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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

and lively debrief, while uncovering valuable lessons in strategy and risk-analysis along the way. Beijing and Moscow: Unlimited Friendship or Unrequited Romance? Professor Jeremy Friedman No additional materials available + More Info –... View Details

Alex Jiang

to Alpha Startup Fund, Alex was Co-Managing Partner at Sinovation Ventures (top tier Chinese VC fund with USD1.5 billion under management across five funds) and General Partner at WI Harper Group (San Francisco, Beijing and Taipei based... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#20;#Ecommerce;#75;#Venture Capital;#47;#International Development

September 2010
Teaching Note

The Challenges of Launching a Start-Up in China: Dorm99.com (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for 307075. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Capital; Investment; Joint Ventures; Product Launch; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; Opportunities; Business Startups; Problems and Challenges; Social and Collaborative Networks; Beijing

June 2011 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Jeffrey Hu and Runjiao Xu

In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main business segments—property development, property investment/management, and other real estate related businesses. From... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Diversification; Property; Policy; State Ownership; Business Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Real Estate Industry; Beijing

June 2015
Case

Fei Ni Mo Shu (You are the One) and the Chinese Employment Market

By: Christopher Marquis, Qi Li and Ying Zhang

This case study shows the evolution of the Chinese television program Fei Ni Mo Shu (You are the One), from an unrecognized show in 2010 to becoming a television phenomenon in 2015. The success of Fei Ni Mo Shu (You are the One) has resulted from it reflecting the... View Details

Keywords: China; Media; Employment; Education; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Beijing

March 2021 (Revised December 2021)
Supplement

Ant Financial (D)

By: Feng Zhu, Krishna G. Palepu, Kerry Herman and Susie Ma

The (D) case updates the case series from the time of Ant’s planned IPO, and the Chinese government’s regulatory shifts. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Information Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; China; Beijing

June 2014
Teaching Plan

Arup: Building the Water Cube

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Annelena Lobb

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Projects; Beijing; Sydney

January 2016 (Revised August 2019)
Case

From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: The Evolution of Tsinghua University

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby

Tsinghua University is one of the most prominent universities in China, and, increasingly, in the world. Its evolution to this position reflects the major developments in Chinese history—outward looking internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, creative survival in the... View Details

Keywords: University Administration; University Curriculum; University Faculty; World-class Universities; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China; Beijing

01 Jun 1998
News

Chai Ling

her long ordeal might be over. It had begun nearly a year earlier, in 1989, when Chai, a 23-year-old Beijing University student, was elected "chief commander" by the Tiananmen Square dissidents because of her leadership skills and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Sep 2011
News

Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business

Bank of China. HBS alumni clubs in Hong Kong and Beijing also hosted dinners and panel discussions. Overall, it was “an incredibly successful” experience for everyone involved, notes McFarlan. Future faculty immersion trips are being... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

December 2010 (Revised February 2012)
Case

Yum! China

By: David E. Bell and Mary Shelman

Since the first KFC opened in China in 1987, Yum--under Sam Su's leadership--had built the largest restaurant company by far in mainland China. Averaging one new restaurant opening a day for the past five years, in 2010 Yum ran over 3,600 restaurants in 650 cities and... View Details

Keywords: Business Processes; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategy; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Beijing Shi

15 Dec 2011
News

An HBS gift guide

through conservation.” View gift membership possibilities. Previous Next Capitalize on the network Ray Yang (MBA 2003) President, HBS Association of Beijing “The most memorable Club experience so far is the first cocktail party I put... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

April 2011
Teaching Note

Yum! China (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman

Teaching Note for 511040. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Beijing Shi

October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Red Flag Software Co.

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna, David Lane and Elizabeth Raabe

In 2005, just five years after its formal launch, Beijing-based Red Flag Software was the world's second-largest distributor of the Linux operating system and was expecting its first annual profit. On a unit basis, Red Flag led the world in desktops (PCs) shipped with... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Technology Industry; Distribution Industry; Beijing; United States