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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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change (Abridged)
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Case HBS-711050-EArcadia Biosciences is seeking to introduce genetically modified rice to China that will lower farmers' costs and generate environmental benefits through reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology company, notably uneven enforcement of intellectual property in emerging market countries, and uncertainty regarding the provision and market value of carbon credits under international c...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-709019-EArcadia Biosciences is an entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September, 2008. The company had a plan to share carbon credits allocated by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farme...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change, Teaching Note
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.Teaching Note HBS-711042-ETeaching Note for 709019.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