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TEC Edmonton and TusStar Joint Innovation: An Entrepreneurial Match
Haibo Hu; Chunbing Mao; Phillp Swallow; William Wei; Bruce Thomson; Meiju FeiCase IVEY-9B20M082-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2017, the successful Canadian innovation center TEC Edmonton initiated a joint venture with TusStar, an important Chinese accelerator, and found itself in the middle of a debate about the challenges and opportunities of Chinese investment in Canada’s technology sector. Both organizations were unique collaborations among industry, academia, and government. This joint initiative had added significance because of the implications for these stakeh...Starting at €8.20
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TEC Edmonton and TusStar Joint Innovation: An Entrepreneurial Match - Teaching Note
Haibo Hu; Chunbing Mao; Phillp Swallow; William Wei; Bruce ThomsonTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M082-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M082.Starting at €0.00
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JD.Com: Responding to a CEO Crisis
Lu Zhang; William Wei; Yanming Liao; Jieyan Song; Yi WuCase IVEY-9B20M018-EStrategyIn August 2018, the founder and chief executive officer of JD.com, one of China’s largest e-commerce sites, was accused of sexual assault and was arrested. He denied wrongdoing and was released less than a day later. One week after his return to China, JD.com’s share value hit a 19-month low. In November 2018, the company announced that its customer base had shrunk for the first time since 2014. The impact from the investigation into the alleged ...Starting at €8.20
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Vacunación en Bogotá ante la descentralización y reforma del sistema de salud en Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028Service and Operations ManagementLa descentralización dentro de la reforma del sector salud ha tenido un gran impacto en los resultados de la salud pública. El caso muestra las dificultades encontradas a nivel regional y las decisiones que se han tomado para lograr los objetivos trazados. El caso presenta una descripción general de algunas intervenciones públicas en el contexto de la reforma de salud en Colombia, y se concentra en el análisis descriptivo de la evolución, decisio...Starting at €8.20
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Vaccination in Bogotá before the decentralisation and reform of the Health System in Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028-EService and Operations ManagementDecentralization as part of the reform of the health system has had a significant impact on the effectiveness of the public health system. The case shows the difficulties encountered in regional management and the decisions that have been made to achieve the goals that have been set. The case provides a general description of certain government initiatives in the context of the reform of the health system in Colombia, subsequently focusing on the...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027-EService and Operations ManagementThe Hospital Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia, had been in a very difficult situation due to financial and labor difficulties. After five years of integrative management and negotiations with the different fronts, including labor aspects, the situation had been reversed. The productivity could be increased and labor conditions stabilized to the benefit of the hospital and its workforce. For the Ministry to exert primarily a stewardship function, i...Starting at €8.20
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Vacunación en Bogotá ante la descentralización y reforma del sistema de salud en Colombia (B)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.Case P-1029Service and Operations ManagementLa descentralización dentro de la reforma del sector salud ha tenido un gran impacto en los resultados de la salud pública. El caso muestra las dificultades encontradas a nivel regional y las decisiones que se han tomado para lograr los objetivos trazados. El caso presenta una descripción general de algunas intervenciones públicas en el contexto de la reforma de salud en Colombia y se concentra en el análisis descriptivo de la evolución, decision...Starting at €5.74
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I-Star: Expanding in North America
William Wei; Xiaohua Yang; Roger Chen; Kimberley Howard; Stanley KwongCase IVEY-9B12M041-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, StrategyThe president of I-Star America, Inc. and vice-president of I-Star Corporation reflected on the success of I-Star in the Chinese and Japanese IT markets and the challenges of increasing market share in North America, one of the largest markets in the world. I-Star was expected to grow about 30 per cent in the next few years, and the president considered whether the strategy used in Japan could be applied to North America.Many Chinese firms that e...Starting at €8.20
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Pactera's Expansion in the United States
Dezhi Chen; Xiaohua Yang; William Wei; Tingting Guo; James A. Brownson; Walter PetruskaCase IVEY-9B15M063-EStrategyIn 2012, Pactera, a China-headquartered IT service firm, went public on the NASDAQ. In 2014, it was taken private by a consortium led by the U.S.-based global investment and advisory firm Blackstone. This accelerated the firm’s expansion in the U.S. market and its plans to move up the value chain. Pactera’s executive vice-president must formulate and implement the right strategy in order to continue its success in the U.S. market, gain access to ...Starting at €8.20
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Branding BY-HEALTH: The Value of Transparency
Denghua Yuan; William Wei; Matthew MardresCase IVEY-9B17M126-EStrategyBY-HEALTH Co., Ltd. (BY-HEALTH), a Chinese dietary supplement company founded in 1995, had a first-mover advantage as a contemporary health supplement provider in Mainland China. It had successfully utilized this advantage to conquer a significant portion of the market. However, by early 2017, maintaining this leadership position in the market had become increasingly difficult, largely due to deteriorating public perception of consumables origina...Starting at €8.20