HBSP (USA)
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Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century, Teaching Plan
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Giacomin, ValeriaTeaching Note HBS-818063-EEconomicsTeaching plan for case 805010.Starting at €0.00
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Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Alamsyah, EssieCase HBS-316178-EThis case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on state-owned and foreign firms. The case describes the formidable challenges she initially faced, her subsequent breakthrough in China, and the subsequent growth as a global water treatmen...Starting at €8.20
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Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Yang, AmandaCase HBS-317045-EThis case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by real estate wife and husband moguls Zhang Zin and Pan Shiyi. After exploring how they became billionaires through investing in the booming China real estate market in the 1990s, the case discusses their decision to found the Foundation in the context of the belated emergence of philanthropy in China, and the contin...Starting at €8.20
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Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-720371-EStrategyIn 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by the adoption of electric cars and buses. Moreover, the falling cost of batteries was sparking interest in another potential huge market-the electrical utility sector. Batteries cou...Starting at €8.20
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Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Spadafora, AndrewCase HBS-314087-EConsiders the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia, where the brand had been fo...Starting at €8.20
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Electric Car Wars, 2018
Wells, John R.; Weinstock, BenjaminCase HBS-719470-EStrategyElectric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government incentives and strong pioneering efforts by a few automakers over the years, electric and hybrid cars and light trucks still accounted for less than 1% of total global production in 2016. However, events took a turn in 2017 and 2018, when many governments committed to banning ICE vehicles. In re...Starting at €8.20