Henri-Claude de Bettignies

Emeritus Professor of Asian Business

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ATG (A): A Chinese Miracle? A Sino-Japanese-Euro Joint Venture

By Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick

Case (A) describes the creation and development of a joint venture (ATG) in China between a Japanese (Teikoku Piston Ring Co Ltd), a European (T&N plc) and a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise (SOE, APR) company. The JV is set up fast to benefit from central government tax breaks.

Published 01 Jan 2002

Reference 4973

Industry Automotive, Logistics and Supply Chain, Machinery

Region Asia

ATG (A): A Chinese Miracle? A Sino-Japanese-Euro Joint Venture

By Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick
Published 01 Jan 2002
Reference 4973
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Logistics and Supply Chain, Machinery

Case (A) describes the creation and development of a joint venture (ATG) in China between a Japanese (Teikoku Piston Ring Co Ltd), a European (T&N plc) and a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise (SOE, APR) company. The JV is set up fast to benefit from central government tax breaks.

ATG (B): Five Years on

By Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies

The case continues the story of the ATG joint venture described in case A. It charts the human resource and organisational changes that take place, and the resolution of various problems linked to the way the joint venture was set up, and the conflicting cultural differences between the partners.

Published 01 Jan 2002

Reference 4973

Industry Automotive, Logistics and Supply Chain, Machinery

Region Asia

ATG (B): Five Years on

By Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Published 01 Jan 2002
Reference 4973
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Logistics and Supply Chain, Machinery

The case continues the story of the ATG joint venture described in case A. It charts the human resource and organisational changes that take place, and the resolution of various problems linked to the way the joint venture was set up, and the conflicting cultural differences between the partners.

Should Business Influence the Science and Politics of Global Environmental Change? (A): The Oil Industry and Climate Change

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Sybille Van den Hove

Case A: Presents three strategic options considered by a fictitious international oil and gas corporation to address the issue of climate change: fight against action, wait and see, and dynamic proactive.

Published 01 Aug 2001

Reference 4957

Industry Oil & Energy

Region Global

Should Business Influence the Science and Politics of Global Environmental Change? (A): The Oil Industry and Climate Change

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Sybille Van den Hove
Published 01 Aug 2001
Reference 4957
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Oil & Energy

Case A: Presents three strategic options considered by a fictitious international oil and gas corporation to address the issue of climate change: fight against action, wait and see, and dynamic proactive.

Should Business Influence the Science and Politics of Global Environmental Change? (B): Climate Change Strategies of Three Multinational Oil Corporations

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Sybille Van den Hove

Case B: Presents the climate change strategies of three multinational corporations Exxon Mobil, BP Amoco, and Total-Fina-Elf.

Published 08 Jan 2001

Reference 4957

Industry Oil & Energy

Region Global

Should Business Influence the Science and Politics of Global Environmental Change? (B): Climate Change Strategies of Three Multinational Oil Corporations

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Sybille Van den Hove
Published 08 Jan 2001
Reference 4957
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Oil & Energy

Case B: Presents the climate change strategies of three multinational corporations Exxon Mobil, BP Amoco, and Total-Fina-Elf.

Ferodo (Thailand) Ltd. (A)

By Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies

Case A: describes the creation and development of a joint venture (Ferodo Thailand Ltd) between the UK-based auto components firm T&N Plc, its long-time associate the Japanese brake manufacturer; Japanese Brake International (JBI), and the Thai Boonpong Group.

Published 01 Jan 2001

Reference 4911

Industry Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Region Asia

Ferodo (Thailand) Ltd. (A)

By Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Published 01 Jan 2001
Reference 4911
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Case A: describes the creation and development of a joint venture (Ferodo Thailand Ltd) between the UK-based auto components firm T&N Plc, its long-time associate the Japanese brake manufacturer; Japanese Brake International (JBI), and the Thai Boonpong Group.

Business e-Ethics (A): Yahoo! on Trial

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Mark Hunter

In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.

Published 01 Jan 2001

Reference 4956

Industry E-Commerce

Region Global

Business e-Ethics (A): Yahoo! on Trial

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Mark Hunter
Published 01 Jan 2001
Reference 4956
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry E-Commerce

In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.

Business e-Ethics (B): Yahoo! on Trial

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Mark Hunter

In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.

Published 01 Jan 2001

Reference 4956

Industry E-Commerce

Region Global

Business e-Ethics (B): Yahoo! on Trial

By Marc Le Menestrel, Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Mark Hunter
Published 01 Jan 2001
Reference 4956
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry E-Commerce

In April 2000, Yahoo! was sued by a French anti-racist group, on the grounds that Yahoo!'s online auctions of nazi items on its U.S. site violate French law. Yahoo! Inc. finally removed these items from its site in January 2001. The cases and its annexes present the economic, legal, technical, philosophical, cultural and managerial issues.

Ferodo (Thailand) Ltd. (B)

By Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies

Case B: looks at how T&N bring a new management team, including for the first time a marketing director, in the hope of raising morale, improving market share and increasing productivity all this in the wake of the Asian crisis. It traces the new management teams efforts to turn the joint venture around.

Published 01 Jan 2001

Reference 4911

Industry Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Region Asia

Ferodo (Thailand) Ltd. (B)

By Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Published 01 Jan 2001
Reference 4911
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Case B: looks at how T&N bring a new management team, including for the first time a marketing director, in the hope of raising morale, improving market share and increasing productivity all this in the wake of the Asian crisis. It traces the new management teams efforts to turn the joint venture around.

Ferodo (Thailand) Ltd. (B) (Condensed Version)

By Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies

Case A: describes the creation and development of a joint venture (Ferodo Thailand Ltd) between the UK-based auto components firm T&N Plc, its long-time associate the Japanese brake manufacturer; Japanese Brake International (JBI), and the Thai Boonpong Group.

Published 01 Jan 2001

Reference 4911

Industry Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Region Asia

Ferodo (Thailand) Ltd. (B) (Condensed Version)

By Charlotte Butler, Anne-Marie Carrick, Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Published 01 Jan 2001
Reference 4911
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Case A: describes the creation and development of a joint venture (Ferodo Thailand Ltd) between the UK-based auto components firm T&N Plc, its long-time associate the Japanese brake manufacturer; Japanese Brake International (JBI), and the Thai Boonpong Group.

By Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Charlotte Butler

The chairman (ethnic Chinese) of a large, Sumatra-based pulp and paper company, is considering what to do to save his previously very successful business empire, which is now in a critical situation following the collapse of the Indonesian rupiah. The case explores different alternatives open to Benny to save the company from bankruptcy.

Published 01 Jan 1999

Reference 4819

Region Asia

Benny's Choice

By Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Charlotte Butler
Published 01 Jan 1999
Reference 4819
Topic Strategy
Region Asia

The chairman (ethnic Chinese) of a large, Sumatra-based pulp and paper company, is considering what to do to save his previously very successful business empire, which is now in a critical situation following the collapse of the Indonesian rupiah. The case explores different alternatives open to Benny to save the company from bankruptcy.

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