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Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
In June 2012, Cheah Cheng-Hye and his colleagues at Value Partners, a Hong-Kong-based investment firm, received a copy of a short-seller report alleging that Evergrande, one of China's largest property developers, was using fraudulent accounting and paying bribes to secure business. Evergrande's sto... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Three-Year Planning at Li & Fung Limited
Having been able to follow its own "three-year plan" on course constantly, Li & Fung Limited fell short of meeting its stretch earnings target for the first time in almost two decade, leading to a double-digit drop in stock price overnight. Questions were raised on the company's strategies pursued t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Rebranding Gallagher
Steve Tucker, the Deputy CEO of Gallagher Group Limited (GGL), the world's largest electric fence company, was about to present a new branding strategy to the company's senior managers and Bill Gallagher, Jr., CEO. After spending more than 18 months with brand consultants, Tucker devised an umbrella... More
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Language: ENGCopyright: 2014
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Link REIT
Publicly listed in November 2005, Link REIT was the first real estate investment trust (REIT) in Hong Kong after the Hong Kong government decided to privatize a portfolio of community shopping malls, car parks, and fresh produce markets. Run by CEO, George Hongchoy, the company had evolved from mana... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Hon Hai's Investment in Sharp
In March 2012, Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Ltd. (Hon Hai) announced its investment in the Sharp Corporation (Sharp). The deal was structured in two parts: the first had Hon Hai investing in Sharp, and the second involved Hon Hai founder and chairman and CEO Terry Guo personally purchasing a ... More
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Language: ENGCopyright: 2013
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Korea
South Korea's economic success and its transition from authoritarianism to democracy teach important lessons in national strategy and political economy. Now, though, its famous chaebols may need reform, the population is aging, and relations with the North are as tense as ever. What should the count... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
China Vanke (A-1)
As China's largest homebuilder, China Vanke Co. Ltd. (Vanke) was facing an industry downturn sparked by strong government intervention. Faced with falling prices, Vanke's president must decide whether to keep the company's pricing and product positioning intact, and how aggressively to pursue its gr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
China Vanke (A-2)
China Vanke's president and his team must decide on a plan of action after reviewing the quality issues the company faced in early 2012 after a series of highly publicized incidents concerning the quality of the homes they built.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
China Vanke (A-3)
China Vanke's president is considering whether and how the company might make further inroads into the commercial real estate sector, while continuing to lead in the residential sector. He is also considering whether to branch into overseas residential markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and the U... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
China Vanke (B)
The case describes Vanke's response to the decisions posed in the A1, A2, and A3 cases and asks whether Vanke should expand its strategic scope by defining itself as an "urban facilities provider" rather than a "residential housing developer." The management team is also reviewing the company's fora... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014
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Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (A)
A residential real estate developer competes in a heated auction for a prime retail development site in the interior of China during the 2009 boom. Total project cost might be in excess of $1billion US for over 4,000,000 square feet of building. Hang Lung Properties has enjoyed success in residentia... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (B)
Second phase of auction for a prime retail development parcel in Chengdu, China. Competition forces the firm to revisit all of its land purchase criteria. Hang Lung Properties is known for rigorous due diligence, for discipline in buying property, and for good understanding of market cycles. The (B)... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when ... More
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Li & Fung 2012
Midway through its current three-year plan, Li & Fung stop to assess the path it is taking in extending its distribution network business in Asia.... More
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Korea
South Korea's economic success and its transition from authoritarianism to democracy teach important lessons in national strategy and political economy. Now, though, its famous chaebols may need reform, the population is aging, and relations with the North are as tense as ever. What should the count... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015