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A Tale of Two Cities – The Logistics Industry in Singapore and Hong Kong

​Danielle Yew and Neo Boon Siong

 Case Ref No.: ABCC-2018-024

Pub. Date: AUG-2018

Category: Business and Government

Topic(s): Strategy

Case Length: 36 pages

Abstract: This case compares the impact of disruptive forces on the logistics industry in Singapore and Hong Kong, and the two governments responses in terms of strategic repositioning. This case is important for executives recommending the siting of additional investment dollars particularly between the two cities.

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Repositioning Chongqing as the Gateway to Central Asia and Europe

​Mou Xu, Lim Wee Kiat and Neo Boon Siong

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2018-013

Pub. Date: MAY-2018

Category: Business and Government

Topic(s): Finance and Economics

Case Length: 22 pages

Abstract: This case focuses on the economic landscape of the Chinese city of Chongqing from 2007, the year when its municipal economy began a decade-long ascent even as China’s economic growth had slowed down, especially since the 2008 global financial crisis. The case examines the policies that Chongqing’s government took to promote economic growth, as well as the socio-political and economic context surrounding them. It also highlights the challenges and opportunities that Chongqing faced at the end of 2017 and will have to deal with in its near future against the background of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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The Economic Development Board: Energ​ising Growth for Singapore

​June Gwee and Neo Boon Siong

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2017-007

Pub. Date: MAY-2017

Category: Business and Government

Topic(s): Strategy

Case Length: 40 pages

Abstract: For the last 50 years, the Economic Development Board (EDB) has been one of the key pillars of Singapore’s economic success. The story of EDB’s strategies through each period of Singapore’s development is well documented. However, much less has been written about EDB the institution - the EDB strategy, leadership, culture, and mindset that allowed EDB to make the necessary shifts to innovate and create economic value for Singapore. This case study describes the development of EDB the institution, against the backdrop of Singapore’s economic development.  ​​

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China's State-owned Enterprise Reforms: Then and Now

Rainny Shuyan Xie, Yang Jun Jie and Geraldine Chen

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2017-004

Pub. Date: JUNE-2017

Category: Business and Government

Case Length: 21 pages

Abstract: China’s economy has experienced multiple radical changes since 1978, in which state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have played vital roles and transformed accordingly. In the era of Xi Jinping, China has been launching new plans for SOEs reform aiming to improve enterprise efficiency and adjust the industrial structure. This case discusses the development of socialist economy and key characteristics of SOEs reforms before and after 2012, and explores the challenges China faces in the new stage.

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​​​​Nanjing Gaoke: Could China’s SOE be Effectively Transformed into a Market-Oriented Asset Holding Company?

Cao Yong

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2017-003

Pub. Date: MAY-2017

Category: Business and Government

Topic(s): Finance and Economics; Organisational Behaviour; Strategy

Case Length: 21 pages

Abstract: Nanjing Gaoke, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, has reformed itself into a listed company in China’s emerging capital market with a strategic focus on the equity investment in high-potential emerging companies. The reform has enabled Nanjing Gaoke to effectively leverage the financial resources from the capital market and expand its business portfolio into diversified industries. It has hence sustained dramatic shareholder equity capital growth. With the increasingly diversified investment portfolio managed under a multi-tier investment and ownership structure, Nanjing Gaoke is no longer a typical SOE but a government-controlled shareholding company with the diversified financial holdings.

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China Rebalancing: Understanding Economic Governance in China​

​Lim Wee Kiat and Geraldine Chen

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2016-014

Pub. Date: SEPT-2016

Category: Business and Government

Case Length: 23 pages

Abstract: This is a "context" case that offers a general sense of the scale and scope of tasks confronting the Chinese government in economic reform, particularly since President Xi Jinping assumed political leadership over 2012-2013. It also provides an avenue to appreciate the inner mechanics of how China works today.​

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China’s Bright Food Overseas M&A Strategy 2010-2012 – A Steep Learning Curve

Gillian Yeo and Wee Beng Geok

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2016-002

Pub. Date: FEB-2016

Category: Finance and Economics

Case Length: 21 pages

Abstract: This case examines the contexts and outcomes of Bright Food Group’s eight overseas merger and acquisition (M&A) initiatives in the food industry in Australia, Europe, New Zealand and the United States from 2010 to 2012. The case provides an opportunity to examine a Chinese state-owned enterprise’s overseas M&A strategy, including reasons for M&A targets and challenges in its first steps in global M&A deal making.

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Temasek Holdings and its Governance of Government-linked Companies

Shirley Koh and Neo Boon Siong

Case Ref No.: ABCC-2016-001

Pub. Date: FEB-2016

Category: Business and Government

Case Length: 32 pages​​

Abstract: The case chronicles the development of Temasek Holdings, an investment company owned by the Singapore government from its inception in 1974 to 2015. It describes the different roles undertaken by the company in Singapore's economic transformation. Temasek functioned by the philosophy that its portfolio companies’ decision-making process had to demonstrate transparency and accountability, which were brought about by institutionalizing good corporate governance practices, and not through its own participation in the management of the entities.

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