HBSP (USA)
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Luckin Coffee (B): Revelations of Fraud
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Elterman, KarenCase HBS-721371-EStrategyThis case describes revelations of fraud at Luckin Coffee, beginning with an anonymous report in January 2020 and continuing with the company's admission in April 2020 that it had inflated its revenues by 2.2 billion RMB ($310 million), almost half its reported revenue, in the last three quarters of 2019. It was later found that Luckin had arranged false transactions at many of its stores, and that it had sold tens of millions of cups of coffee (...Starting at €5.74
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The Eli Lilly MDR-TB Partnership: Creating Private and Public Value
Trager, Alan M.; Droste Yagan, JessicaCase HBS-HKS239-EEconomicsIn 2003, pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly created the MDR-TB Partnership to fight MDR-TB, a form of tuberculosis. An estimated 450,000 new cases of this disease were reported each year, primarily in China, India, and Russia. The Partnership, an alliance of 14 public and private organizations, attempted to transfer technology to increase the supply of drugs that could cure MDR-TB; train health care workers to design successful strategies for ...Starting at €8.20
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The Eli Lilly MDR-TB Partnership: Creating Private and Public Value: Teaching Note
Trager, Alan M.Teaching Note HBS-HKS567-EEconomicsIn 2003, pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly created the MDR-TB Partnership to fight MDR-TB, a form of tuberculosis. An estimated 450,000 new cases of this disease were reported each year, primarily in China, India, and Russia. The Partnership, an alliance of 14 public and private organizations, attempted to transfer technology to increase the supply of drugs that could cure MDR-TB; train health care workers to design successful strategies for ...Starting at €0.00
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Luckin Coffee (A): Caffeine-fueled Growth
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Elterman, KarenCase HBS-721370-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes the founding of Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee in 2017 and its path to surpassing Starbucks as the largest coffee chain in China (by number of stores) in 2019. Unlike Starbucks stores, which were designed to be welcoming "third places" for customers to gather away from their homes or offices, most of Luckin's stores were small and bare, reflecting its mission to provide convenient takeout or delivery coffee to busy custome...Starting at €8.20