Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Four Seasons Minghu: Organizational Resilience and the Path to Recovery
Miao Cui; Xiaoxue Zhou; Di Cai; Bing Liu; Shaobo LiCase IVEY-9B20M063-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBefore 2013, Shandong Four Seasons Minghu Hotel Co. Ltd. was a high-end restaurant and food service company. In December 2012, the Chinese government implemented the Eight-Point Regulation that prohibited government officials from indulging in luxury banquets and high-end meals. The new government policy had a negative effect on many companies across the high-end food service industry, whose customer base consisted mainly of government officials....Starting at €8.20
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Shandong Moris Chemical Co. Ltd. : A Hidden Champion in the Brine Chemical Industry
Liang (Lucas) WangCase IVEY-9B20M117-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn June 2019, the founder and chairman of Shandong Moris Chemical Co. Ltd. (Moris), a leading chemical production group, had to decide whether Moris should diversify into an unrelated industry. Moris’s main business had been the production and processingStarting at €8.20
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CredEx Fintech: Managing Dual Business Models
Miao Cui; Xiaoxue Zhou; Qianjin Fang; Ziyi Wang; Xia TangCase IVEY-9B20M105-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLaunched in 2010, CredEx Fintech Co. Ltd. (CredEx) operated until 2017 as a mobile credit platform, connecting lenders and borrowers in the Chinese small- and microcredit market. In 2017, the Chinese government introduced a regulation to address misconducStarting at €8.20
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Fotile: A Top Kitchen Appliance Brand Rooted in China
Liang (Lucas) Wang; Di DengCase IVEY-9B19M075-EStrategyIn January 2018, Fotile Kitchenware Co. Ltd.'s (Fotile's) sales for 2017 were announced at over ¥10 billion. Fotile had become the first kitchen appliance manufacturer in China to reach this significant milestone, despite its relatively short operationalStarting at €8.20