| Ref No. |
Title |
Author(s) |
| 11/477C |
Is Sony Turning Around?
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 30 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2011
Sony's traditional focus on its own technologies, instead of adopting the more commonly used standards that appeal to the larger consumers' taste, has trapped itself in the state of "Galapagos'-izatio...
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N/A
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Atsushi Sumi
Marcus Schuetz
Claudia H L Woo |
| 10/474C |
Crown Worldwide: Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility in Business
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Production & Operations Management, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management
Length: 22 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2010
Founded in 1965 by Jim Thompson, the Crown Worldwide Group ("Crown") began as a small moving company in Japan, shifting its headquarters to Hong Kong in the mid-1970s. Within 30 years, Crown had becam...
Related Product(s):
DVD
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Ali Farhoomand
Claudia H L Woo
Ricky Lai |
| 09/452C |
Foxconn V BYD (A): Commercial Espionage or Learning by Hiring?
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 22 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2010
Foxconn International Holdings is the world's largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones. BYD Company Limited entered the market in 2003 and has pursued a learning-by-hiring strategy by actively r...
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N/A
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Jiangyong Lu
Shangjin Wei
Yahong Li
Zhigang Tao
Penelope Chan |
| 09/446C |
Gold Peak Electronics: R&D Globalisation from East to West
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Management of Information Systems, Production & Operations Management, R&D Globalization Strategy and General Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 17 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2009
Globalisation has prompted a new trend of cross-border acquisitions from the East to the West. Fuelled by non-traditional motivations, Asian companies are acquiring respected and well-established West...
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N/A
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Kuldeep Kumar
Maya Kumar |
| 09/437C |
Asimco: Developing Human Capital in China
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 17 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2009
This case is an update of the 2005 case on the human capital development of ASIMCO (Asian Strategic Investment Corp.) in China. ASIMCO is an automotive component group serving the Chinese motor vehicl...
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N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Grace Loo |
| 11/433C |
Effective Leadership at Zensar Technologies: Riding the Wave of Change
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 30 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2012
At the time when Dr. Ganesh Natrajan took over as the CEO of Zensar Technologies Ltd in India in 2001, the company was in a state of turmoil. Staff morale was low and the company was essentially a sta...
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N/A
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Asha Bhandarker
Sumita Rai |
| 08/405C |
Cheung Yan: China's Paper Queen
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 14 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2008
Cheung Yan, the chairperson and co-founder of the Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Company (ˇ§Nine Dragonsˇ¨) has been globally recognised as one of the foremost strategic business leaders of Asia. Cheung ha...
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N/A
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Stephen Ko
Havovi Joshi |
| 08/380C |
People Management, The Mantra for Success: The Case of Singhania and Partners
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 6 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2008
The case is about HR practices at Singhania and Partners, one of the largest full-service national law firms in India. People are at the core of the services industry and it is imperative that service...
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N/A
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Preeti Goyal
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| 07/354C |
Flaxo Exports: Managing People in a Small- to-Medium-Sized Enterprise
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 10 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2007
A very successful Indian SME manufactured furnishing textiles and was operating exclusively in the exports sector. The company had no formal human resource (HR) systems and procedures nor did it have ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Debi S. Saini
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| 07/346C |
HKCAA: Organisational Change and Re-positioning of a Quasi-Government Institution
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 44 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2007
The Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation (ˇ§HKCAAˇ¨) was established in June 1990 as a statutory body to carry out academic accreditation for non-university institutions in Hong Kong and to prov...
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N/A
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Derek Man
Macy Wong |
| 07/339C |
The Crown Worldwide Group: Relocating in China under the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Production & Operations Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 31 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2007
In June 2003, the governments of Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China signed the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). CEPA outlined terms for liberalisation of trade in goods and se...
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N/A
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Michael J. Fratantuono
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| 06/309C |
People Management Fiasco in Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 17 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2006
Multinationals often make judgemental errors regarding cross-cultural issues and the business environment prevailing in foreign countries. Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd. (HMSI), a wholly-ow...
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N/A
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Debi S. Saini
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| 06/305C |
Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Businesses
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Production & Operations Management, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management
Length: 14 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2006
Ina Food Industry Co. Ltd was situated in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, and surrounded by the soaring mountains of Japan's Alps. Amidst this idyllic setting, Mr. Hiroshi Tsukakoshi, Ina Food's 68-year-old c...
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N/A
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Mitsuru Misawa
|
| 05/253C |
HP at a Strategic Crossroad: 2005
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 22 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2005
The case examines the paradox of bringing in a charismatic leader to spearhead organisational change in a company renowned for its strong legacy and culture. On one hand, in the face of a rapidly chan...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ali Farhoomand
Kavita Sethi |
| 04/203C |
Eurasia International: Total Quality Management in the Shipping Industry
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 13 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2004
This Case gives an account of how a ship management company was able to set itself apart from competitors and from its clients' own in-house technical and crew-management capabilities by embracing a c...
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N/A
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Ali Farhoomand
Amir Hoosain |
| 04/192C |
Hayco Manufacturing Ltd.: Staff Welfare at the Shenzhen Factory
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 9 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2004
As one of the world's leading manufacturers of houseware products and cleaning products, Hayco produced over five million brushes a month in its Shenzhen plant in 2003. When setting up its new factory...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Monica Wong |
| 04/189C |
Manfield Coatings Co. Ltd.: Quality Management as the Winning Formula
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 8 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2004
Founded by Mr. Yuen Shu-Wah in 1982, Manfield Coatings Company Limited (Manfield) was a niche player producing customised industrial coatings for various industrial products. A quality management syst...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Simon Lam
Andrew Lee |
| 03/175C |
Proactive Medicare Enterprise (HK) Limited: Providing Healthcare in Mainland China
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 9 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2003
After successfully starting a joint venture with a prestigious hospital in Shanghai, Proactive Medicare (a Hong Kong-based SME) intended to replicate its success in Beijing. The case chronicles the de...
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N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Andrew Lee |
| 03/173C |
Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts: Gauging Investors' Views on Corporate Social Responsibility
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Marketing
Length: 15 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2003
In January 2003 Mr. Ho Kwok Ping, the co-founder and Chairman of Singapore-based Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, debated whether or not to take his privately held company public. The company developed a...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Eliza Tse
Pauline Ng
Kay Ross |
| 03/164C |
Taking Stock of Hong Kong's Human Resources
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management
Length: 16 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2003
This case discusses Hong Kong's transformation from a pure manufacturing economy to a knowledge-based service economy. The case highlights the mismatch between the skills of the workforce and the need...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Marissa McCauley |
| 03/163C |
Hong Kong Teachers' Language Benchmark Assessment
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management
Length: 12 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2003
In 2000, the Hong Kong Government introduced the Language Benchmark Assessment for all teachers in Hong Kong. As part of its education reform, the government required all teachers' English language pr...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Marissa McCauley |
| 03/155C |
Sun Toys Motor: How to Put a Start-up on Track
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 3 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2004
In 1983, Simon Shi Kai-Biu, a 28-year-old Hong Kong entrepreneur, started a toy motor manufacturing firm called Sun Toys Motor Ltd. He had some experience in managing motor factories and small start-u...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Simon Tam
Vincent Mak |
| 02/153C |
ASIMCO: Developing Human Capital in China
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 17 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
Jack Perkowski established ASIMCO (Asian Strategic Investment Corp.) in February 1994. ASIMCO became one of the largest components organisations serving the Chinese motor vehicle industry. This case s...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Nailene Chou Wiest
Mary Ho |
| 02/151C |
Henleys' Distribution Channels for Domestic Appliances in Chinaˇ¦s Transitioning Economy
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Marketing
Length: 16 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
Henleys, one of the largest electronics companies in the world, started to import domestic appliances and personal care (DAP) products into the Chinese market in 1990. Soon after, Henleys established ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Don Lee |
| 02/150C |
Learning from "Bird Flu" - How the Hong Kong Government Learnt to Deal with a Crisis
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 19 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
Hong Kong's first avian flu crisis started in March 1997, when close to 7,000 chickens on three rural farms were wiped out by an H5 strain. To contain the outbreak, the Hong Kong Government ordered a ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Millie Kwan
Mary Ho |
| 02/146C |
Civil Service Pay in Hong Kong: Policies, System, Structure and Reform
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 21 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
In 2002, Hong Kong civil servants were the envy of many people. Their salaries, fringe benefits and employment terms compared favourably with international standards. However, as civil servants stagg...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Mary Ho |
| 01/131C |
Acer in 2001: The Reorganisation
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 29 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
In July 2001, Acer, Taiwan's best-known company, was in the midst of an ambitious reorganization. The goal was to reverse flagging sales in Acer's branded computer and peripherals businesses and to ad...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Michael J. Enright
Vincent Mak |
| 01/119C |
Social Capital at Work in PCCW's Acquisition of Cable & Wireless HKT
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 31 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
In March and April 2000, a series of unusual decisions, involving billions of US dollars, were made by some of the biggest international companies and banks operating in Hong Kong. All those decisions...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Heather McGregor
Vincent Mak |
| 01/104C |
Managing a New State-owned Enterprise: A Daring Experiment by the Beijing Capital Group
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management
Length: 14 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2001
The Beijing Capital Group was one of the most profitable and successful state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China. Since its foundation, the Group had been making unrelenting efforts in promoting reform...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Scarlet Chan
Mary Ho |
| 01/103C |
Establishing an ECL Culture in China: Organisational Difference or National Difference?
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 13 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2001
Electronic Communications Ltd ("ECL") had decided to make China its second home and to seek common prosperity with Chinese people. The company knew that there were major gains to be made, but there we...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Scarlet Chan
Mary Ho |
| 00/94C |
Hong Kong Disneyland(C): The Joint Venture Negotiation
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 4 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
This case is structured as a bilateral negotiation exercise and allows students to participate in a joint venture simulation for the Disneyland project in Hong Kong. The case should be used in conjunc...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 00/93C |
Hong Kong Disneyland (B): The HKSAR Perspective
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 20 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
In mid-1999, negotiators for the Hong Kong Government and the Walt Disney Company were having intensive discussions about the possibility of building a theme park known as Hong Kong Disneyland on Lant...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 00/92C |
Management of the Medical Profession: The Paediatrics Department at Patient Care Hospital
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 21 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
Since the Hospital Authority officially took over the management of the public hospitals in December 1991, it initiated numerous schemes aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of its staff and ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
K. K. Tan |
| 00/86C |
EUROCAP Bank: Bonuses Driving Performance or Driving Discontent
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management
Length: 14 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2001
By March 2000's first quarter evaluation, it was evident that EUROCAP Equities Japan had performed beyond expectations. Its primary year 2000 objective was to become the top-choice broker for its clie...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Heather McGregor
Michelle Ng
Pauline Ng
Shamza Khan |
| 00/77C |
Hong Kong Disneyland(A): The Walt Disney Perspective
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 22 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
In the mid-1999, negotiators for Walt Disney Company and the Hong Kong Government discussed the possibility of building a theme park, Hong Kong Disneyland, on Lantau Island. The case presents detailed...
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N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 00/76C |
Continuous Quality Improvement Initiatives at Queen Mary Hospital
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 17 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2001
This case looks into the success factors in implementing a continuous quality improvement (or CQI) initiative in a project called "Pre-Operative Skin Preparation: Shaving and Pre-Operative Baths" at Q...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Simon Lam
Marissa McCauley |
| 00/73C |
The Divestiture of Cable & Wireless HKT Limited
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 25 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
In late January 2000, Cable & Wireless plc ("C&W") and Singapore Telecommunications Limited ("SingTel") unveiled a proposed merger of equals between Cable & Wireless HKT ("HKT") and SingTel. Both HKT ...
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N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 00/72C |
Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited: The Bid for Cable & Wireless HKT Limited
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 19 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
In late January 2000, Cable & Wireless plc ("C&W") and Singapore Telecommunications Limited ("SingTel") unveiled a proposed merger of equals between Cable & Wireless HKT ("HKT") and SingTel. Both HKT ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 00/70C |
From Consultation to Partnership: The Case of Haeco's Works Consultative Committee (B)
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 5 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
Case A (99/34C), set in late 1998, traces the development of HAECO's Works Consultative Committee (WCC) and the factors that contributed to its smooth development, making it a demonstration case to il...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
K. K. Tan
Pauline Ng |
| 00/69C |
Singapore Telecommunications Limited: The Bid for Cable & Wireless HKT Limited
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 22 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2002
In late January 2000, Cable & Wireless plc ("C&W") and Singapore Telecommunications Limited ("SingTel") unveiled a proposed merger of equals between Cable & Wireless HKT ("HKT") and SingTel. Both HKT ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 99/68C |
Sino Land: Hotel Spin-off (B)
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management
Length: 11 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
In 1995, Sino Land Company Limited made the decision to spin-off its hotel and hospitality interests into a newly listed company known as Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited. The restructuring move was gre...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Mary Ho |
| 99/55C |
Torrington Wuxi Bearings -From a State-owned Entreprise to a Sino-American Joint Venture
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 29 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
Torrington Wuxi Bearings (TWB) was a Sino-American joint venture that manufactured ball and roller bearings in China. When Jesse Chen, the new General Manager, arrived, the company had recorded three ...
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N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Simon So
Eva Kwan |
| 99/51C |
SCMP.COM: Strategic Repositioning of a Newspaper
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Management of Information Systems, Strategy & General Management
Length: 21 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) established PostNet, an electronic publishing division, in 1996 to experiment with the on-line medium. In mid-1999, the Board of Directors of the SCMP observed the ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ali Farhoomand
Eva Kwan |
| 99/43C |
MD Motors
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Marketing
Length: 14 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 1999
In late July 1998, Mr. Holger Gossmann, Managing Director of MD Motors, was both surprised and concerned. He had just learned that although Volkswagen AG had recently bought Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Lim...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Julie Yu
Maria Cascales |
| 99/40C |
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong- Past, Present and Future
Functional Area:
Accounting & Control, Human Resource Management
Length: 27 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) had been operational for nearly two decades and it faced numerous challenges in its evolutionary process. It overcame those challenges by instituting reforms to ...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
John Whitman
Maria Cascales
Mary Ho |
| 99/38C |
Taiwan's ARPOC Programme
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Management of Information Systems
Length: 28 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 1999
In 1995, Taiwan announced its Asia Pacific Regional Operations Center programme. This program was designed to help Taiwan deal with the rapid transformation of its economy, drastic changes in the glob...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Michael J. Enright
Andrew Lee |
| 99/34C |
From Consultation to Partnership: The Case of Haeco's Works Consultative Committee (A)
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 21 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 1999
The chairman's statement on the 1998 interim report of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (HAECO) was grim. The squeeze on the airline industry's profits had a rippling effect on the aircraft eng...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Pauline Ng |
| 99/33C |
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts - Achieving Service Leadership
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 24 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts (SLA) owns and manages the largest deluxe hotel chain in Asia. The hotel chain expanded rapidly in the 1980s. In 1993, the Managing Director recognised that there was a n...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gerard Tocquer
Eva Kwan |
| 99/25C |
Cathay Pacific Airways: Service Straight from the Heart
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Marketing
Length: 25 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 1999
In 1993, the cabin crew of Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flag carrier, went on a large-scale strike, which damaged crew morale. Peter Buecking was appointed General Manager, Inflight Services in...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Gerard Tocquer
Eva Kwan |
| 98/23C |
Sino Land: Hotel Spin-off (A)
Functional Area:
Finance & Investments, Human Resource Management
Length: 22 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 1999
In early 1995, Sino Land, the best known second tier property developer in Hong Kong, was studying the possibility of a spin-off of its hotels and hospitality division into a separately listed firm. S...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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Ko Wang
Su Han Chan
Probir Banerjee |
| 98/13C |
Merger between Forever Holdings and Dah Tak Ltd
Functional Area:
Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 11 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 2000
The Peoples' Republic of China was considered to be a potential market for foreign investment following major economic reforms initiated in 1977. By 1991, however, trade restrictions meant it was stil...
Related Product(s):
N/A
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W. K. Leung
Kim Yim |
| 98/11C |
Crisis Communication: The Asian Bird Flu
Functional Area:
Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategy & General Management
Length: 20 Page(s)
Pub. Year: 1999
The Bird Flu virus (H5N1) was first detected in the New Territories of Hong Kong in early 1997. This strain of virus had been previously known to infect only birds but had now crossed the species barr...
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N/A
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Gilbert Wong
Nina Hansen
Vanessa Clark |
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