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Goran Kapicic at Actavis China
Author: Lowe, Joo Yong
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The managing director of a multinational company turns a loss-making business into a profit-making venture by using his unique brand of leadership to change the organizational culture and develop a responsible proactive attitude in his employees.
Food for Thought: The 2008 China Milk Scandal
Authors: Lim, Vivien K.G.; Rajah, Rashimah; Prasad, Smrithi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
In 2008, a scandal in China involving milk products tainted with melamine (a chemical used in plastic production) brought regional and global attention to the country. The case illustrates how the pressure of rapid economic development resulted in measures to cut costs at the expense of consumer safety and health, bringing into question the ethics underlying business practices in the country.
Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Dai, Nancy Hua; Yin, Lynn
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Group, had developed a series of innovative products aimed at solving China's environmental problems. Would scaling the new businesses result in compromises to the mission and values that guided the company? If so, was the overall environmental impact from the new building technology worth the cost?
Tianlong Company and the Toxic Capsule Scandal
Authors: Dong, Lili; Beamish, Paul W.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
On April 15, 2012, China Central Television disclosed that several capsule producers in Ru’ao had illegally used industrial-grade gelatin to produce medical capsules. The capsules were found to contain excessive chromium, a heavy metal harmful to human health. The director of Tianlong must decide how to address customers’ concerns and keep Tianlong’s good reputation from being damaged as a result of the current scandal.
Enterprise Ownership and Control in China: Governance with a Chinese Twist
Authors: Ho, Daniel; Lau, Alex; Young, Angus
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Inefficient state-owned enterprises in China were compelled to restructure to remain competitive, which resulted in phenomenal economic growth. However, this transplantation process did not occur without problems, and certain domestic attributes had to be supplemented in corporate legislation to correspond with Chinese socialistic objectives and cultural values. This article analyzes the key attributes of Chinese corporate governance and regulations concerning shareholders’ rights...
Urbanizing China
Authors: Iyer, Lakshmi; Donovan, G. A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
China's rapid urbanization, and the accompanying conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses, raised a number of economic, social, and political concerns. How would the challenges of urbanization affect the business environment for private firms? The success and viability of China's overall growth strategy depended crucially on managing a successful urban transition.
Wal-Mart in China 2012
Authors: Farhoomand, Ali F.; Garrett, Linda Holland
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2012
In this updated case on Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, the company remains actively committed to rolling out and refining its Every Day Low Price strategy across China, while making smaller, yet important strides to be locally relevant to its Chinese consumers...
Novo Nordisk: Managing Sustainability at Home and Abroad
Authors: Knudsen, Jette Steen; Brown, Dana
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Novo Nordisk is well known for striving to integrate its business activities in a financially, environmentally, and socially responsible way, and many Novo Nordisk employees proudly refer to Novo Nordisk as a “triple bottom line (TBL) company.” Novo Nordisk therefore faces new challenges concerning how best to organize its TBL program in a way that ensures a comprehensive approach throughout the organization, yet allows Novo Nordisk China to adopt initiatives that fit the Chinese business context.
Low-carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China
Author: Vietor, Richard H.K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies--wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. The net effects of these initiatives leave low-carbon energy industries in the United States in the dust...
Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings -- A Corporate Governance Drama
Authors: Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy Yuen
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Despite 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…
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