Li‐Qun Wei, Derek Lehmberg, Vishal K. Gupta, M. N. Young, C. Southam, Jianping Liang
{"title":"From the New Editorial Team: Publishing Quality Teaching Cases","authors":"Li‐Qun Wei, Derek Lehmberg, Vishal K. Gupta, M. N. Young, C. Southam, Jianping Liang","doi":"10.1142/s0218927520010014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927520010014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s0218927520010014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47371208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Infosys Saga: An Indian IT Giant Faces a Leadership Crisis","authors":"Ekta Sinha, Mihir Ajgaonkar","doi":"10.1142/s0218927520500017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927520500017","url":null,"abstract":"This case is about a flagship Indian IT organization, Infosys, which experienced a large dose of turmoil on 18th August 2017. Vishal Sikka, the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys had resigned, citing ‘continuous distractions’ as the reason. Thus, leaving the organization and creating a shockwave among all the stakeholders, at the time when Indian IT industry was facing the brunt of protectionist policies in the US. Infosys was considered to be a very professional and progressive organization. Vishal Sikka’s departure created a question mark regarding the future direction for the organization. The resignation of Vishal Sikka raised some questions. The objective of the case is to understand the succession issues within Infosys. The focus is to illustrate the importance of succession management within bigger organizations, identifying and preparing in-house talent for bigger leadership roles and the contribution of the board and top leadership to it. The case also investigates the reason(s) as to why it is difficult for the founders to handover the baton to someone else.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"13-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45286521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Culture–Strategy–Execution Trio: A How-To Guide","authors":"Ming-Jer Chen, Y. P. Chan, Charles Tucker","doi":"10.1142/s021892752010001x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s021892752010001x","url":null,"abstract":"Engages in introducing an integrated framework on the “how-to” part of effective strategic management, focusing on the key aspects of successful strategic implementation. Highlighting culture as an...","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s021892752010001x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42223741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case and Perspective Summaries","authors":"","doi":"10.1142/s0218927520970019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927520970019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"109 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41283114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Desi Fusion and the Lyall Farm Store: The Challenges of Balancing Profits, Tradition and Social Responsibility in a Rapidly Developing India","authors":"A. Dhaliwal","doi":"10.1142/s0218927520500054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927520500054","url":null,"abstract":"This case is about an Indian female entrepreneur, Ms.Pavit Sidhu Puri, who was attempting to profitably create opportunities for impoverished women producing traditional hand-crafted products and environmentally-friendly, homemade traditional Indian delicacies. She was CEO of 2 businesses — Lyall Farm Store (LFS) and Desi Fusion (DF). LFS was established by Gursharan Kaur in 2004. It mainly dealt in traditional hand-made food items likes herbs, spices, pickles and other staple foods, while DF was launched in 2011 by Pavit Sidhu Puri, the daughter in law of Gursharan Kaur. DF’s products gave a modern twist to the traditional Phulkari (the handmade embroidery work of the Punjab) by converting it into products like laptop and mobile covers, handbags, wines covers and tissue boxes. Both businesses have been doing very well. They have been profitable so far, but the number of orders had been decreasing. They have encountered problems involving sourcing the right raw material, ensuring the availability of labor keeping the costs low, as well as creating awareness and acceptance among customers. After the death of Gursharan Kaur, Pavit was left alone to surmount the problems at both companies. She had inherited a legacy and as well as initiated her own venture. Now she was at a juncture where she had to overcome the present problems and place both ventures on growth trajectory.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46662718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating A Career Crossroads","authors":"G. Mishra, Gaurav Manaktala, S. Puri","doi":"10.1142/s0218927520500029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927520500029","url":null,"abstract":"The case is designed to enable students to critically think about career choices and the factors they can consider before arriving at a career decision. The case introduces the protagonist as grappling with two career choices and would allow the students to think from the perspective of someone choosing a job and a career. It presents rich insights into the dilemmas that students and working professionals are faced with while considering a job opportunity or switching a job or an industry. The case would enable the students to understand the key motivators and challenges an individual considers while making a career-related decision and also assess the impact of frequent job-hopping on one’s career.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"35-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s0218927520500029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43007064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sink or Swim — The Fate of a Retail Family Business","authors":"Shalaghya Sharma, A. Singh","doi":"10.1142/s021892751950007x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s021892751950007x","url":null,"abstract":"The case highlights the challenges faced by retail businesses all over the world in the e-commerce era. Mr. Divyanshu Soni, a third-generation entrepreneur, is facing the daunting task of reviving his family business. Basant Radio is an electronic showroom dealing in sales of televisions and radios in the last 63 years. The previous generations had their fair share of challenges and their understanding and business acumen had helped Basant Radio become one of the most popular stores across the city and nearby areas. Recently, the sales had dipped dramatically following certain business decisions that had gone wrong. Moreover, advent of the online era had distracted customers away from the existing brick and mortar stores. Divyanshu was worried that the business was faltering because of consumers’ preference of e-commerce sites which offer unbeatable prices. His fear was not unfounded as e-commerce is affecting the sales of physical stores all over the world. The Indian e-commerce market is expected to cross US$50 billion by the year 2018. E-commerce is most popular in the case of the electronics market. The case highlights a number of options available to the entrepreneurs that may help in keeping the business afloat.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":"193-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s021892751950007x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44199458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF): Building Trust in Diverse Stakeholders","authors":"Y. Hutagaol-Martowidjojo","doi":"10.1142/s0218927519500226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927519500226","url":null,"abstract":"While many case studies show the importance of a value proposition for profit organizations, this case demonstrates the importance of a value proposition for a non-profit organization in shaping the organization, in particular to prevent organization from an escalating crisis to improve its performance. The case is designed to foster a thoughtful organizational transformation through the development of an organization value proposition based on stakeholder and stakeholder participation theories. Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) was in a financial crisis before 2011. The new CEO put new value proposition formulation on his priority by analyzing the interests of BOSF’s stakeholders. Hence, the case adds the importance of leadership aspect in analyzing organization’s stakeholders’ interests and expectations and effectively making decisions to meet them.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":"539-560"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s0218927519500226","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43254345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GVK–MIAL: Partner Selection for Public-Private Partnership","authors":"Sanjeev Ganguly, Satyasiba Das","doi":"10.1142/s0218927519500184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927519500184","url":null,"abstract":"The unprecedented growth of air traffic during the early years of industrial and economic reform in India led to the government’s decision to open Indian airspace to private and international operators. During this period, inadequate infrastructure and management’s inability to expand had created congestion in most of the airports. The urgent requirements for modernization and expansion with limited funds left the government in the dilemma of selecting the right kind of inter-organizational collaboration. After much deliberation and consideration, the government considered adopting the public-private partnership model. Without any prior experience and executional history, selection of partners was the key challenge before the government. The case summarizes one of the most significant public-private partnership projects in India and provides managerial insights into partner selection and execution challenges of large infrastructural projects typical to many developing countries.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":"427-456"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s0218927519500184","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45252112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Onlymobiles.com: Redefine the Pricing Strategy","authors":"A. Kapoor, Madhu Vij","doi":"10.1142/s0218927519500160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927519500160","url":null,"abstract":"Mr. Shrutam Desai, the 38-year-old founder of Onlymobiles.com, was always ahead of the market trend. His love for travelling exposed him to various geographies, demographics and cultures and as a result, he was always ahead of the market curve in predicting the market dynamics. Onlymobiles. com was competing with hundreds of online as well offline retailers in the mobile phones and accessories market. Onlymobiles.com, were selling mobile and smart phones of smaller ticket size and most of the orders were purchased with CoD (cash on delivery) option. While, CoD was essential for sustainable and profitable growth, it posed challenges for the business.In order to compete with the established players and, at the same time, be profitable, Desai examined the options that would help Onlymobiles.com create its niche in the market. He weighed between a change in the retail strategy or a change in the service strategy for Onlymobiles.com.","PeriodicalId":40720,"journal":{"name":"Asian Case Research Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":"399-414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/s0218927519500160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43246415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}