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Wingtech Acquires Nexperia: Will the New Company Fly?
Chen, Ming-Jer; Chan, Yi Ping; Whittle, Mary SummersCase DARDEN-S-0329-EStrategyEarly in 2019, Wingtech CEO Xuezheng Zhang faced one of the biggest challenges of his career. China-based Wingtech, which Zhang had founded 13 years earlier, had rapidly grown into one of the world’s top manufacturers of mobile phones and intelligent devices. But Wingtech didn’t manufacture its products’ key component: microchips. Most of the chips it used were purchased from American and European manufacturers. Faced with growing anti-China sent...Starting at €8.20
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A Pig in a Poke? Shuanghui’s Acquisition of Smithfield
Chen, Ming-Jer; Chan, Yi Ping; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-S-0330-EStrategyThis case stars Long Wan, chairman and CEO of Shuanghui International (Shuanghui), as he works through the postmerger integration of the newly acquired US-based Smithfield Foods (Smithfield). Wan must address many potential hurdles as he sought to integrate two very different companies, on two different continents, separated by a world of cultural and political differences. With its headquarters in rural Virginia and its folksy southern American ...Starting at €8.20
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Culture-Strategy-Execution "Oneness": A How-To Guide
Chen, Ming-Jer; Chan, Yi Ping; Tucker, CharlesTechnical Note DARDEN-S-0305-EStrategyThe culture-strategy-execution framework, known as the Trio Model, offers organizations a powerful, adaptive approach to navigating today’s complicated global issues. By considering culture as an integral part of strategic thinking, executives and practitioners adopting the model can take a holistic approach to solving practical problems.Starting at €8.20
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Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (A): The Problem
Matherne, G. Paul; Swanson, JonCase DARDEN-OM-1787-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2014, the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Virginia hospital experienced an increase in unplanned extubations, which could endanger the lives of premature infants who needed ventilators. In this set of two short caselets, the A case includes the situation, and the B case offers a solution.Starting at €8.20
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Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (B): The Solution
Matherne, G. Paul; Swanson, JonCase DARDEN-OM-1788-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2014, the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Virginia hospital experienced an increase in unplanned extubations, which could endanger the lives of premature infants who needed ventilators. In this set of two short caselets, the A case includes the situation, and the B case offers a solution.Starting at €5.74