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Huawei: A Silent Chinese Telecom Multinational
Zhang, Yingying; Kase, KimioCase SM-1560-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and CommunicationIn terms of sales, Huawei is the world's fourth-largest maker of network equipment, after Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent. It also ranked second in optical networking and third in mobile-network gear in 2008. It is one of the leading global telecommunications solution providers with a revenue of 18.33 billion USD in 2008 and a net income of 1.15 billion USD. Contrary to the typical image of Chinese companies that depicts them...Starting at €8.20
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
Kase, Kimio; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Independent Investigation CommissioCase SM-1579-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe questions may largely fall into two categories: (1) Did Japan or PM Kan and his team cope well with the crisis (i.e., questions regarding efficiency and effectiveness)? And, perhaps more importantly, (2) Have lessons been learned that would help Japan prepare for other natural or man-made catastrophes (i.e., questions regarding learning and knowledge-creation)?Starting at €8.20
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals: Dr. Beat Richner's Lifework
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDr. Beat Richner, a 62-year-old Swiss pediatrician, set up children's hospitals in 1991 at the behest of the Cambodian King after the devastation brought about by the civil war. By 2009 he has managed to open and run four of them, both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They are almost entirely dependent on private donations, which, collected through his cello concerts and the Kantha Bopha Foundation, largely come from Europe and other parts of the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Norio Ohga: The Fifth President of Sony Corporation
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1481-EStrategyThe case analyses the conceptual scheme or model identified in Norio Ohga's management style, which we call the proto-image of the firm (PIF) approach. Sony's success in its diversification strategy is explained on the basis of PIF.Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, President of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483-EStrategyThis case examines the professional career of Chihiro Kanagawa, and shows how he turned Shin-Etsu Chemicals into a major international player in a sector in which Japanese companies had traditionally been uncompetitive. The case illustrates Kanagawa's dynamic management style and the value system on which it is based and we call the profit- arithmetic (PA) approach. Shin-Etsu Chemical's success by not spending money on projects not generating imm...Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, Presidente de Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483StrategyEste caso revisa la carrera profesional de Chihiro Kanagawa y explica cómo convirtió Shin-Etsu Chemicals en uno de los participantes más importantes a nivel internacional en un sector en el que históricamente las empresas japonesas no habían sido competitivas. El caso ilustra el estilo de gestión dinámico de Kanagawa y el sistema de valores en los que se basa y que denominamos política "profit- arithmetic" (PA). Asimismo se explica el éxito de la...Starting at €8.20
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TerraPower
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; Lassiter, Joseph B.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-813108-EEntrepreneurshipJohn Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. ...Starting at €8.20
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Getit
Nanda, RamanaCase HBS-813178-EEntrepreneurshipSidharth Gupta, CEO of Getit Infomediary Ltd, had just received a term sheet from Helion Venture Partners (Helion), one of India's independent venture capital firms, offering to invest Rs 200 million in return for an equity stake in the company. His dream of transforming Getit from a regional print company into a digital company with broad geographical reach was within grasp. However, Gupta had to act fast; Helion's term sheet would expire in a f...Starting at €8.20
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Oasys Water: Balancing Strategic Partnerships & Financing Decisions
Nanda, Ramana; Sahlman, William A.; Misra, SidCase HBS-815076-EEntrepreneurshipOasys Water had developed a proprietary water treatment technology based on an innovative forward osmosis process that could remove dissolved solids from water more effectively and efficiently than existing technologies. As Oasys looked to scale, it was exploring partnerships with various incumbent firms-the most serious were with a set of international oil and gas production companies (IOCs); a global oil and gas (O&G) services provider called N...Starting at €8.20
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Multi-Stage Financing of High-Potential Ventures
Nanda, RamanaCase HBS-815112-EEntrepreneurshipSuntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90 percent of its sales have been in Europe-especially Germany and Spain. But with its new "pluto" technology, and with new governmental subsidies in China, Japan and the USA, Suntech is shifting its focus-first to the USA, and then to China and Japan. And it has recently moved down-stream in the USA, into systems integra...Starting at €8.20