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International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group
Kirby, William C.; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Manty, Tracy Yuen; Chu, Yi KwanCase HBS-910418-EThe world's leading Thai agribusiness corporation and largest agribusiness investor in China, CP Group, is facing another crossroads in China as the country starts to undergo rural reform. The issues at hand for Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont is how CP can balance its place as a key investor in China's burgeoning agriculture market with its unstated obligation to also provide guidance and expertise in food safety, technology, as well as jobs for ru...Starting at €8.20
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United States and Thailand: Diplomatic Wrangles in the War on Human Trafficking Teaching Note
Donahue, John; Datla, AnjaniTeaching Note HBS-HKS783-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS755Starting at €0.00
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CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses, Teaching Note
Kirby, William C.; Zendell, Erica MTeaching Note HBS-314137-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 312059.Starting at €0.00
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CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses
Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-312059-ELeadership and People ManagementAs a second generation business leader, Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont took over the family agribusiness company and built it to become a major diversified conglomerate in Thailand and expanded the business in SE Asia and China. While growing the business, he and his brothers created a holding company to both maintain and separate the interests of the family with the growing business units. As a third and possibly fourth generation of Chearavanonts...Starting at €8.20
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Siam Canadian Foods Co. Ltd. (Spanish version)
John R. Kennedy; Tony S. Frost; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A97GS03Entrepreneurship, StrategyEl director de gerente y fundador de la compania Siam Canadian Foods Co. Ltd., basados en Bangkok consideraba las oportunidades de negocio emergentes en el pais vecino Birmania (tambien conocida como Myanmar). Aunque relativamente sea subdesarrollado comparado al resto de Asia Sur-Oriental, Birmania estuvo experimentando niveles aumentados de actividad de la inversion extranjera estos ultimos anos. Tailandia, que habia considerado entrar en Birma...Starting at €8.20
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Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708001-EFinanceIn July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian "tiger" economy to abandon its fixed exchange rate system in response to speculative attacks on its currency. Investors started to flee Asia, and the crisis rapidly spread to other countries. Central banks spent billions of dollars to try and defend their currencies, only to seek emergency bailouts from the International Monetary Fund. This case presents a chronology of events that unraveled during th...Starting at €8.20
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Bose Corporation: Communication Strategy for Challenging Apple's Beats by Dr. Dre
Dolan, Robert J.Case HBS-518036-EMarketingWhen a tsunami hit Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, the leadership team at a Swedish tour company must manage a devastating crisis affecting thousands of its customers and employees in Thailand. Documents the challenges the company faced in the first ten hours of the crisis. Amid the uncertainty of those first hours, the leadership team must make a range of decisions to orchestrate the company's response and manage the rest of its business. D...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)
Pill, Huw; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-709004-EEconomicsWhat caused the 1997-98 Asia Crisis: Asian nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events that no one-neither Asian financial authorities nor Western economists-had foreseen. The crisis raises questions about how competently financial institutions such as mutual funds manag...Starting at €8.20
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Avid Radiopharmaceuticals and Lighthouse Capital Partners
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810054-EEntrepreneurshipIn fall 2008, a venture lender must decide whether to make a loan to Avid, a small but promising venture-backed life sciences firm. In reviewing her proposal, Cristy Barnes considers the company's characteristics and how they differ from a typical investment. At the same time, the CEO and the venture capitalist are exploring the true costs and benefits of taking the loan, particularly in the uncertain economic climate of the time.Starting at €8.20
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Intel: Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-713406-EService and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20