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AIB Nagoya Conference 2011: After the March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami
Shige Makino; Cinty LiCase IVEY-9B12M071-EStrategyOn April 13, 2011, slightly more than three months before an annual conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB) was to be held in Nagoya, the program chair of the conference had to decide whether to go ahead with the conference as planned after a massive earthquake struck Japan on March 11, triggering a horrendous tsunami and subsequent radiation leak after damaging a nuclear plant. Each challenge posed a threat to the successful op...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 11. Fourth Quarter 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25-EEconomics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyDouglas T. Hall and Elana R. Feldman (Boston University) encourage companies to help employees pursue their dreams and find meaning in their personal and professional lives. IESE?s Mireia las Heras describes four ways in which companies can drive personal and professional development, based on flexibility, development-oriented relationships, visibility and transparency, and diversity management. Ton Wilthagen (Tilburg University) explains the cre...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Insight. Número 11. Cuarto trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25Economics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyExisten mejores caminos para gestionar la carrera profesional que los que hemos seguido hasta ahora. Douglas T. Hall y Elana R. Feldman (Universidad de Boston) animan a las empresas a que ayuden a los empleados a alcanzar sus sueños y encuentren un significado a su vida personal y profesional. La profesora del IESE Mireia Las Heras describe varios recursos con los que impulsar el desarrollo profesional y personal en nuestras empresas: flexibilida...Starting at €22.00
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The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Nonomura, Kenichi; Neuenschwander, Dena; Ricci, Meghan; Roth, David; Schoch, Kate; Vartanov, SergeyCase HBS-713439-EStrategyFew hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in midst of this crisis. Some of the pending decisions were whether or not to reopen the UNIQLO stores that were wiped out by the tsunami, to follow government orders to turn off the store lights, and to di...Starting at €5.74
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D.M. Wenceslao and Associates Incorporated Initial Public Offering
Maria Theresa Manalac; Gian Carlo Lim; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B20N025-EFinance, StrategyOn June 11, 2018, Jake Veluz, portfolio manager at BDO Asset Management had to decide whether or not to invest in the initial public offering (IPO) of D.M. Wenceslao and Associates (DMW), a Philippine-based integrated property developer. The IPO price ofStarting at €8.20
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Making a Team on Dream11: A Fantasy Sports Platform
Peeyush Pandey; Agrata PandeyCase IVEY-W35303-EService and Operations Management, StrategyOn November 9, 2020, Chhavi Jain wanted to participate in a contest created by her college friend Vikas Jack on the Dream11 mobile application. The contest was for the final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 between the Delhi Capitals and the Mumbai Indians scheduled for November 10. In the contest, each user must create a team of 11 players. A user’s performance was evaluated based on their team’s performance in the live match. Jain ...Starting at €8.20
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Los EAGLE alzan el vuelo
García-Herrero, AliciaArticle ART-2011EconomicsApártense BRIC, Next 11 y CIVETS, que llegan los EAGLE. Son las economías emergentes que lideran el crecimiento global (su acrónimo significa águila en inglés). Este término, acuñado por BBVA Research, unidad que elabora análisis económicos para el banco español, designa un grupo de diez países emergentes que, según la autora, merecen toda la atención de los inversores. No en vano, los EAGLE (China, India, Brasil, Indonesia, Corea del Sur, Rusi...Starting at €8.20
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Hisense-Hitachi Joint Venture: Expanding Internationally
Paul W. Beamish; Su LiuCase IVEY-9B16M169-EStrategyIn June 2014, Hisense of China and Hitachi of Japan were considering whether their 11-year-old joint venture (JV) should once again assume responsibility for its international sales. After developing a solid central air-conditioner market share in China, in 2009, the JV began to sell in various overseas regions but struggled. In April 2012, the partners agreed to have a Hisense subsidiary (the HIMC) assume full responsibility for selling the JV’s...Starting at €8.20
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The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Sakai, Yukiko; Agonafir, Rebecca; Cholewinski, Peter; Kean, Allison; Kloeblen, EmilyCase HBS-713440-EStrategySupplement for case 712480. On the evening of March 11, 2011, Mayama Fumihiro, the Managing Director of Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital knew that it would be a long, cold night. The 103 staff members and 162 patients and families were huddled on the top two floors of the four-story hospital, where they had gone to escape three tsunami waves that had destroyed the first floor and part of the second floor.Starting at €5.74
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Emirates Airline: A Billion-dollar Sukuk-Bond Issue
Emir Hrnjić; Harun Kapetanović; David ReebCase IVEY-9B14N002-EFinance, StrategyEmirates Airline (EA) needs to fund the purchase of 30 new A380 aircraft. On March 11, 2013, EA announced plans to issue US$1 billion of Islamic bonds (sukuk) and $750 million of regular bonds. These bonds arguably share similar risks and seniority even though the sukuk bonds sold with a lower implied yield. This difference in pricing for securities with similar default risks seems at odds with conventional finance thinking. Against this backdrop...Starting at €8.20