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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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Volkswagen Group: Adapting in the Age of AI
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Duan YangExercise IVEY-9B19E016-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIn 2016, the Volkswagen Group (VW Group) announced a new future program, Together–Strategy 2025, which outlined the company’s ambition of becoming “a world-leading provider of sustainable mobility” by 2025. The VW Group made it clear that innovation and tStarting 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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Siemens Canada: Digital Transformation
Ning Su; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn mid-2018, the president and chief executive officer of Siemens Canada was examining his options in executing Vision 2020+, a growth plan developed by the company's headquarters in Germany. One of the cornerstones of the plan was digitalization, both internally, among the company's sprawling manufacturing operations, and externally, among the company's industrial customers. How could Siemens Canada, as a North American subsidiary of a large mul...Starting at €8.20
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ACME: Solvencia II
Soley, Jorge; Vilà, JosepCase F-854Corporate Governance, FinanceEl caso se centra en las conversaciones del equipo directivo de esta compañía de seguros ante el impacto de la próxima implantación de la norma prudencial conocida como Solvencia II, y aplicable a este tipo de compañías. Esta normativa, al igual que ocurrió con la de Basilea en las entidades bancarias,va a cambiar la forma de actuación de las aseguradoras. Los directivos hablan de cómo les afectará en la gestión de su compañía,en sus políticas d...Starting at €8.20
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Angel Agulló y Cía.
Soley, Jorge; Verdaguer, J.Case F-713FinanceEl Caso trata de la típica situación en que se encuentran muchas empresas de tamaño mediano, en lo que se refiere a la confusión existente entre el patrimonio individual de los accionistas y el de la propia empresa. En estas situaciones la Banca Privada, entendiendo por tal aquélla que se conoce internacionalmente como "Gestora de fortunas", desarrolla las siguientes tareas: la separación entre la empresa y el patrimonio personal, la profesionali...Starting at €8.20
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Private Equity
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-301-EFinanceThis note explains the characteristics of the risk capital sector in Spain and other countries. It discusses the different ways in which risk capital is managed, and the legal and fiscal framework of risk capital in Spain, depending on its form: risk capital funds and companies. The case also presents a broad outline of the different types of risk capital players: private capital companies and funds, regional industrial development societies, and...Starting at €8.20
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Editorial Pirineos (B)
Soley, JorgeCase F-632FinanceSe estudia con detalle la relación banco-empresa destacando la importancia de su equilibrio y de la obtención de beneficios para ambas partes. Se pone especial hincapié en que esta relación tiene que ser marcada en un enfoque a largo plazo, con independencia de las situaciones coyunturales que pueden ser favorables, a corto plazo, a una u otra parte. Se introduce como análisis las fuentes de financiación alternativas no bancarias a corto plazo pa...Starting at €5.74