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Youku Tudou: Shaping Entertainment and Media in China
Xi Zhang; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B21E006-EInformation TechnologiesBoth founded in the mid-2000s as two of China’s earliest online video platforms and both emphasizing creative, original content, Youku and Tudou enjoyed popularity among China’s young netizens, while constantly battling each other for market leadership. Both firms went public, on the NYSE and Nasdaq respectively. Facing China’s hyper-competitive online video market, the twin firms decided to engage in a series of transactions, including a merger ...Starting at €8.20
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DBS Bank Ltd.: How to Accelerate Digitalization
Ning Su; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W25312-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn June 2020, the head of Customer Centre at DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS), the largest commercial bank in Singapore, was wondering how to leverage the bank’s current success in digitalization to create a competitive advantage. As a business leader, she was facing major decision points. How could she increase awareness of the bank’s digital assets among existing customers? How could she further digitalize the customer centre? In addition, the COVID-19 glob...Starting at €8.20
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MarcPoint: Strategizing with Big Data
Wei Zhang; Liang Li; Ning Su; Ji-Ye MaoCase IVEY-9B19E012-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyAs Shanghai MarcPoint Information Technology Co. Ltd. (MarcPoint) celebrated its fifth anniversary, its founder was quite pleased by what the company had achieved. MarcPoint was a start-up that offered marketing research services by analyzing user-generatStarting at €8.20
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Hongxuan Agriculture: Innovations in the Value Chain
Yingying Wang; Shuting Li; Ning Su; Xiangfeng ChenCase IVEY-9B19D009-EService and Operations ManagementIn June 2018, the president of Hongxuan Agriculture Group (Hongxuan), which operated in the Chinese egg industry, was aware that an ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States might affect both his industry and future financing for his compaStarting at €8.20
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sinha, JayantArticle HBS-R0506CEconomicsThey lack specialized intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract-enforcing methods. These gaps have made it difficult for multinationals to succeed in developing nations; thus, many companies have resisted investing there. That may be a mistake. If Western companies don't come up with good strategies for engaging with emerging markets, they are unlikely to remain competitive. Many firms choose their markets and strategies for the wrong rea...Starting at €8.20
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Tata Nano - The People's Car (Spanish version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Anand, Bharat N.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-711S33StrategyThe case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (Chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, Managing Director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price - quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionar...Starting at €8.20
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Dou Group: Evaluación de Socios para el Garanti Bank
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Bullock, Richard J.Case HBS-714S02Knowledge and CommunicationEn agosto de 2005, la dirección del Grupo Dogus de Turquía considera oportunidades para su empresa insignia, Garanti Bank, asociarse con una institución financiera extranjera. El caso describe el sector bancario turco y la posición de Garanti Bank dentro de ella, y le pide a los estudiantes a considerar si la asociación tiene sentido para Garanti y, si es así, qué licitador se debe seleccionar.Starting at €8.20
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Red Star Furniture Group Co. LTD. (Spanish Version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Nueno, PedroCase HBS-114S14EntrepreneurshipFundada en 1986, el Estrella Roja se había convertido en la principal tienda de departamento en China para los productos de mobiliario y equipamiento del hogar (baño, lámparas, textiles complementos, etc.). El modelo de negocio de Red Star era proporcionar un espacio adecuado para los vendedores (que alquilan el espacio) en buen centro comercial, un bien diseñado y equipado (estacionamiento, transporte, servicios) ubicados en zonas clave de creci...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba se vuelve una empresa pública (B)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-116S12Accounting and ControlActualización sobre evolución de la acción de Alibaba Group y eventos relacionados en el año siguiente su reunión de septiembre 2014 IPO.Starting at €5.74
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Easepal: Transforming a Chinese OEM Supplier
Chuang Chen; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B16M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAs one of the world’s largest OEM suppliers of electric massaging equipment, China’s Easepal has faced increasing challenges in its traditional OEM business over the course of two decades. Since the company’s inception in the 1990s, its founder has always had the ambitious goal of becoming more than just a supplier in the global electric massager market. Easepal’s mature research and development and manufacturing capabilities have the potential t...Starting at €8.20