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China Risk Finance: Riding the Wave of China's Financial Services Industry
Abrami, Regina; Shaffer, Matthew; Zhang, WeiqiCase HBS-912417-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. With China shifting toward a consumer-led growth model, non-bank lending has a critical role to play, but how easy is it to do business in this sector? What are the promises and pitfalls of the industry, and how well is Zane Wang, the case protagonist, navigating them?Starting at €8.20
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Journey to the East: Natcore Technology in China
Abrami, Regina; Shaffer, Matthew; Zhang, WeiqiCase HBS-912414-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Why is a U.S. solar technology firm manufacturing in China instead of the U.S.? Chuck Provini faces this question not just from the market, but also from the U.S. government. This case examines the making of a new joint venture in China at a time when both the U.S. and Chinese governments are eager to expand and develop their clean tech sectors.Starting at €8.20
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Rospil.info
Healy, Paul M.; Ramanna, Karthik; Shaffer, MatthewCase HBS-112033-EEconomicsTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin's corrupt government, which had erupted in Russia in response to alleged fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. A notable figure in the protests was anti-corruption blogger Alexey Navalny. Navalny used publicl...Starting at €8.20
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edX: Strategies for Higher Education
Collis, David J.; Shaffer, Matthew; Hartman, AshleyCase HBS-715413-EStrategyIn May 2012, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) founded edX, a new non-profit joint venture that would provide a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). edX did not produce original courses or instructional content-it made a web platform through which Harvard and MIT, and subsequently dozens more "partner" universities, could offer their lecture courses as MOOCs. While the future role of MOOCs in hi...Starting at €8.20
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The Transformation of NCR
Collis, David J.; Sadun, Raffaella; Shaffer, MatthewCase HBS-715438-EStrategyDuring his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti had moved NCR Corporation (originally National Cash Register) from its historical competence in hardware to become a provider of hardware and software for managing transactions across a range of industries and payments methods. Nuti envisioned a world in which consumers would use NCR hardware or applications whether transacting at a bank or ATM, purchasing clothes at a retailer, or checking into a fl...Starting at €8.20
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Taking Dell Private
Collis, David J.; Yoffie, David B.; Shaffer, MatthewCase HBS-714421-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500 CEO in history, had been the market leader in PC sales in the early 2000s. In recent years, however, the com...Starting at €8.20