With the arrival of a digital era, digitalization has penetrated into every aspect of production and life, and brought many new opportunities and challenges. Under such circumstances, traditional enterprises have launched digital transformation one after another. It''s worthwhile to draw on the experience of these enterprises in addressing the pain points and difficulties encountered in their chosen strategic path and the progress of digital .....more

The Economist opened 2021 with a cover story headlined "Why Retailers Everywhere Should Look to China." It''s not hard to see why. China is both a large and a fast-growing retail market--worth about $5 trillion in 2020--and highly digitized. And the pandemic has made digital every retailer''s strategic priority. The authors draw from their research on Chinese retailers to explain five lessons that Western companies can learn .....more

The case opens in 2019 five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi''s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as CEO. The case provides a background on the Saudi financial sector, as well as NCBC, and continues to chronicle Al Suhaimi''s journey in NCBC and the transformation process she .....more

This case describes the trials and tribulations that tested Yung Kee Restaurant, a Chinese roast goose restaurant in Hong Kong. The former Michelin-star eatery, founded by Kam Shui-fai, received several other accolades, including recognition by Fortune magazine as one of the world''s best restaurants. Unfortunately, with the passing on of Kam Senior in 2004, a bitter feud over the ownership and management of Yung Kee erupted among his children; .....more

In March 2021, Amnon Shashua, co-founder and CEO of Israel-based Mobileye, was preparing to meet with Intel''s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, to review plans for the future. Mobileye had been acquired by California-based Intel in 2017, but still operated independently. Mobileye was the global leader in vision technology for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) with a 70% market share and $1 billion in revenue. However, for Shashua, ADAS was .....more

The outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease, 2019) posed unprecedented challenges to the global supply chains. As a leading and innovative supply chain that achieved just-in-time manufacturing, Apple''s performance was put in the spotlight. This case describes how Apple''s supply chain has coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Apple''s supply chain has weathered natural disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, and SARS; .....more

BreadTalk Group, based in Singapore, has grown into a food and beverage powerhouse in the region. Mention BreadTalk and images of delicious, fluffy bread with unorthodox designs and creative names comes to mind. Despite its successes, BreadTalk is experiencing a period of stagnation and underperformance in its key markets. How can BreadTalk Group improve the competitiveness of its BreadTalk brand in Singapore and China? What key factors should BreadTalk .....more

The fast development of e-commerce has changed the traditional supply chain and the packaging needs of stakeholders. As individuals, companies, governments and communities become more environmentally aware, logistics companies are under pressure to achieve sustainable packaging. This case is based on Cainiao, the logistics arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba. The company wants to promote sustainable packaging, but still faces many challenges. This case .....more

This case is used to explore the strategic concept of "look forward, reason back." Roku in 2021 is trying to figure out the future of television and streaming media. Students are asked to provide a vision for television and streaming media (that is, Look Forward) by the middle of the decade, and then reason back to the strategic choices it should take in 2021. Roku is well positioned, but industry and consumer habits are changing quickly, .....more