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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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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005-EMarketingIn mid-1993 a husband and wife start up a new family business importing "comfort shoes", a special type of shoe that is very comfortable but relatively highly priced and somewhat unusual and unfashionable in appearance. The case describes the various direct marketing actions they undertake, detailing the costs of each and the sales achieved, and formulates various options for marketing actions to be carried out in 1995. This case was winner of th...Starting at €8.20
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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005MarketingA mediados de 1993, un matrimonio pone en marcha una nueva empresa familiar dedicada a la importación de zapatos tipo «comfort shoes». Es un tipo de zapato muy cómodo, de precio relativamente elevado pero con una estética algo peculiar y fuera de lo común. El caso describe con detalle las distintas acciones de marketing directo desarrolladas, así como los costes y resultados de venta alcanzados con cada una de ellas, y plantea distintas opciones ...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
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Puig Doria
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-663-EMarketingPuig Doria is a prestigious Barcelona jeweler that produces and sells the jewels designed by its founder, Josep Maria Puig Doria. Following several relatively fruitless attempts to export its jewels, the company has finally made contact with C. Itoh, a large Japanese trading company, which offers the possibility of exporting to Japan. After some sizing-up and testing operations, the Puig Doria directors ask themselves what action plans they shou...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-663MarketingPuig Doria es una prestigiosa joyería de Barcelona, que produce y vende las joyas diseñadas por su titular, Josep Maria Puig Doria. Tras diversos intentos, relativamente infructuosos, de exportar sus joyas, la empresa ha entrado finalmente en contacto con C. Itoh, una gran empresa trading japonesa, quien le ofrece la posibilidad de empezar a exportar a Japón. Tras varias operaciones de prueba y tanteo, los directivos de Puig Doria se preguntan qu...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria - Condensed
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-690-EMarketingThis is a condensed version of case Puig Doria (M-663). The present condensed version has been prepared for publication in a book. Wherever possible, it is recommend that the full version be used in class. Puig Doria is a famous designer of jewels in Barcelona, where he has his only retail establishment. After describing two previous attempts at exporting, the case centers on the present opportunity to export to Japan, with the help of C. Itoh, o...Starting at €8.20