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Huaneng Power International: Acquisition Or the Predecessor Method? A Decision on a Business Combination Under Common Control

by Pearl Tan, Tracey Chunqi Zhang, Chu-Yeong Lim
Discipline:
Accounting procedures and policies
Business combinations under common control (BCUCC) are common restructuring arrangements carried out within groups of companies. However, an accounting policy choice exists. In the absence of an International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) on BCUCC, the receiving entity that acquired control...
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To Build or Not to Build: The Real Estate Dilemma and the Rapid Rise of China’s Cold Chain Industry

by Lim Yun Fong, Marcus Ang, Koh Chaik Ming
Discipline:
Corporate Strategy
This case has been written to illustrate the pros and cons of asset-light and asset-heavy strategies. China has seen a rise in the use of asset-heavy strategies over the last few years, particularly with heavy asset users. By using financial tools such as sale and leaseback, fund management...
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Ant Fortune: Providing Universal Wealth Management Services in China

by Liang Hao, CW Chan
Discipline:
Fintech
In 2022, Wang Jun was the chairperson of Ant Fortune, a comprehensive wealth management platform under Ant Group. China’s economic growth since 1978 led to a significant increase in the number of people having sufficient money to invest. Ant Fortune aimed to provide inclusive wealth management...
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Ant Group backed MYbank: People, Planet, Profit in Rural China

by Heli Wang, Lipika Bhattacharya
Discipline:
Strategy
This case talks about the 3P (People, Planet, Profit) strategies of Ant Group backed MYbank, which was established as an online bank in China, as part of Alibaba’s ecosystem, with the vision of providing inclusive finance services to SMEs and farmers in rural China.
In April 2022, however, the...
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Shenzhen Power Solution: Energising Africa’s Base of the Pyramid

by Kenneth Goh, Jingyue Xu, CW Chan
Discipline:
Social entrepreneurship
Li Xia is the founder of Shenzhen Power Solution (SPS), a social enterprise established to aid people at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). Her family’s financial troubles during her childhood helped her understand the difficulties faced by the BOP consumers. She knew that BOP consumers did not have...
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Pinduoduo: Raising An 824 Million-Strong E-Commerce Empire Under Six Years

by Kapil Tuli, Wee-Kiat Lim
Discipline:
Marketing
At 824 million, Pinduoduo had the most customers in global e-commerce as of March 2021. It had also expanded aggressively into grocery shopping with Duo Duo Grocery, riding on the demands that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and set its sights on becoming the world’s grocer. Despite its...
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NIO: Battling Tesla with Battery as a Service

by Shantanu Bhattacharya, Lipika Bhattacharya
Discipline:
Strategy
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) company NIO had launched Battery as a Service (BaaS), in a competitive bid to reduce vehicle price and make its products more attractive to its consumers. By 2021, almost 40% of its consumer base had switched to using BaaS, and NIO had plans to expand its BaaS services...
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Alibaba Cainiao’s Smart Green Logistics Strategy: Good for the Earth, Good for the Business

by Liang Hao, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Strategy
In November 2020, after the world’s largest online shopping festival, also known as Singles’ Day or “11.11 Global Shopping Festival” in China ended on a high note, the express delivery industry was again confronted with issues of burgeoning packaging waste and increasing carbon footprint from...
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A Bitter Pill for Pharmaceutical Counterfeits: Behind China’s Serialisation Technology

by Tan Wee Liang, Cheah Sin Mei
Discipline:
Technology and analytics
In January 2014, CITIC 21CN Technology Company Limited (CITIC), a firm that had been under the radar, took the Hong Kong stock market by storm after its stock price soared 372% upon Alibaba Group’s acquisition. Alibaba, the world’s largest e-commerce company, took a controlling stake of CITIC and...
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Gucci: Staying Relevant in Luxury over a Century

by Nirmalya Kumar, Sheetal Mittal
Discipline:
Marketing
This case describes the journey of Gucci, a hundred-year-old luxury fashion brand, and how over the years it has reinvented its designs and marketing strategy to grow its market dominance world-wide.
In 2015, Gucci’s dismal performance over two successive years led the fashion house to rejig its...
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