An executive at Goldman Sachs publishes a damning resignation letter in the New York Times on March 14, 2012. Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer, and Gary D. Cohn, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, go into damage control and take immediate action by...
The case revolves around the legacy of Richard Wagner, one of the world’s greatest composers. It focuses on his glamorous great-granddaughter Katharina Wagner, who won a bitter family feud, and now runs the yearly Wagner festival — a global cultural highlight and a vast musical enterprise. She...
The case is set in early 2009, at a time when Vietnam is rocked by the global recession. It opens with the discovery by Ly Ngoc Minh, CEO of the porcelain manufacturing company, Minh Long I, that Metro, a chain of seven department stores across Vietnam, has discounted the selling price of its...
The Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) proposed takeover of the ASX Limited (ASX) is a watershed event, and the first of its kind involving two exchanges in Asia-Pacific. This case showcases the multifaceted dimensions and intricacies in forging corporate marriages. It covers several issues,...
On January 12, 2007 a prominent Chinese blogger protested against Starbucks’ presence in Beijing’s Forbidden City. The blogger stated, “This is not globalisation but an erosion of Chinese culture.” The blog post signalled the start of an avalanche of criticism as Starbucks came under attack for...
The Inspector-General of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Maureen Connelly, receives two highly distressing pieces of news on the same day. Both of them relate to the UNHCR-administered Dabaad and Kakuma camps in Kenya, which have been flooded by refugees fleeing the armed...
