Scan Global Logistics (SGL) was a leading Danish logistics service provider with worldwide operations. SGL primarily offered air and ocean freight services in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market, of which a large share came from ocean freight. The company was seeing a drop in revenues in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the geopolitical situation and uncertainties in the business environment globally. The head of .....more

In the spring of 2024, suicide prevention non-profit organization Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) was looking forward to the future. With its CEO’s impending retirement, succession planning had become imperative. If the organization wanted to grow rather than plateau, it would need ongoing strategic leadership and organizational transformation, with a particular focus on fostering cohesion and collaboration between staff and volunteers. SOS had to consider .....more

Founded in 2012, Quadria Capital Investment Management Private Limited (Quadria Capital) was committed to its mission of using its expertise to do well by doing good through bringing affordable quality health care to Asia. In July 2013, it found such an investment opportunity in the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospital in India. AIG was one of the largest gastric sciences hospitals in India that specialized in gastroenterology. It performed .....more

In 2023, DBS Bank Ltd. (Singapore), a leading financial institution, experienced significant service disruptions. These disruptions, which affected online banking, payment services, and automated teller machine operations, led to the failure of approximately 2.5 million transactions. The disruptions eroded customer confidence and impacted the company’s reputation, with repercussions for both individual users and businesses that relied on the bank’s .....more

During the COVID-19 pandemic, SATA CommHealth, a Singapore-based social enterprise, made several strategic decisions in order to turn itself around, sharpen its organizational purpose, and reformulate its organizational strategy. SATA’s new strategy enabled it to secure a significant public contract in 2022, giving it a mandate as a primary care provider for migrant workers. As SATA’s financial performance stabilized, the board and the management .....more

The Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH) was a Singapore-based food safety research organization with a global reputation as an authority on assessing the safety and suitability of novel food products meant for sale in the Singapore market. As Singapore had become the first country in the world to approve the sale of laboratory-grown chicken, more and more companies were approaching FRESH for guidance in their safety dossier submissions to the Singapore .....more

In October 2021, UnaBiz Pte. Ltd., a Singapore service provider of Internet of Things technology for the aviation industry, secured US$25 million in series B funding. In April 2022, it acquired the French start-up Sigfox and later doubled its series B funding. The company’s managing director was then planning a series C funding round for June 2023 but had to make a decision regarding the company’s future growth and expansion from two potential paths. .....more

The case explored whether a novel design for a recycling bin could promote proper recycling behaviours in Singapore. The redesigned recycling bins were initially deployed at different sites around the National University of Singapore to assess their effectiveness among the university community, with promising results. The team now wanted to investigate whether the improved recycling habits observed on campus could be replicated in more diverse public .....more

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