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Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (A)
Macomber, John D.; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-210089-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A residential real estate developer competes in a heated auction for a prime retail development site in the interior of China during the 2009 boom. Total project cost might be in excess of $1billion US for over 4,000,000 square feet of building. Hang Lung Properties has enjoyed success in residential building in Hong Kong but has focused on very limited projects in China, no...Starting at €8.20
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Noble Group (Spanish Version)
Foley, C. Fritz; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Johnson, Matthew; Meyer, LinneaCase HBS-213S02Finance¿Qué papel desempeña la financiación del comercio para facilitar la gestión global de la cadena de suministro? Richard S. Elman, fundador y CEO de Noble Group Ltd., una globales materias primas empresa comercial con sede en Hong Kong, debe reunir capital para apoyar las necesidades de capital de trabajo e inversión de la empresa. En la evaluación de lo que significa Elman debe reunir capital, los estudiantes deben tener en cuenta las cuestiones r...Starting at €8.20
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MTR Corporation Limited: Measuring the Cost of Capital
Larry Wynant; Stephen R. Foerster; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07N001-EFinance, StrategyTwo MTR Corporation (MTRC) managers are participating in a week-long program in financial management. For their next class, they need to calculate the cost of capital for MTRC. First, they will review the concepts of investor expectations and cost of capital. Then, they must calculate the cost of capital by using the financial statements provided to them by the instructor. The two managers discuss their understanding of these concepts as they pre...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance Standards: Qatar Telecom Acquires Wataniya Telecom
Assem Safieddine; Zeigham Khokher; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B09M048-EFinance, StrategyThis case focuses on the issue of corporate governance in the Middle East. A senior official at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is looking at a recent transaction in which Qatar Telecom (Qtel) acquired National Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC (Wataniya). The KSE official wondered whether, at the company level, inadequate corporate governance measures had allowed this alleged unequal treatment to pass unchallenged. More importantly, at the e...Starting at €8.20
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Gulf Bank: Re-Building a Bank
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Assem Safieddine; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11N008-EFinance, StrategyIn December 2009, about a year after it suffered a crisis when clients walked away from massive derivative losses, Gulf Bank’s new CEO is trying to change the governance and operation of Gulf Bank. This case focuses on a turnaround situation and provides students with insight into evolving corporate governance standards in Kuwait. After assessing the situation that the CEO faces, students have to decide what change he should pursue and how he sho...Starting at €8.20
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Link REIT
Yog, SidCase HBS-217056-EFinancePublicly listed in November 2005, Link REIT was the first real estate investment trust (REIT) in Hong Kong after the Hong Kong government decided to privatize a portfolio of community shopping malls, car parks, and fresh produce markets. Run by CEO, George Hongchoy, the company had evolved from managing retail spaces in public housing estates in Hong Kong into new property types such as offices, and into new geographies such as Beijing and Shangh...Starting at €8.20
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SenseTime Global IPO: Strategic Reaction to American Attack
Pong Yuen Howard Lam; Hugh ThomasCase IVEY-W33293-EFinance, MarketingHong Kong-headquartered SenseTime Group Inc. (SenseTime) was founded in 2014 to commercialize artificial intelligence (AI) and was a global leader in deep-learning AI, with applications in Smart Business (facial recognition), Smart City (property damage and theft detection), Smart Life (interacting with the Internet of Things to improve consumer experience), and Smart Auto (autonomous driving). December 10, 2021, was supposed to be the date for s...Starting at €8.20
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Ocean Carriers (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Chao, Angela; Luchs, Kathleen S.Case HBS-210S09FinanceIn January 2001, Mary Linn, vice president of finance for Ocean Carriers, a shipping company with offices in New York and Hong Kong, was evaluating a proposed lease of a ship for a three-year period, beginning in early 2003. The customer was eager to finalize the contract to meet his own commitments and offered very attractive terms. No ship in Ocean Carrier's current fleet met the customer's requirements. Mary Linn, therefore, had to decide whet...Starting at €8.20
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Elixir: A Fintech Banking Solution for Millennials
Michael R. KingCase IVEY-9B18N017-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn 2016, Elixir, a financial technology start-up, was developing a social banking application to provide mobile banking to young adults and other underserved banking customers. Elixir had a social finance business model called MillennialMoney, where existing customers had an opportunity to earn referral fees by introducing new customers. For the banks, Elixir provided a novel marketing solution to attract millennial customers. As a technology com...Starting at €8.20
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WH Group: A Failed IPO in Hong Kong
Emir HrnjićCase IVEY-9B17N002-EFinance, StrategyIn July 2014, WH Group faced the issue of attempting to launch an initial public offering for the second time, after having previously failed to list its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. WH Group originated from a merger between two meat-processing companies: China’s Shuanghui International—a global leader in animal protein and the world’s largest pork producer—and Smithfield Foods from the United States. Both Shuanghui and Smithfield Food...Starting at €8.20