Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Good Intentions Gone Awry at the National Kidney Foundation
Hwee Sing Khoo; Audrey Chia; Vivien K. G. LimCase IVEY-9B10M017-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case illustrates the rise and fall of the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Singapore, T.T. Durai. In June 2007, Durai was charged with corruption and sentenced to three months in jail. Just less than two years prior, he had been the prolific CEO who had transformed the NKF from a small foundation into Singapore's largest charity, with 21 dialysis centres. Durai spent 37 years of his life volunteeri...Starting at €8.20
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Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School: Educational Transplant
Audrey Chia; Hwee Sing KhooCase IVEY-9B13C030-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore was initially established with the intention of transplanting the Duke University School of Medicine curriculum to Singapore, where the British style of medical education had been dominant. A small team of pioneer faculty faced many challenges, including transplanting the U.S. model while trying to improve upon and adapt it to the local environment, facing skepticism from the local medical communi...Starting at €8.20
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The Zuellig Family Foundation: A Bridge to a Better Future
Audrey Chia; Mavis McAllisterCase IVEY-9B16M189-EStrategyIn 2008, the chairman of the Zuellig Family Foundation and former Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Philippines, asked the foundation’s president to take up the challenge of providing health care for the poor of the Philippines. The foundation’s president was particularly struck by the health inequities between the urban rich and the rural poor. The rich had a life expectancy above 80 and the poor below 60; the maternal mortality ratio was 15 ...Starting at €8.20