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INSEAD alumnus Lachlan McKnight founded a company in Australia in 2012 to disrupt the legal services industry through digitally-enabled and delivered services supported by a proprietary IT system and search engine optimization. The case traces the journey through 2021, when he decides to build up the subscription business model side of the enterprise.
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Reference 6384
Published 17 Mar 2021
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Legal Services
INSEAD alumnus Lachlan McKnight founded a company in Australia in 2012 to disrupt the legal services industry through digitally-enabled and delivered services supported by a proprietary IT system and search engine optimization. The case traces the journey through 2021, when he decides to build up the subscription business model side of the enterprise.
In this role-play simulation, a team of up to nine participants act as the board of directors of a privately-owned fishing company. The board has to make decisions about (1) a management proposal to acquire processing facilities in a foreign country, (2) an adjustment to the CEO’s remuneration package requested by the CEO following the significant depreciation of local currency.
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Reference 6295
Published 21 Apr 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Agriculture, Fishery
In this role-play simulation, a team of up to nine participants act as the board of directors of a privately-owned fishing company. The board has to make decisions about (1) a management proposal to acquire processing facilities in a foreign country, (2) an adjustment to the CEO’s remuneration package requested by the CEO following the significant depreciation of local currency.
In this role-play simulation, a team of up to nine participants act as the board of directors of a privately-owned fishing company. The board has to make decisions about (1) a management proposal to acquire processing facilities in a foreign country, (2) an adjustment to the CEO’s remuneration package requested by the CEO following the significant depreciation of local currency.
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Reference 6295
Published 21 Apr 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
In this role-play simulation, a team of up to nine participants act as the board of directors of a privately-owned fishing company. The board has to make decisions about (1) a management proposal to acquire processing facilities in a foreign country, (2) an adjustment to the CEO’s remuneration package requested by the CEO following the significant depreciation of local currency.
Two young Russian entrepreneurs create a sizeable and profitable construction business through a series of acqusitions and restructuring efforts. As it begins to grow at high pace, they seek to create an effective system of corporate governance. They engage the ex-CEO of an investment company as chairman of the newly formed board with a majority of independent directors.
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Reference 6050
Published 24 Mar 2014
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Construction
Two young Russian entrepreneurs create a sizeable and profitable construction business through a series of acqusitions and restructuring efforts. As it begins to grow at high pace, they seek to create an effective system of corporate governance. They engage the ex-CEO of an investment company as chairman of the newly formed board with a majority of independent directors.
Two young Russian entrepreneurs create a sizeable and profitable construction business through a series of acqusitions and restructuring efforts. As it begins to grow at high pace, they seek to create an effective system of corporate governance. They engage the ex-CEO of an investment company as chairman of the newly formed board with a majority of independent directors.
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Reference 6050
Published 24 Mar 2014
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Construction
Two young Russian entrepreneurs create a sizeable and profitable construction business through a series of acqusitions and restructuring efforts. As it begins to grow at high pace, they seek to create an effective system of corporate governance. They engage the ex-CEO of an investment company as chairman of the newly formed board with a majority of independent directors.
The case tracks Singapore-based Olam's development, from exporting cotton products from Nigeria mainly to India in 1989 to becoming a leading global agribusiness supply chain manager in 2010, spanning 20 agricultural products, 60 countries and over 10,000 customers. It ends by considering the acquisition of plantations and farms.
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Reference 5786
Published 28 Sep 2011
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Agriculture
The case tracks Singapore-based Olam's development, from exporting cotton products from Nigeria mainly to India in 1989 to becoming a leading global agribusiness supply chain manager in 2010, spanning 20 agricultural products, 60 countries and over 10,000 customers. It ends by considering the acquisition of plantations and farms.
Case describes the entry of low-cost competitors in the deregulated Australian airline industry, and the decision by the Qantas Group to launch a low-cost carrier subsidiary (Jetstar) in the domestic market. Many such airlines-within-airlines had failed in the US and Europe.
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Reference 5739
Published 20 Dec 2013
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Airlines/Aviation, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Case describes the entry of low-cost competitors in the deregulated Australian airline industry, and the decision by the Qantas Group to launch a low-cost carrier subsidiary (Jetstar) in the domestic market. Many such airlines-within-airlines had failed in the US and Europe.
Nokia has dominated the mobile handset business for over 20 years. But as mobile technologies evolves and the consumer focus shiftsfrom handset design towards software and content platforms, it creates an opportunity for new players, such as RIM, Apple and Google, to enter the market and challenge Nokia’s position.
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Reference 5678
Published 23 Apr 2012
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Industry Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Nokia has dominated the mobile handset business for over 20 years. But as mobile technologies evolves and the consumer focus shiftsfrom handset design towards software and content platforms, it creates an opportunity for new players, such as RIM, Apple and Google, to enter the market and challenge Nokia’s position.
Russian oil giant Gazpromneft acquires a controlling stake in the only Serbian vertically integrated oil company, NIS, in a major deal between the Serbian government on one side and the Russian government and Gazpromneft on the other. Gazpromneft assembles a team of 50 managers to take charge of NIS.
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Reference 5656
Published 31 Jan 2012
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Russian oil giant Gazpromneft acquires a controlling stake in the only Serbian vertically integrated oil company, NIS, in a major deal between the Serbian government on one side and the Russian government and Gazpromneft on the other. Gazpromneft assembles a team of 50 managers to take charge of NIS.
The case introduces Mounir Neamatalla, President of the private Egyptian firm Environmental Quality International (EQI), who has invested in a sustainable development project in the beautiful Siwa oasis, near the Egyptian-Libyan border.
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Reference 5607
Published 30 Apr 2009
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
The case introduces Mounir Neamatalla, President of the private Egyptian firm Environmental Quality International (EQI), who has invested in a sustainable development project in the beautiful Siwa oasis, near the Egyptian-Libyan border.
The UN is a typical example of a global organization with a complex politicized and "siloed" structure. How does one make the parts collaborate? How does one effect change and performance improvement when one does not have formal authority?
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Reference 5379
Published 01 Oct 2006
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
The UN is a typical example of a global organization with a complex politicized and "siloed" structure. How does one make the parts collaborate? How does one effect change and performance improvement when one does not have formal authority?
Microchip Technology Inc. was started in 1989. The strategic focus of the company shifted to embedded microcontrollers after 1990. The case describes the demand- and supply- sides of the microcontroller market and examines Microchip's decision to position well inside the technology frontier.
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Reference 5321
Published 01 Sep 2005
Topic Strategy
Region Other Regions
Microchip Technology Inc. was started in 1989. The strategic focus of the company shifted to embedded microcontrollers after 1990. The case describes the demand- and supply- sides of the microcontroller market and examines Microchip's decision to position well inside the technology frontier.