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Negotiating for Success in Asia: Adapting to a Multipolar World
Stephen Grainger; Per HintzeCase IVEY-9B19M015-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAn executive at a North American-based multinational company contacted an old friend and former business associate in Indonesia in hopes of collaborating with him to purchase Asian software companies. After several emails, the two disagreed and disengaged. The North American declined the Indonesian’s advice to invest time in developing the relationships required to access this market. Three months later, after realizing he had closed the door on ...Starting at €8.20
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To Float or Not to Float? (A) (Spanish version)
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-707S08EconomicsOn July 21, 2005 China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11% and, at the same time, introduced a more market-based exchange rate system. Many analysts and economists were disappointed with what they considered too small a change and called for more flexibility in the U.S. dollar/yuan exchange rate. Modification to China's exchange rate regime had been eagerly anticipated and...Starting at €8.20
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China: Flotar o no flotar (C) Esquel Group y el Renminbi chino
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-707S10EconomicsEn julio de 2005, China revaluó su moneda en un 2,1% y ajustar su régimen de tipo de cambio hacia un sistema más basado en el mercado. Esquel Group, una gestión familiar, textiles privadas firma especializada en camisas de algodón de alta calidad con su mayoría de base de producción se encuentra en China, estaba entre aquellas empresas que se enfrentan con el reto de hacer frente a la revaluación del yuan y la posibilidad de apreciación futura . ...Starting at €5.74
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Meli Marine (Spanish version)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-414S03StrategyMeli Marina, una empresa de transporte de contenedores, se enfrenta a una decisión estratégica importante después de una oportunidad de adquisición en sí misma ofrece interesantes. Fundada en 1974 por la familia Chang, la empresa con sede en Singapur ha hecho un hueco en el mercado del transporte intra-Asia. Después de años de éxito, la erosión de las condiciones de negocio causaron una crisis financiera y un nuevo CEO, David Tian, se trajeron....Starting at €8.20
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Forty Chinese Police to Five-Star Bali Conference: Scam
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B17M024-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2012, a real estate entrepreneur and his long-time friend and former neighbour, a police director, had enjoyed the profits of guanxi—a bilateral flow of personal favours—for many years. The use of guanxi in China had long been a core component of successful and sometimes illegal business. However, China’s new president had recently created a tough anti-corruption Disciplinary Committee. As a result, many respected citizens who had previously p...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: A Second Attempt at Modernization
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B12C055-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH), a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE), was under pressure to become a profit generating 5-star hotel due to the continued development of the Chinese market economy. As for many SOEs, the RDH was overstaffed, filled with archaic work practices, internal cliques, unsystematic production systems and a dysfunctional motivation system unrelated to performance. During modernization, a number of human resource management...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: Problems Adapting to the Chinese Market Economy
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B17C049-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyBetween 1999 and 2017, the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH) evolved from a state-owned enterprise (SOE) into a modern, market-driven 5-star accommodation provider, experiencing a combination of market economy and privatization forces. Its initial operations under the new status progressed from the poor performance and management practices of China’s planned economy to a portfolio of operational and strategic reforms that saw it become semi-privatized i...Starting at €8.20
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Bella Healthcare India, Teaching Note
Leonard, Dorothy; Yong, SunruTeaching Note HBS-4441-ETeaching Note for Product #4440Starting at €0.00
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The Sri Lankan Health Crisis and the Middle Man
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B16M117-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, many people in southwest Sri Lanka were experiencing severe health problems as a result of poor water sanitation, decaying pumps and pipes, and the resultant unsanitary water. With Sri Lanka’s dubious credit record and extremely poor economy, the country's government was unsure of how to raise the US$70 million that was required to build new sanitation plants and replace many aging pipes throughout the region. Would it have to accept the...Starting at €8.20
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Swine Flu Tour
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B09C021-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAn Australian business professor has just arrived in China with a group of students, when one of the group members comes down with the H1N1 virus. The entire group is hospitalized or quarantined. The professor, who is also the tour director, must determine how to deal with the crisis, and quickly. This case is designed for use in a crisis management course, or in an early class in an international management course to illustrate the sorts of diff...Starting at €8.20