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Agricultural Revolution without a Land Revolution: the Megafarms of CP Group
Kirby, William C.; Hua Dai, NancyCase HBS-316150-EThis case describes the megafarm model launched by the CP group as part of their efforts to ensure the safety and quality of their supply chain of agricultural products (particularly, eggs) in China while also promoting the welfare of Chinese farmers. This model was developed in close partnership with the local government, and received financing support from a local bank. The case asks students to discuss the potential for scaling this model acro...Starting at €8.20
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Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company
Kirby, William C.; Hua Dai, NancyCase HBS-317003-EStrategyFrom its humble beginnings as a local Chinese dairy company, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group has become one of the largest dairy companies in the world. To achieve this Yili has aggressively expanded its footprint overseas including building the world's largest integrated dairy production base in New Zealand and forming R&D partnerships in Europe and North America. As the company continues its growth in the context of a slowing Chinese economy, how...Starting at €8.20
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Whirlpool Corp.: Structuring the Deal to Acquire Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company
Esty, Benjamin C.; Hua Dai, NancyCase HBS-216019-EFinanceIan Lee, Whirlpool's VP for North Asia, had been negotiating a possible acquisition with Jackie Jin, the chairman of a leading Chinese appliance manufacturer named Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company (Hefei Sanyo), for almost six months when suddenly Hefei Sanyo's stock price jumped 25% in the first two weeks of May 2013. The sudden price increase not only increased the likely acquisition price for an ownership stake in Hefei Sanyo, but also m...Starting at €8.20
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Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China (B)
Kirby, William C.; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Yuanzhuo; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-318077-EThis case updates Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co, Ltd.'s activities since its IPO in late 2015, focusing on its strategy and growth since the IPO and challenges for the future.Starting at €5.74
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B)
Kirby, William C.; Dai, Nancy Hua; Zendell, Erica MCase HBS-313096-ESupplements the A Case 308-058. With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a dis...Starting at €5.74
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Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China
Kirby, William C.; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Yuanzhuo; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-318054-EThe city of Wenzhou in the Province of Zhejiang, long known in China for entrepreneurship, now hosts the country's largest privately owned mental health hospital group. This case traces the development of Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co, Ltd. from founding to just before its initial public offering to illustrate the extraordinary entrepreneurship happening in China's healthcare space. It highlights the challenges of China's mental health sector and ...Starting at €8.20
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Yunnan Baiyao: Transforming a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise
Chu, Michael; Kirby, William C.; Hua Dai, Nancy; Wang, YuanzhuoCase HBS-318078-EEconomicsThis case tells the story of how Wang Minghui, Chairman of Yunnan Baiyao Group since 1999, transformed a single-product traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) state-owned enterprise (SOE) into a major diversified consumer health player in China's highly competitive fast-moving consumer goods market. The case also traces the development of the company from a private business to an state-owned enterprise (SOE) and then to a SOE under mixed state-privat...Starting at €8.20