The new vice-president for Kentucky Fried Chicken in southeast Asia, must weigh the growth benefits of investing in China with alternative opportunities in the region. He is at the exploratory stage of market research and is focusing his attention on four possible locations in China. He must also balance his own personal ambitions with the possibilities for failure, not only in China, but the rest of southeast Asia. (A 31-minute video is availabl...

This case presents the start-up of operations in Beijing and discusses the difficulties Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is having with its local partners. By March 1988, KFC has established its largest restaurant in the world in Beijing with sales that are booming and showing no sign of slowing down. Nevertheless, the extent of operational problems and the shortage of hard currency profits is raising concerns over whether further expansion is warran...

The VP's efforts to determine whether and how to proceed with an emerging three-way partnership in China are described. Kentucky Fried Chicken has selected local partners and has been issued a license to operate a restaurant in Beijing. If he is to proceed, the VP must decide how fast he should advance the negotiations and which of three location sites in the city is most desirable. A background case Kentucky Fried Chicken in China (A) and a foll...

El presidente y gerente general estan revisando un sistema de pago por desempeno. El presidente necesita determinar si estos sistemas estan apropiadamente disenados con el fin de asegurar la mas alta calidad del producto a progresivamente bajos costos. De lo contrario, necesita considerar como sugerir que estos y otros sistemas sean modificados a fin de lograr los objetivos de costo y calidad.

El gerente de desarrollo de negocios de Carvel Asia Limited se encuentra tratando de determinar como incrementar la venta de tortas heladas. Para hacer esto, el necesita desarrollar un completo programa de marketing que incluya decisiones acerca de oferta de productos, precio, distribucion y promocion (las 4Ps en ingles).

El líder de la aldea debe reasignar tierras de cultivo y decide organizar una competencia entre los tres mejores campesinos de la aldea. El contrato de las tierras de cultivo se le otorgará al campesino con mejor rendimiento en la temporada de cosecha. La temporada de cosecha ha terminado y el líder de la aldea debe determinar la solvencia económica de los campesinos, su capacidad, costos de alquiler, y finalmente tomar la decisión.

Una ejecutiva de ventas de 23 anos se encuentra analizando la posibilidad de renunciar a su puesto en una multinacional de muebles de oficina por una discusion acerca de su remuneracion. Un amigo le ha sugerido comenzar su propia empresa: una agencia de seleccion de personal. La ejecutiva de ventas habia conocido algunos gerentes de recursos humanos y gerentes operativos a traves de los anos; sin embargo, ella se daba cuenta que era un mercado mu...

Palliser es la compania mueblera en segundo lugar mas grande de Canada. La compania tiene instalaciones de produccion en Canada, Mexico e Indonesia, y experimentado con el corte y la costura del cuero en China. La compania esta mirando mas lejos l'ampliacion de la relacion con China. Desde que Palliser instalo una planta en Mexico, la compania habia hecho frente a la presion competitiva de aumento de Asia, especialmente de China. El presidente de...

In 2003, 3M initiated contact with Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd. to discuss potential cooperation opportunities in the area of transdermal pharmaceutical products. Yunnan Baiyao (YB), was a household brand in China for its unique traditional herbal medicines. In recent years, the company had been engaged in a series of corporate reforms and product/market diversification strategies to respond to the change in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry a...

This case explores the larger context of competition among internet companies for market share globally; especially in the emerging Chinese economy; as well as concerns about advancing the core values of the company including user privacy. Specifically; it concerns the decision facing Yahoo! when it is confronted with a request by the Chinese government to release the name of one of its users for alleged violations of Chinese law.