• TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (A)

    TeaBox was a small, food-selling retail shop located in secondary schools in Hong Kong. It was considered a bold enterprise as it was run by a non-governmental organization using social workers to test social enterprise as a way of servicing the community. After one year in business, an evaluation of the enterprise identified poor management as the cause of financial losses and complaints in employee surveys. The superintendent of TeaBox was determined to save the venture and began by investigating the financial statements and employee surveys in depth to find a way to make TeaBox a viable enterprise and differentiate it from other, similar providers. Based on this analysis, he wanted to develop a concrete plan to become successful.
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  • TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (B)

    This is a supplemental case to TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (A), product 9B08M032. TeaBox management had identified employee dissatisfaction as a major reason for its poor first-year evaluation. Manpower reallocation was seen as a key success factor, and properly executed it could prove to the stakeholders that it was capable of running a successful social venture. The superintendent of TeaBox formed a committee to decide upon a new manager and to provide ideas for future expansion.
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