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Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings -- A Corporate Governance Drama
Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-312025-EDespite widespread news of the incarceration of Gome Electronics' CEO, Huang Guangyu, Bain Capital felt they carefully undertook due diligence before making a significant investment in the company. The venture capital firm was confident that it and the current management could work together to revamp the fortunes of China's leading electronic retailer. However, it did not anticipate the power Huang had behind bars. As the majority shareholder, Hu...Starting at €8.20
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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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Esquel Group: Integrating Business Strategy and Corporate Social Responsibility
McFarlan, F. Warren; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307076-EKnowledge and CommunicationFocuses on the experience of China's largest shirt manufacturer in managing various aspects of government relations in China. Identifies a wide variety of social initiatives it has undertaken.Starting at €8.20
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Li & Fung 2006
McFarlan, F. Warren; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307077-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the opportunities and strategy facing one of the most innovative global supply-chain companies, and the strategy it has chosen to deal with the expanding demand for its services. Li & Fung links thousands of factories in India, China, and elsewhere to nearly a thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system th...Starting at €8.20
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The China Entrepreneurs Forum
Kirby, William C.; Donovan, G.A.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-312095-ELeadership and People ManagementSome of China's most successful entrepreneurs and founders of private enterprises naturally came together to share the insights and tactics that helped them and their businesses survive and thrive in China's rapidly changing business environment. Soon, the group's mandate expanded to include improving the environment for private business in China and conducting outreach to help spread the word about the important role entrepreneurs played in a mo...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo HNA: encausando la industria del transporte aéreo de China hacia una nueva dirección
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-311S08Knowledge and CommunicationHNA Group, la compañía matriz de Hainan Airlines, fue posicionando para ser global y hacer una marca por sí mismo como la mayor aerolínea privada en China. Posicionada directamente detrás de los portadores de propiedad estatal "tres grandes", Hainan Airlines trató de crear una empresa de clase mundial. Siguiendo las prácticas modernas de gestión, manteniendo aguda atención al control de costes y las operaciones de capital, haciendo entradas agres...Starting at €8.20
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HNA Group: Moving China's Air Transport Industry in a New Direction
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-309029-EHNA Group, the parent company of Hainan Airlines, was positioning itself to go global and make a mark for itself as the largest private airline in China. Positioned squarely behind the "Big Three" state-owned carriers, Hainan Airlines sought to create a world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a...Starting at €8.20
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Challenges of Launching a Start-Up in China: Dorm99.com
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-307075-EEntrepreneurshipAfter graduating from Harvard Business School in June 2006, Ken Pao and Bill Li were ready to fully commit to the Internet start-up they had been working on since they first stepped foot on the business school campus. They moved to Beijing, rounded out their management team, received venture capital investment, developed joint-venture partnerships, and set key milestones to create a full-impact product launch for their social networking Web site ...Starting at €8.20
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A Chinese Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com
Kirby, William C.; McFarlan, F. Warren; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-309060-EEntrepreneurshipNow into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the one they first founded in 2006. Having changed their business model from a social networking site to an online gaming business came with new challenges. They hired almost an entirely new staff, cultivated new partnerships, and most urgently sought new funding. However, with three years of...Starting at €8.20
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China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-308091-ESupplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program that sought to further develop the company's corporate governance practices to meet international corporate governance standards. The company hoped th...Starting at €5.74