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Lenhage AG: Ethical Dilemma
Daniel Galindau; Won-Yong OhCase IVEY-9B14M037-EStrategyIn 2012, the general manager at the Seoul location of a European manufacturing company faces an ethical dilemma involving bribery and “facilitation” payments. A key decision maker in a local construction company’s purchasing department has asked for a “facilitation” payment as a necessary condition for securing an order. If the expatriate manager decides to pay the money, he will secure an order that will lift his company to a new level of succes...Starting at €8.20
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National Australia Bank (B)
Graham Hubbard; Judy HubbardCase IVEY-9B08M036-EStrategyThis is a chronological series of two cases. The (A) case is about the fall from grace of a revered, high-performing Australian company that had gone international in its quest for growth. The (B) case is about the turnaround that followed. The (A) case covers the period 2000 to 2004. It includes the National Australia Bank (NAB) 2000 corporate/business strategy, the MLC acquisition, the sale of Michigan National, the HomeSide financial disaster ...Starting at €5.74
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Acquisition and Restructuring of Kia Motors by Hyundai Motors
Seungwha (Andy) Chung; Sunju ParkCase IVEY-9B09M015-EStrategyIn recent years, greater competition and diminished profits, due to domestic and global oversupplies as well as higher development costs, have led the automobile industry to engage in domestic and international mergers and strategic collaboration. This case examines one of the largest mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the Korean automobile market in recent years: the acquisition of Kia Motors (Kia) by Hyundai Motors (Hyundai). The case describes...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (B)
Roberto Galang; Andrew Karl DeliosCase IVEY-9B12M079-EStrategyThis supplement to Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation (A) provides a brief update on the diversification strategy pursued by the company.Starting at €5.74
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Toyota Australia in Peril
Veena Keshav PailwarCase IVEY-9B15M007-EStrategyWhen General Motors Holden announces its plan to exit from car manufacturing in Australia, Toyota faces a decision dilemma amid losses and adverse business and economic conditions. Should it continue as the country’s sole vehicle manufacturer and wait for business and economic scenarios to change favourably, or should it exit the market? Toyota’s position is assessed by applying microeconomics concepts, including the optimal scale of operation, m...Starting at €8.20
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Honey Care Africa: A Tripartite Model For Sustainable Beekeeping
Oana Branzei; Michael ValenteCase IVEY-9B07M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe director and co-founder of Honey Care Africa (Honey Care) looks back over the six years of operations and describes the original business model and several sequential changes based on feedback from rural communities, partner organizations, and learning by doing through field operations. Increasing international recognition highlights the potential impact of the model on inspiring sustainable grassroots ventures in the agriculture sector in Ke...Starting at €8.20
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Microfinance and the Kipsigis of Southwest Kenya
Glenn Brophey; Robin WiszowatyCase IVEY-9B08M059-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA group of business students and their professor travel to rural Kenya to work with Free The Children (FTC), an in-situ, non-governmental organization (NGO) that is focused on generational social change through education for children. This Canadian NGO has had considerable success in meeting this original objective and now sees health care and economic development concerns as being the next barriers to expansion of its educational thrust for the ...Starting at €8.20
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African Tiger (A)
Rajinder RainaCase IVEY-9B10M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case series won top prize in the 2010 Association of African Business Schools (AABS)/EMERALD case competition. In early 2005, South African company Tiger Wheels Limited (Tiger) had established a global footprint in the manufacture of aluminum alloy wheels with customers comprising several high-end automotive producers. It was the 10th largest alloy wheel company in the world with a solid balance sheet and net current ass...Starting at €8.20
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Yogurt Mamas: Probiotics in Tanzania
Oana Branzei; David J. Sharp; Jessica Kelly; Osama SiddiquiCase IVEY-9B09M051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case illustrates a grassroots enterprise's path to self-sufficiency in a subsistence market context. It explores the gradual evolution of a business model with strong social mandates (pro-health, pro-women) and asks which growth options best marry profitability and positive social change. The Mwanza, Tanzania-based Yogurt Mamas emerge as entrepreneurial role models in their communities, with funds from Western donors and an exciting new tech...Starting at €8.20
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SZLN: Acquiring PEM
James E. Hatch; Lifan Wu; Xingyun LiuCase IVEY-9B10N007-EFinance, StrategyShenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Co. (SZLN) is a Chinese company that is contemplating the purchase of an Australian mining company. The management of SZLN must assess the merits of the acquisition, the offer to be made, how it is to be financed and the political implications of the purchase for both the governments of China and Australia.Starting at €8.20