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Olympus and the Whistleblower President
Seijiro Takeshita; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B12M012-EStrategyThe newly appointed president and chief operating officer of Olympus Corporation of Japan was called to an emergency board meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss governance issues regarding corporate mergers and acquisitions. However, it would be no ordinary meeting. Since assuming the role of president in April 2011, the president had discovered evidence of corporate fraud on a large scale. He had commissioned an external auditor rep...Starting at €8.20
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Tesco PLC: Strategy for India
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M096-EStrategyAs multinational enterprises expand operations in emerging economies, identifying and responding to unique marketing challenges may require strategy that focuses on local adaptation and global integration on a country by country basis. In March 2014, Tesco PLC (Tesco), the largest retailer in the United Kingdom and the third largest supermarket group in the world, has signed an agreement with Trent Hypermarkets, the retail division of the Tata Gr...Starting at €8.20
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Crescent Petroleum-Dana Gas: Negotiate, Mediate, Arbitrate
Fabbe, Kristin E.; Reinert, Sophus A.; Cisneros, NathanCase HBS-718052-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fabbe, Kristin E.; Al-Amin, Safwan; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-719020-EEconomicsWith SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia's largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region, Jordan, and Egypt. Almarai employed some 42,000 people across its operations, from its massive dairy farms to its processing plants to its vast sales and distribution operation that r...Starting at €8.20
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Business Process Outsourcing at Apollo Health Street
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B11M041-EStrategyThe managing director of Apollo Health Street (AHS), a health care business process outsourcing (BPO) company headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States, was pondering two dilemmas: achieving short-term growth for his company, and finding new ways to compete in a changing industry. AHS was itself a subsidiary of Apollo Health Enterprises Ltd., an integrated health care company located in Hyderabad, India. AHS had been growing at an 80 per cent ...Starting at €8.20
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A G.ho.st Story - Teaching Note: The challenges of an Israeli-Palestinian Business
Essof, Azav; Ribera, AlbertoTeaching Note DPOT-42-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching Note of the case DPO-185-EStarting at €0.00
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A G.ho.st Story: The Challenges of an Israeli-Palestinian Business
Ezov, Assaf; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-185-EInformation TechnologiesThis case is about the creation and development of a technological start-up by an Israeli entrepreneur and his Palestinian partner, with the fundamental goal of facilitating peace between the two peoples and contributing to their economic development. It shows the geopolitical difficulties which have arisen and continue to do so in this joint venture, affecting both everyday work and financing.Starting at €8.20
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Hongxin Entrepreneur Incubator: Expanding the Cloud
Xiaosong Lin; Christopher Williams; Zhirong MuCase IVEY-9B14M113-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Hongxin Entrepreneur Incubator, located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, has experienced tremendous growth between 2001 and 2013. Its founder and president has received widespread acclaim as he has helped to launch and turn around more than 100 local companies, both start-ups and more developed enterprises. He now plans to develop and grow the incubator by setting it up as an online platform that would connect and support an alliance of ent...Starting at €8.20
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Tesla: Internationalization from Singapore to China
Christopher Williams; Umair Shafique; Adnan Kayssi; Wanyi Zhao; Agata Barczyk; Lukasz GluszynskiCase IVEY-9B15M074-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyElon Musk, the CEO of the U.S.-headquartered Tesla Motors (Tesla), was considering how the company should enter the Chinese market. Less than a year earlier, Tesla had exited Singapore after disappointing results only six months after entering that promising market. There were several questions that the company would have to answer in order to formulate an appropriate entry strategy for China. First, could the company learn from its experiences i...Starting at €8.20