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The Healthcare Analytics Landscape in Singapore: Evolving to Deliver Better Care

by Tan Kar Way, Lam Sean Shao Wei, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Analytics
In the span of half a century, Singapore’s healthcare system had undergone a major transformation along with the country’s economic growth. From a developing nation plagued with tropical communicable diseases and malnutrition in the 1960s, Singapore had progressed significantly to become the second...
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Emerging Hope Lanka: Empowering Rural Women in Sri Lanka

by Tan Wee Liang, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Social entrepreneurship
Emerging Hope Lanka was founded by Nilushika Silva Jayaweera (“Nilu”), a domestic worker-turned-entrepreneur in 2016. She had left her hometown in Sri Lanka, orphaned and penniless, to work in Singapore some 16 years earlier. Her determination and thirst for knowledge was the driving force that led...
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Carlos Ghosn: The Rise and Fall of An Automobile Legend (A) and (B)

by Jochen Reb, Abhijeet Vadera, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Decision making
Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-Lebanese-French, is by many counts, one of the – if not the – most celebrated automotive executives of the late 20th and early 21st century. This is a two-part case about his career, leadership, and decision-making.
Part A starts in 1999, the early days of Ghosn’s arrival...
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Optimising Process Flows in Dragon Fruit Jam Production

by Wee Kwan Eng, Holly Ott, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Operations and processes
GSH Conserves was an artisanal jam producer in Singapore that specialised in using tropical fruits, such as dragon fruit, lychee, mango, etc., to handcraft high-quality jam in small batches. Founded in 2013 in a home kitchen, the demand for GSH Conserves jam and bottled fruits had grown organically...
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Carousell: Growing a Peer-to-Peer Mobile App Business by Building a Community

by Seshan Ramaswami, Bonny Cheang Mei Qi, Liu Yuxi, Nicole Foo Quan Fang, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Business strategies
It was end-2019 and seven years into the founding of Carousell, a Singapore-headquartered peer-to-peer online classified advertisements marketplace started by three friends, Quek Siu Rui, Marcus Tan and Lucas Ngoo. Valued at US$550 million, Carousell had gained wide popularity with a presence in...
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Ant Financial: The Road to Financial Inclusion in China through QR Codes and Technology-as-a-Service

by Liang Hao, Gabriel Lim Pang Keat, Cheah Sin Mei, Chiu Tzu-Kuan
Discipline:
Financial technology
Set in January 2020, this case presents Ant Financial’s success in promoting financial inclusion in China through its Quick Response (QR) Merchant Growth Plan. Established in 2014, Ant Financial grew out of Alipay, a mobile payment provider that served Alibaba’s e-commerce customers. Inheriting...
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Developing an Innovative Retail Concept to Showcase the Smart Home of the Future

by Geoffrey da Silva, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
retail
In 2018, after nearly two decades of success in the highly competitive consumer electronics market of Singapore, Asian Home Electronics (AHE) Limited was once again searching for new frontiers to break through for its retail business. Having evolved from the traditional brick-and-mortar business...
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Nium: Leveraging Fintech to Disrupt Cross-Border Remittance Services

by Annie Koh, David Fernandez, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Technology
Set in October 2019, this case presents the remarkable growth journey of Nium, a Singapore-headquartered fintech start-up in digital remittance. The founders are on a mission to disrupt the traditional remittance industry ridden with inefficiency and an opaque pricing structure, and are confident...
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Twitter’s Acquisition of Magic Pony Technology in the Race for AI

by Kenneth Goh, Paulina Chilarska, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Entrepreneurship
June 20, 2016. It was the day Magic Pony Technology galloped to fame after Twitter announced its acquisition of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up for a reported US$150 million. Co-founded by Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang in London in 2014, Magic Pony specialised in using machine learning, a...
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Bold and Responsible Leadership in Uncharted Waters: The Future of BW Tankers

by Annie Koh, Flocy Joseph, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Strategy
This case was awarded runner-up in the Teaching Cases on Sustainability category at the inaugural Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards 2022.
More details here.

Set in January 2019, the case follows Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Executive Chairman of the BW Group, as he reflects on a...
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