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The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose
Gulati, Ranjay; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-421091-EKnowledge and CommunicationIndia headquartered Mahindra Group is a multibillion-dollar federation of companies operating across the globe. It is ahead of its time in articulating its purpose and mapping its values, something it had first done at inception and then refreshed yet again as 'Rise' in 2011. Over the past decade, it has cascaded the essence of 'Rise' as a purpose through the organization. The idea was to "challenge conventional thinking and innovatively use all ...Starting at €8.20
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SMR: United against a Global Media Giant
Sanghyeak Yoon; Hyungjin Kim; Young-Gul KimCase IVEY-9B18M090-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, recognizing that their leadership in the online media market was weakening, eight Korean television broadcasters severed their ties with YouTube and formed Smart Media Representative Co. Ltd. (SMR), an alliance to collectively distribute online television content and advertising on behalf of the broadcasters. SMR changed the nature of the online video market in Korea. The rights to advertising sales, programming, and distribution that we...Starting at €8.20
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The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Roscini, DanteTeaching Note HBS-713023-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 710022 and 710023.Starting at €0.00
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How Samsung Became a Design Powerhouse
Yoo, Youngjin; Kim, KyungmookArticle HBS-R1509E-EEntrepreneurshipUntil 20 years ago, South Korea's Samsung Electronics manufactured inexpensive, imitative electronics for other companies. Its leaders valued speed, scale, and reliability above all. The few designers working for the company were dispersed in engineering and new-product units, and they had little status in a company that emphasized efficiency and engineering rigor. Then, in 1996, Lee Kun-Hee, the chairman of Samsung Group, grew frustrated by the ...Starting at €8.20
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Mirae Asset: Korea's Mutual Fund Pioneer
Khaire, Mukti; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Donovan, G.A.Case HBS-810123-EEntrepreneurshipPark Hyeon-Joo, the founder and Chairman of Korea's earliest and largest mutual fund company, plans to expand internationally. After first offering emerging market funds to his Korean customers, the company then began selling local-currency funds in India and Brazil. Now he has to decide his next steps. Should he build on his emerging market expertise and focus his business expansion in developing countries? If so, where should he concentrate his...Starting at €8.20
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The Paradox of Samsung's Rise
Khanna, Tarun; Song, Jaeyong; Lee, KyungmookArticle HBS-R1107N-EStrategyTwenty years ago, few people would have predicted that Samsung could become a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design. Fewer still would have predicted success given the path it has taken: grafting Western business practices onto its essentially Japanese model. Like today's emerging giants, Samsung faced a paradox: The tightly integrated business system that worked in its home market could not secure its future in global markets. So into an or...Starting at €8.20
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An English Teacher in South Korea
Stacey R. Fitzsimmons; Paul ShantzCase IVEY-9B10C027-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBert took a position to teach English in South Korea after graduating with his business degree from a Canadian university. It was his second time teaching English in South Korea, and because he had a fantastic experience the first time, he took a second position without doing a lot of due diligence before arrival. Soon, however, he realized that a city tax was being deducted from his pay, and he had suspicions that his boss was making up the city...Starting at €8.20
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The Korean Model of Shared Growth, 1960-1990
Musacchio, Aldo; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-712052-EEconomicsThis case narrates the development of the Republic of Korea from 1960 to 1990. The case discusses three broad issues. First, the case provides a discussion of industrial policy in Korea. Second, the case explains the relationship between industrialization and inequality and how Korea developed without increasing inequality. Finally the case has a brief discussion of the role of education in industrialization and development.Starting at €8.20
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KT&G of South Korea: Analyses Concerning Privatization
Ho-Young Lee; Won-Wook Choi; Youngmook Lee; Min-Jung LeeCase IVEY-9B12B029-EAccounting and Control, StrategyKorea Tobacco and Ginseng (KT&G) is a leading tobacco and ginseng company in South Korea, as well as one of the most successful cases of privatization in the country’s history. This case examines KT&G’s business operations during the process of privatization and afterwards in an environment of increasing foreign competition and investment. This case provides a valuable lesson for investors interested in the volatile process of privatization.Starting at €8.20
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SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility
Marquis, Christopher; Ryu, Kwang Y.; Mirvis, Philip; Thomason, BobbiCase HBS-410042-ELeadership and People ManagementSince 2006, SK Telecom has worked to develop strategic corporate social responsibility programs that are aligned with its business operations and corporate mission. The case tracks the original assessment process the company went through and successive organizational design efforts to align its CSR strategy and implementation architecture. In 2009, the company is going through reorganization, and the protagonist is considering how well the existi...Starting at €8.20