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Succession in Chinese Family Businesses (A): Fotile and the Mao Family
Jean Lee; Rebecca Chung; An JingCase IVEY-9B15C020-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe three cases in this series focus on two Chinese families’ experiences with entrepreneurship and succession. Because most family businesses in China are relatively young, these first-generation entrepreneurs use their own approach to identify and develop their successors, and to pass their “wealth” to their offspring in a context shaped by unique Chinese cultural elements. The role-play exercise that relates to the (C) case illustrates the cur...Starting at €8.20
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Wensli Silk: Succession and International Luxury Branding
Jean Lee; Rebecca Chung; An JingCase IVEY-9B16C023-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn 2011, China-based Wensli Group’s newly appointed chairwoman was preparing to transform the company’s silk business into a global luxury brand. It was a lofty goal for a company that started out as a township silk factory before growing into the largest silk-producing company in China. Tapping into the luxury market, however, presented a challenge because Chinese companies were better known for producing cost-conscious products. That meant Wens...Starting at €8.20
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Midea Group: Founder to CEO Succession
Ziqian (Stella) Zhao; Jean LeeCase IVEY-9B17C012-ELeadership and People ManagementMidea Group Co., Ltd. was a white goods empire built by its Chinese founder over several decades; consequently, the Midea brand led the home appliance industry in China. In August 2012, the 70-year-old founder and chairman retired as board chairman. The founder’s chosen successor was a 45-year-old professional manager and the former chairman and chief executive officer of one of Midea Group’s firms. This manager faced a grim situation as he took ...Starting at €8.20
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JD.Com: HR Management Challenges Arising from Rapid Growth and Transformation
Jean Lee; Rain Long; Rebecca Yuen Man Chung; Leah TanCase IVEY-9B19C024-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBetween 1998 and 2018, JD.com Inc. (JD.com) transformed from a compact disc (CD)-burner shop into a technology-driven group of service companies (JD Group) and China’s largest retailer by revenue. Yu Long joined the Group in August 2012 as chief human resStarting at €8.20
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Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (A)
Jean Lee; Liman Zhao; Yunting LuCase IVEY-9B19C001-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyScanteak Corporation was a furniture retailer founded in Singapore in the 1970s. By 2010, it had established more than 100 stores around the world. It had also become the first furniture company to be listed on the Taiwan OTC (Over-the-Counter) Exchange. The two founders had invested a great deal in developing the business and preparing their children to become their successors. In 2003, the two founders’ daughter joined the company to help grow ...Starting at €8.20
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La Fageda: A Crazy Initiative (B): Challenges of Growth and Governance in 2014
Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1325-ECorporate Governance, StrategyCase (B) details the important legal changes made to the initiative. Cristóbal Colón, chairman of La Fageda, reflects on the reinforcement of the organization and the corporate governance to ensure the continuity of the project and its depersonalization.Starting at €5.74
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La Fageda 1982-2008: An Outrageous Initiative
Segarra, Montse; Ochoa, I.; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1218-ECorporate GovernanceLa Fageda is a social initiative which employs the mentally disabled and mentally ill in the Garrotxa region (Girona), helping them integrate into society through production and marketing of top quality yogurt. The case study raises growth alternatives and their consequences. La Fageda and its leadership are epitomized in the person of Cristóbal Colón, its founder and chairman. What started as a work cooperative is now a complex structure consist...Starting at €8.20
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Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S. A. D.: A Modest Club in the Elite of a Unique Sector
Segarra, José Antonio; Fernández, Albert; Aguirreamalloa Arizaga, JavierCase SM-1626-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIt was the summer of 2015. Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S.A.D. was playing in the First Division in the same years it was celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding--a unique case in the history of Spanish football. The club had several characteristics that set it apart: the town where it was based was smaller than any other that had produced a First Division team; austerity was a defining feature of the club, which strived to live and dissemin...Starting at €8.20
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David contra Goliath. Decisiones comerciales en La Fageda
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1321MarketingLa Fageda es una iniciativa social y cooperativa que fabrica y vende yogures (además de helados y mermeladas). A mediados de 2014 han de tomar tres decisiones importantes dentro del ámbito comercial: cómo responder a una bajada de precios en una cadena importante; cómo ayudar a los distribuidores que se ven afectados por la caída de su negocio (fruto de la centralización logística de las principales cadenas); y qué hacer con algunas cuentas del c...Starting at €8.20
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Benati Solares
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1318MarketingEn 2013 el departamento de fotoprotección de Benati se plantea si debe responder a las promociones de la competencia. Pese a que estas promociones (ya en su tercer verano consecutivo) no hacen mucho daño en la cuota de mercado de Benati, la empresa identifica cierto descontento entre las farmacias, que son quienes venden el producto al cliente final.Starting at €8.20