dana M.Case HBS-413107-ELeadership and People ManagementIbrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership, NBK grew from a small local bank to one of the preeminent financial institutions in the region. However, following the global financial crisis of 2008 and the Arab Spring, NBK had to slow its regional expansion. Dabdoub wonders if the Bank is positioned to thrive and fulfill its collective a...Starting at €8.20
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Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization (Abridged)
Hill, Linda A.; Mayo, Anthony J.; Teppert, Dana M.Case HBS-415033-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes how to champion and implement organizational change from the middle by recounting the experiences of Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization. This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details.Starting at €8.20
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Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia
Hill, Linda A.; Teppert, Dana M.; Wigen, Allison J.Case HBS-415037-ELeadership and People ManagementSanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, is expanding globally. Three years after launching Bernstein's Asian business, senior management has appointed Ghislain de Charentenay, a six-year sales veteran of the firm, as director of Asian research in Hong Kong. He is the first director of research Bernstein has put on the ground in Asia. As the firm faces the challenging realities of scaling its Asian business and meeting growing cli...Starting at €8.20
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Managing the Layoff Process: India
Sucher, Sandra J.Case HBS-612068-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note is an overview of the context for managing layoffs in India. It describes the legal responsibilities of managers in conducting layoffs, recent unemployment trends, and the financial, health, training, job placement and other benefits that laid-off employees can expect to receive.Starting at €8.20
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Generation Investment Management
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613002-EExamines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend an investment in ABB India. The decision pits economic development-supplying energy to impoverished rural areas in India, against environmental damage-caused by the...Starting at €8.20
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Globalizing Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., Teaching Plan
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gupta, ShaleneTeaching Note HBS-318131-ETeaching plan for case 318130.Starting at €0.00
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Cipla 2011 (Spanish version)
Deshpande, Rohit; Sucher, Sandra J.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-517S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is weighing options for how to continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape.Starting at €8.20
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Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization
Hill, Linda A.; Mayo, Anthony J.; Teppert, Dana M.Case HBS-413060-ELeadership and People ManagementIz-Lynn Chan, assistant director of retail business group and service quality and vice president of Far East retail consultancy for Far East Organization, a private real estate developer group in Singapore, raises service standards in the company's hospitality portfolio, Far East Hospitality. Chan and her small team in the Service Quality and Standards Department (SQSD) for Far East Organization apply to the Singapore government for the National ...Starting at €8.20
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Man Jit Singh at Sony Entertainment Television (B)
Hill, Linda A.; Wigen, Allison J.; Teppert, Dana M.Case HBS-414052-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement to (A) case: Explores the role of CEO Man Jit Singh and his senior management committee in leading Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (formerly SET Pvt. Ltd.), a leading television broadcaster in India. Describes Singh's decision to evaluate employees based on values as well as performance, and the management committee's response. Allows for discussion of: 1) the impact of leadership style on team culture, performance, and effectiveness; 2) ...Starting at €5.74
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Yahoo! in China (A)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Baer, DanielCase HBS-609051-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn 2007 Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, was lambasted by U.S. Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's role in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist and democracy advocate Shi Tao. The case describes the actions that Yahoo! had taken to grow its business in China, its handling of a government request for the identity of a Yahoo! user, and subsequent actions by the firm to respond to ne...Starting at €8.20