It has been a bumpy few years since 2020 for JUMBO Group CEO and Executive Director Ang Kiam Meng. JUMBO Group, like many other firms in the food and beverage (F&B) industry, faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022. Prior to the pandemic, it had established itself as an iconic seafood restaurant chain in Singapore, attracting a large customer base of regular patrons including tourists from around the world, particularly .....more

In April 2024, Tan Chong Huat had just taken over as the new Chairman of Singapore''s National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA), and he had found the domestic and global trends sobering. Not only was there a growing trend of youths abusing drugs before the age of 18, the intense lobbying by drug producers and other interest groups, and the well-funded information and marketing campaigns conducted by these groups in the media space, particularly .....more

On July 19, 2024, CrowdStrike, one of the largest players in the global endpoint detection and response software market, pushed a single configuration file as an update to its Falcon Sensor program. This program is commonly used by Microsoft enterprise computers running on the Windows platform. The file update was meant to enable Falcon to detect if hackers were using novel ways to hack end-user machines, but it caused a logic error that led to computers .....more

The case explores Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) $14 billion takeover of Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba). JIP was a private equity firm that took over the troubled electronics corporation in late 2023. The deal, which had been labeled one of the largest leveraged buyout (LBOs) in Japanese history, would take one of the most well-known companies off the market as the private equity group sought to restructure it. The case provides an opportunity for .....more

In early 2025, Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp weighed how to respond to an Executive Order from President Trump that could threaten the financial livelihood of his law firm. Paul Weiss and Karp had to decide to mount a legal fight or negotiate with the White House. The case examines at the impact of Trump''s Executive Orders and how Paul Weiss responded.

After much deliberation, the founders of Velong formed a joint venture with two local partners in India as they calculated that India could remain intact amidst the rising tensions over trade between the U.S. and China. By choosing India to diversify away from China, the founders now had to tackle the challenges that they once experienced in their Chinese factory more than two decades ago when China had not yet become a manufacturing superpower. Could .....more

Professor John Michaels, a distinguished scholar of corporate strategy, has served on the Board of OmniCo, a diversified industrial giant, for four years. Three months ago, the Board appointed a new CEO, Andrew Bennett, to lead growth, develop a more cooperative culture, and formulate a more integrated corporate strategy for the company. In laying out his vision, Bennett proposed a bottom-up approach that would empower each of the company''s business .....more

In 2023, Bill Anderson became CEO of Bayer AG, a 160-year-old life sciences giant looking to strengthen its pharma pipeline, manage debt, and cut through bureaucracy. His bold response: Dynamic Shared Ownership (DSO), a radical model replacing traditional hierarchies with self-organizing teams. By 2025, Bayer was on track to cut 2 billion euro in costs, but questions remained-could fewer bosses truly drive innovation, or was this an unsustainable .....more

This supplement updates the case Shore Capital Partners: The Next Ten Years

Supplements the (A) case, 621076.

Trade Without Borders (TWB) is a global, hybrid social enterprise comprising a nonprofit organization (NPO) based in Texas, U.S.A. and a legally separate for-profit company in Hong Kong. TWB was founded by Joseph Fernandez and its mission reflected Joseph''s passion: sustainable development through inclusive trade. Initially, Joseph wished to leverage his knowledge of global trade in order to assist NPOs globally to procure the essential supplies .....more

This case examines Alibaba''s innovative approach to intellectual property (IP) protection in the rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape. It highlights the challenges faced by creators in safeguarding their original designs in the digital marketplace, as exemplified by the NUDE incident. The case explores how traditional IP protection methods and legal frameworks, such as patents and the ""notice-and-takedown"" rule, prove inadequate in addressing .....more

The Maryknoll Sisters (Sisters) from New York established Maryknoll Convent School (??利諾修??學?? (MCS or the School) in Hong Kong on 11 February 1925. The Sisters aimed to provide religious and moral education to students, allowing them to experience and understand the Catholic faith. The School, known as the ""Red Brick Castle"" located in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, was a primary and secondary school offering an affordable education for girls. It gained .....more

Solageo focused on extending access to solar energy systems and energy-efficient appliances to rural, off-grid and weak-grid communities in the developing world, initially in East Africa. Without access to a stable supply of electricity, local communities in developing regions faced considerable challenges in their daily lives, and the solar systems and solar-powered appliances had the potential to significantly improve their daily livelihoods. However, .....more

It is March 2020, and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom), is experiencing a staggering increase in users of its software due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This case begins as Eric Yuan, founder and CEO, is reading yet another report of an unauthorized participant breaking into a Zoom meeting-an act known as ""Zoom-bombing""-reflecting increasing customer concerns about the platform''s security and data privacy. In addition, Yuan faces .....more