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Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Schwetz, Juliane Calingo; Higgins, Patricia BissettCase HBS-314036-EIn 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. Since incorporation, they launched several different pilot programs in partnership with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Lampung, Indonesia where they also encountered a number of challenges ranging from a lack of trust within the local community to diminishing financial resources. Yod...Starting at €8.20
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BTS, K-Pop and the Hallyu: Creating Waves Softly
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-W25501-EEconomicsIn May 2021, the South Korean boy band BTS beat out other international musicians for all four of the Billboard Music Awards for which they had been nominated. “Dynamite,” BTS’s top-selling song, was the band’s first song in English. BTS and other K-pop groups had been able to achieve a high level of global success, especially since 2013, despite singing in a language that was foreign to many listeners. K-pop and other elements of Korea’s ...Starting at €8.20
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Wattpad, Teaching Plan
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraTeaching Note HBS-920301-EMarketingTeaching plan for case 919413.Starting at €0.00
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Venture Capitalism versus Indigenous Human Resource Management
Per Hintze, Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B21C027-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn 2019, an American couple were travelling the world when they settled in Bali and were employed by Spice Island Cruises (SIC). At the time, SIC was controlled by a venture capitalist who ignored local indigenous business traditions and measured successStarting at €8.20
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Wattpad
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-919413-EMarketingHow to run a platform to match 4 million writers of stories to 75 million readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and film makers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories, and of helping writers to produce better stories by supplying feedback on their chapters as they write, all by processing a billion data points daily. But it's hard to acquire new customer groups when alg...Starting at €8.20
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Big Hit Entertainment and BTS: K-Pop Reaches for a Global Breakthrough
Robert D. Austin; Morgan ZhuoCase IVEY-9B18M190-EStrategyBig Hit Entertainment, a Korean-based producer of popular music content, was promoting its hit "idol group," BTS, as a serious entry in the world’s mainstream musical entertainment business, alongside global performers such as Justin Bieber. The "K-pop maStarting at €8.20
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Bali Hai Cruises: Creating Business Success in Indonesia
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B17M141-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBali Hai Cruises had grown from a start-up company in 1990 to become a thriving multimillion-dollar business in 2017 that employed 460 people on the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lembongan. This solid and consistent business development took place despite a business environment and government that had not always been friendly and positive toward foreign investors. What critical factors brought success to this tourism-based company in such a chal...Starting at €8.20
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CJ E&M: Creating a K-Culture in the U.S.
Ofek, Elie; Kim, Sang-Hoon; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-515015-EMarketingBuoyed by the success of K-pop music and K-drama television shows in Asian countries, Jay Lee, Chairman of the South Korean conglomerate CJ Group, believed that the time was ripe for taking Korean cultural content to the West. One initiative, carried out by the Group's Entertainment & Media (E&M) division, was a daylong fan convention, called 'KCON' , that was held in Irvine CA in October 2012 and which featured various Korean cultural elements, ...Starting at €8.20