Product stewardship services relied on an Australian Government regulatory framework built on the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) – a policy that required producers to manage their product’s end-of-life segment by recycling a certain tonnage of electronic waste relative to their...
In October 2008, State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest state-owned bank, makes its foray into Singapore’s consumer banking market. A year into operations, Anil Kishora, chief executive officer of SBI, Singapore, is charged to double the remittance earnings in the next 12 months, an onerous...
Green Freight Asia (GFA) is a three-part case series featured in the 2014 APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge. The case is best used for group projects or workshop assignments at the undergraduate or graduate level concerning business-IT related topics. The case can also be adapted for classroom...
This case is a classic example of misaligned project metrics, where different parts of a project are unable to simultaneously achieve their targets. The case uses a project at Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. to illustrate a complex and very aggressive project, which requires...
The case is set in January 2012, and begins with Kenneth Yap, the founder of Quantine Pte Ltd, strategising on an effective growth plan for his company. Quantine is a job candidate pre-screening service provider specialised in asynchronous video interviews. In the three years since its inception,...
In September 2013, Alex Leong, co-founder of Rainmaker Labs, considers where to invest the limited resources available to his technology start-up company in order to grow the business. Earlier that year, Rainmaker Labs launched ShopGuru, a mobile shopping application that enables users to earn and...
The case is set in June 2013, and deals with an SME-sized Singapore-based property developer’s decision on whether to launch a sustainability initiative and engage in sustainability reporting as an innovative practice to improve the long-run viability of the company through improved operational...
This case is the first part of a two-part series on Innova Technology. Case A is set in May 2012, when Rick Tan, CEO of Innova Technology, a technology start-up company based in Singapore, is deciding a go-to-market strategy for PROTAG, a new anti-loss device. Through Bluetooth technology, this...
In order to meet increased demand for new aircraft-engine orders coming from customers in Asia, Rolls-Royce strategises and facilitates the company’s largest investment to date: the US$565 million Seletar Campus in Singapore – a 154,000 square metre site housing cutting-edge manufacturing, training...
Vista View Corporation is an American pharmaceutical company manufacturing and sells both prescription and over-the-counter eye care products, with branches in 50 countries. Since 2008, Vista View has been consolidating its business within its consumer products division to focus on emerging market...
