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Easepal: Transforming a Chinese OEM Supplier
Chuang Chen; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B16M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAs one of the world’s largest OEM suppliers of electric massaging equipment, China’s Easepal has faced increasing challenges in its traditional OEM business over the course of two decades. Since the company’s inception in the 1990s, its founder has always had the ambitious goal of becoming more than just a supplier in the global electric massager market. Easepal’s mature research and development and manufacturing capabilities have the potential t...Starting at €8.20
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals: Seeking A Prescription For Digital Transformation
Ming Dong; Ning SuCase IVEY-9B18M001-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2015, China had one of the world’s largest and most complex healthcare industries. This industry had been undergoing unprecedented change in diverse areas, from policies to technologies. Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, China’s second-largest pharmaceutical company, spanned the entire pharmaceutical value chain, from product research and development to sales. The company’s core competency was in drug distribution, which generated 70 per cent of the f...Starting at €8.20
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Didi Kuaidi
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangCase IVEY-9B16M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, Didi and Kuaidi, the two leading players in China’s Internet-based ride-hailing industry, merged to form Didi Kuaidi. The combined firm represented one of the world’s largest Internet- and smartphone-based transport service companies, valued at about $6 billion. In its home market of China, Didi Kuaidi left its biggest competitor, Uber, a distant second. Meanwhile, Didi Kuaidi actively pursued global growth. For example, it invested in a...Starting at €8.20
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The Obamacare Website
Derrick Neufeld; Ning Su; Brad EvansCase IVEY-9B14E005-ECorporate GovernanceIn October 2013, the Health and Human Services Secretary of the United States is tasked with making decisions about a website project, Healthcare.gov, that is a critical component in delivering the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” to the American people. The act is a cornerstone but controversial policy of the Obama administration aimed at increasing access to health care services by providing health insurance to uninsured Americans. Unfortun...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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Ignacio Valente (C)
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-183Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl Grupo Valente es una empresa familiar propietaria de concesionarios de automóviles de varias marcas. Un mando intermedio se presenta un día en el trabajo con un vehículo recién comprado a la competencia haciendo ostentación de este hecho ante sus compañeros. El motivo de la compra es que en otra empresa le han valorado algo mejor el vehículo a entregar como parte del precio de compra. A pesar de que en su empresa le habían dado facilidades, de...Starting at €5.74
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Olivia Baker recibe un e-mail
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-251Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOlivia sigue con sus planes de expansión, pero sin tener demasiado en cuenta a uno de los miembros de su equipo, George Foster, que fue el que la ayudó en sus inicios. Olivia ha personalizado demasiado su empresa, de forma que no delega y concentra en ella todo el poder, con las debidas consecuencias y sin dar protagonismo al resto del equipo.Starting at €8.20