Set in December 2017, the case discusses Bellamy’s Australia Limited (BAL)’s debacle in China, and its subsequent turnaround. BAL was the leading supplier of infant milk formula and baby food products in China, its largest export market. In mid-2016, the Chinese government, in a bid to control the...
In August 2018, Felicia Wong, Chief Investment Officer at 88 Capital, the investment arm of a Hong Kong family office, was considering investing in a bike-sharing company. The bike-sharing business was booming in China, with the two dominant players Mobike and ofo rapidly expanding. Mobike had been...
The case follows the evolution of EnerGaia, a technology firm pioneering rooftop production of spirulina (blue-green algae) in developing markets. The narrative and discussion questions focus on the strategic choices of the CEO, Saumil Shah. Core questions regard Saumil’s options for positioning...
Co-founded by Raghav Kapoor in Singapore in 2014, Smartkarma was an innovative e-commerce-based independent platform for providing investment research - conceived in response to changes in banking industry regulations post the 2008 financial crisis. New industry regulations required investment...
This case was awarded runner-up in the Teaching Cases on Sustainability category at the inaugural Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards 2022.
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Set in January 2019, the case follows Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Executive Chairman of the BW Group, as he reflects on a...
In June 2018, Ow Fook Chuen, the Accountant-General of the Accountant-General’s Department (AGD), was in charge of the Accountant-General’s Department (AGD) as it sought to improve through innovation and the use of technology. Being the steward of public sector finance transformation, AGD partnered...
This case study describes Tieqilishi (TQLS) Group’s corporate social responsibility initiative in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China.
Case A, set in 2016, describes the poverty-stricken Liangshan prefecture. Famous for ‘cliff villages’ (villages on top of high mountains...
In October 2016, Wilf Blackburn, the CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (PACS) started an organisational transformation journey to reposition PACS as the number one insurance company in Singapore. Earlier that year, PACS’ market share had fallen from 22 per cent in the previous year to...
Flipz is the pseudonym for a Hong Kong-based mobile classified app for consumer-to-consumer selling and buying of new and second-hand goods. Despite the initial skepticism towards their venture, the founders managed to gain traction with their app and eventually succeeded in raising venture funding...
Memaksa Steel, an Indonesian steel products manufacturer, has recently developed a new finishing process that reduces the wear time on steel by 60% for products that are subjected to intense abrasion during use. The marketing department believes this innovation should be applied to steel saw blades...