Yi-Chun Lu

Tatung: Lin Family Ousted in Third Generation, Outsiders Win Control (Chinese)

By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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This case explores the downfall of a century-old family-owned and managed firm in Taiwan called Tatung. It follows its history from a construction company firm with large land holdings in Northern Taiwan to one of the most well-known makers of electronic appliances.

    Published 23 Oct 2024

    Reference 6900

    Topic Family Business

    Industry Consumer Goods,  Consumer Electronics

    Region Asia

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    Tatung: Lin Family Ousted in Third Generation, Outsiders Win Control (Chinese)

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    This case explores the downfall of a century-old family-owned and managed firm in Taiwan called Tatung. It follows its history from a construction company firm with large land holdings in Northern Taiwan to one of the most well-known makers of electronic appliances.
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      Tatung: Lin Family Ousted in Third Generation, Outsiders Win Control

      By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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      This case explores the downfall of a century-old family-owned and managed firm in Taiwan called Tatung. It follows its history from a construction company firm with large land holdings in Northern Taiwan to one of the most well-known makers of electronic appliances.

        Published 03 Jul 2024

        Reference 6900

        Topic Family Business

        Industry Consumer Goods,  Consumer Electronics

        Region Asia

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        Tatung: Lin Family Ousted in Third Generation, Outsiders Win Control

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        This case explores the downfall of a century-old family-owned and managed firm in Taiwan called Tatung. It follows its history from a construction company firm with large land holdings in Northern Taiwan to one of the most well-known makers of electronic appliances.
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          TECO: Too Old to Rule or Too Young to Succeed

          By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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          The case is an example of how a family can control a large conglomerate – TECO Electric & Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering business – yet with almost no ownership stake.

            Published 18 Oct 2022

            Reference 6766

            Topic Family Business

            Region Asia

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            TECO: Too Old to Rule or Too Young to Succeed

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            The case is an example of how a family can control a large conglomerate – TECO Electric & Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering business – yet with almost no ownership stake.
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              Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group in Transition: The Interplay of Succession, Inheritance and Family Strife (Chinese)

              By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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              The case covers the ongoing Wang family dispute over the inheritance of YC Wang, the billionaire founder of Formosa Plastics Group, one of Taiwan’s most prominent industrial conglomerates, who died in 2008 at the age of 91 without leaving a will.

                Published 06 Oct 2021

                Reference 6613

                Topic Family Business

                Industry Chemicals

                Region Global

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                Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group in Transition: The Interplay of Succession, Inheritance and Family Strife (Chinese)

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                The case covers the ongoing Wang family dispute over the inheritance of YC Wang, the billionaire founder of Formosa Plastics Group, one of Taiwan’s most prominent industrial conglomerates, who died in 2008 at the age of 91 without leaving a will.
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                  Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group in Transition: The Interplay of Succession, Inheritance and Family Strife

                  By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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                  The case covers the ongoing Wang family dispute over the inheritance of YC Wang, the billionaire founder of Formosa Plastics Group, one of Taiwan’s most prominent industrial conglomerates, who died in 2008 at the age of 91 without leaving a will.

                    Published 19 Feb 2021

                    Reference 6613

                    Topic Family Business

                    Industry Chemicals

                    Region Global

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                    Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group in Transition: The Interplay of Succession, Inheritance and Family Strife

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                    The case covers the ongoing Wang family dispute over the inheritance of YC Wang, the billionaire founder of Formosa Plastics Group, one of Taiwan’s most prominent industrial conglomerates, who died in 2008 at the age of 91 without leaving a will.
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                      Ruling from the Grave: A Family Succession Controversy at the Taiwanese Evergreen Group

                      By  Morten Bennedsen,  Hsi-Mei Chung,  Yi-Chun Lu,  Brian Henry
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                      The case highlights a bloodless succession coup that was over within weeks following the death of the founder of one of the largest conglomerates in Taiwan. In January 2016, Chairman Chang Yung-fa, 88, founder of Evergreen Group, died, leaving a handwritten testament disinheriting his three sons from his first deceased wife.

                        Published 26 Mar 2018

                        Reference 6386

                        Topic Family Business

                        Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

                        Region Asia

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                        Ruling from the Grave: A Family Succession Controversy at the Taiwanese Evergreen Group

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                        The case highlights a bloodless succession coup that was over within weeks following the death of the founder of one of the largest conglomerates in Taiwan. In January 2016, Chairman Chang Yung-fa, 88, founder of Evergreen Group, died, leaving a handwritten testament disinheriting his three sons from his first deceased wife.
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