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Dolce & Gabbana: Racism, Stereotypes, or Being Funny
Ann Peng; Jiya HaiCase IVEY-9B20C004-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyOn November 21, 2018, the Italian luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana (D&G) cancelled a show that was scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China, after controversial video advertisements and private Instagram messages, allegedly sent by Stefano Gabbana himself, went viral. The videos were seen by many to be racist, and they resulted in subsequent boycotts by Chinese celebrities and consumers. As D&G struggled to regain market share in China and ...Starting at €8.20
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NeoGenius: B2B or (Not) To Be
Dominic Lim; Eric MorseCase IVEY-9B17M001-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNeoGenius Co., Ltd. (NeoGenius) was an early-stage entrepreneurial venture based in South Korea. Founded in February 2000, NeoGenius provided a wide range of business-to-business (B2B) e-business software and related services. In June 2001, the company was up and running, but it faced competition from larger firms, and the effects of a global economic downturn; as a result, its financial performance was falling short of expectations. NeoGenius ha...Starting at €8.20
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Should the General Manager Be Fired
Fengli Mu; Tieying Huang; Jiao LiCase IVEY-9B14C054-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn September 2008, the CEO of Rainbow Group, a Chinese group of companies specializing in environmental protection services, was in Beijing, China, thinking about his experience that evening. A few hours ago, eight senior executives from Rainbow Group’s subsidiary in Hangzhou had come to Beijing requesting that the CEO fire their general manager, who had been appointed by the CEO only six months ago. This manager had taken control of the Hangzhou...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Phelps: "It's Okay to Not Be Okay"
Groysberg, Boris; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-421044-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time-the highs and lows, successes and struggles. He had lived with mental health issues for much of his life, going public with his struggles in 2015, when he talked about his depression and suicidal thoughts...Starting at €8.20
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The Powers That Be (Internet Edition): Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft
Rayport, Jeffrey; Kelley, Julia; Schwalb, NathanielCase HBS-818111-EEntrepreneurshipAs of early 2018, five U.S. technology companies-Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft-were among the largest companies in the world. Similarly, three Chinese technology firms-Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, or BAT-had emerged as global players due in part to the protection of China's "Great Firewall," which made it more difficult for foreign companies to compete in Chinese markets. As these companies continued to scale by branching into ne...Starting at €8.20
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Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life (Spanish version)
Friedman, Stewart D.Article HBS-R0804HLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Work fills most executives' lives to the brim, leaving insufficient time for their families, their communities, and themselves. But Wharton professor Friedman suggests that, rather than view the problem as a set of trade-offs, executives use their leadership talen...Starting at €8.20
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DPDHL Group: Employee Safety and Wellbeing
Quelch, John A.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-516049-ELeadership and People ManagementManagement at Deutsche Post DHL Group is designing a three-country test of investment in a new health and wellbeing strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Cconma.com in South Korea: An Innovative E-Commerce Platform
Jin-Su Kang; Stephen DowningCase IVEY-9B15M020-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn August 2012, the chief executive officer of Cconma.con, an online shopping mall based in Chung-Ju, South Korea, is considering his company’s future. The company has grown substantially since it was founded in 2005 and is now preparing to further expand into Hong Kong, China or to a second location in the United States. The company’s vision, rooted in an ethic of corporate social responsibility, is to build a happy and healthy community, includ...Starting at €8.20
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Bamboos Health Care Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd.: Business Model and Expansion
Kevin Au; Howard Lam; Shi Yu Lu; Icy Fong Ling Ngai NGAICase IVEY-9B18M170-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe chief executive officer of Bamboos Health Care Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Bamboos) started her entrepreneurship journey in 2005 with a telephone and a fax machine. She created a platform to match the demand from patients or their relatives with the supply of services from health care professionals. After 12 years in operation, following one consistent business model, Bamboos was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Despit...Starting at €8.20
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OpenSky.tv: A New Business Model-Content Creation, Curation, Consumption, and Commercialization
Howard Lam; Chi Fai Chan; Icy Fong Ling Ngai NGAICase IVEY-9B19A016-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyOpenSky.tv was founded in 2016 with the objective of getting people back to watching video content on television. The founder wanted all video content to be accessible through an Internet connection on the viewer’s television. His company’s platform located and brought together programs and videos that were of interest to each viewer, so viewers could have their own personalized video channel. One full year after its launch, OpenSky.tv wanted to ...Starting at €8.20