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SuDa Electric Vehicle Company: Private Equity Investment in China
Chaplinsky, Susan; Hoang, LinhCase DARDEN-F-1766-EFinanceIn March 2013, the Shipston Group, the family office of billionaire industrialist Michael D. Dingman, was considering a private equity investment in the SuDa Electric Vehicle Company (SuDa), a rapidly growing maker of electric bicycles (e-bikes) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). This field-based case explores the differences between investments that are funded through a family office compared to a more traditional committed fund. Shipston ...Starting at €8.20
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The Economist
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Anand, Bharat N.; Gomez, LizzieCase HBS-710441-EStrategyIn 2009 the Economist continued to experience impressive growth and operating margins while many of its peers reeled from both a cyclical downturn and structural threats to print publishing. The case describes the history, organization, and business model of the Economist, and describes three issues confronting Andrew Rashbass, the group's chief executive: first, reevaluating the magazine's digital strategy; second, preparing for e-readers; and, ...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba's Taobao (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wulf, Julie M.Teaching Note HBS-712477-EStrategyTeaching Note for 709-456 and 709-457.Starting at €0.00
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Investure, LLC: Investing in Alternative Assets
Chaplinsky, SusanCase DARDEN-F-1971-EFinanceIn July 2019, Bruce Miller, CEO of Investure, LLC (Investure), an outsourced chief investment office (OCIO), is preparing a proposal for Franklin and Marshall (F&M), a small liberal arts college located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with an endowment of $350 million. F&M recently began a search to find a new endowment manager in hopes of improving its investment returns and access to alternative assets (AA), such as private equity (PE) and hedge fu...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba's Taobao (B)
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wulf, Julie M.Case HBS-709457-EStrategyStarting at €5.74
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Alibaba's Taobao (A)
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wulf, Julie M.Case HBS-709456-EStrategyExamines the decision of Alibaba Group to diversify from an international business-to-business (B2B) exchange (Alibaba.com) into a B2C and C2C exchange (Taobao.com) for Chinese retailers and consumers. In China, Taobao had managed to displace the once dominant eBay, the world's largest consumer marketplace. However, the company had little revenue because it offered services free of charge.Starting at €8.20
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El contexto de negocios de WalMart
Oberholzer-Gee, FelixCase HBS-712S19StrategyEn 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. propuso la construcción de un nuevo Supercenter en Inglewood, una comunidad de bajos ingresos, cerca de Los Ángeles. La propuesta era una parte de la estrategia de Wal-Mart para llevar su formato Supercenter a California. Introducido a finales de 1980, supercentros añaden una línea llena de comestibles y departamentos especializados para surtido tradicional de Wal-Mart de mercancía general. entrada prevista de Wal-M...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba's Taobao (A) (Spanish version)
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wulf, Julie M.Case HBS-714S01StrategyExamines the decision of Alibaba Group to diversify from an international business-to-business (B2B) exchange (Alibaba.com) into a B2C and C2C exchange (Taobao.com) for Chinese retailers and consumers. In China, Taobao had managed to displace the once dominant eBay, the world's largest consumer marketplace. However, the company had little revenue because it offered services free of charge.Starting at €8.20
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Turkcell, Teaching Note
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Cekin, EselTeaching Note HBS-116040-EStrategyTeaching Note for case 115009.Starting at €0.00
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Turkcell
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Cekin, EselCase HBS-715009-EStrategyThis case centers around the shareholder dispute between three major shareholders of Turkcell, and how its management vied against increasing regulatory intervention and market competition in the absence of a fully-functioning board. The battle for control of the Turkish telecom giant led to several years in which the company could not hold annual shareholder meetings, renew its board of directors, or pay dividends, and lacked a board-approved op...Starting at €8.20