Ocean Drilling, Inc.
Management must choose between two mutually exclusive offers to build two oil rigs. Both offers are attractive foreign currency export credit financing.
Workspaces design
Women@Work: Jane (B)
This 2019 case illustrates a design thinking intervention program conducted at the Elite Smile Specialized Medical Complex in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. The program was part of a doctoral project carried out at the Singapore Management University. The case features Elite’s Smile, a private dental clinic offering a full range of services including routine and …
SOHO China: Transformation in Progress
In 2016, SOHO China, the largest ClassA real estate owner and developer in Beijing and Shanghai, struggled to convince analysts of the new “Buildtohold” strategy in a challenging Chinese macroeconomic environment. The company was founded as a commercial builder and went public in 2007 for a record value of $ 1.9 billion, but the company, …
Women@Work: Soo Jin (A)
This 2019 case illustrates a design thinking intervention program conducted at the Elite Smile Specialized Medical Complex in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. The program was part of a doctoral project carried out at the Singapore Management University. The case features Elite’s Smile, a private dental clinic offering a full range of services including routine and …
Women@Work: Han-na (B)
This series of six brief two-part cases (“caselets”) was written to highlight the workplace dynamics faced by professional women. Women make up about half of the world’s workforce, but they have different problems in the workplace compared to men. We will explore some of these themes through these written cases from the personal perspective of …
Talent Management and the Future of Work
The nature of work changes and changes rapidly. Only a few days go by without industry giants like Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions of dollars in retraining nearly half of their respective workforce for the jobs of the future. What changes are lurking around the corner, are Amazon and AT&T seeing? What …
Women@Work: Soo Jin (B)
This 2019 case illustrates a design thinking intervention program conducted at the Elite Smile Specialized Medical Complex in Taif City, Saudi Arabia. The program was part of a doctoral project carried out at the Singapore Management University. The case features Elite’s Smile, a private dental clinic offering a full range of services including routine and …
Sustainable Conservation
The Sustainable Conservation Case presents the story of a San Francisco-based nonprofit that was founded to solve California’s environmental problems through collaborative partnerships between the public and private sectors. The nonprofit organization had a solid background in agribusiness, with an initial focus on water quality, air pollution, and land use. With a clear track record …
CEO Activism (A)
This case features CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that are not directly related to their company. The case uses several examples to describe why business leaders engage in CEO activism and the potential pros and cons: (1) how the CEO of Angie’s List reacted to the …
Anu at Tech-edu (A)
This three-part case study is about Anu, a young MBA graduate from Singapore. Part A begins with the story of Anu when he moves to start his dream job in Techedu in Denmark. Soon after, she discovers clues that lead her to suspect that things are not entirely true at the company. Techedu founder and …