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Supplement for Cameron Auto Parts (A), case W16156.

Honda Canada was coping with a communications and supply chain crisis after a triple disaster - an earthquake followed by a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown - that hit Japan in March 2011. Honda's worldwide supply chain was characterized by a just-in-time, single-source approach, wherein the supplier for each component provided the best quality at the lowest price. The approach normally ensured economies of scale but now, in an abnormal time, Honda's supply chain was vulnerable. In the short term, Honda Canada had to manage the chaos through effective communication with its stakeholders. In the long term, it had to ensure checks and balances in its supply chain.

Supplement to be used with 9B16D004.

This is a supplement to 9B16E003.

WaterCo's new customer information and billing system (CIBS), its largest information technology (IT) project ever, was over-budget and very late, with no end in sight. In the (A) case, the board of directors must decide what action to take with regards to management's actions, and regarding the project contractor. The (B) case outlines what happened afterwards. The cases span a 10-year period from inception to litigation. The case is useful as a tool to explore governance issues at the board and senior management levels as they pertain to enterprise risk management and IT risk.

This case comprises two parts. In "Kraft Foods Inc. and Cadbury PLC - Part A - A Nutritious Association?", an investor wonders whether the acquisition of Cadbury is based on sound business sense and whether it will be beneficial to him as a Kraft Foods shareholder. He also puzzles over the value of the mixed payment offered to Cadbury's shareholders. Details are provided about Kraft Foods's activities and businesses, followed by a description of Cadbury. Each company's historical financial statements are appended. Kraft Foods's rationale for the acquisition is provided, together with the structure of the original and final offers. "Kraft Foods Inc. and Cadbury PLC - Part B - A Sweet Divorce?", which focuses on the subsequent "demerger" of the Snacks division less than two years later, can be analyzed in its own right as a second step. Alternatively, the instructor can use it as a conclusion to highlight points related to strategy and disclosure or to the ex-post measurement of synergy effects.

This case should be taught after (A) case. This case study discusses how the stakeholders of the (A) can sit together can discuss prepare first the activities of the project, draw the network diagram, develop a critical path. The discussion further proceeds when these stakeholders through the discussion develop risk sources, assigns probabilities and computes the impact and likelihood rating.

Supplement to case HEC149. "Telemetrix" is a two-part case study; its parts can be used alone or in sequence. Case A "North-South Exports Lends a Helping Hand to Telemetrix: Mexico or Brazil?" showcases a young analyst at North-South Exports, a small Quebec-based export management firm that helps SMEs with international expansion. The analyst must make recommendations as to the best way for the company's client Telemetrix to rapidly achieve sales in Latin America, and whether to focus on Brazil or Mexico. Case B "Telemetrix in Brazil: Indirect Export, Outsourcing, or Licence?" focuses on the choice of an entry mode to penetrate a foreign market, in this case, Brazil, and, based on this choice, on the selection of a local business partner. It also addresses the difficulty of developing international supplier-customer relations. Just like Case A, Case B is a decision-making case. The analyst must determine the best entry mode and which partners will lead Telemetrix to success in Brazil and, subsequently, elsewhere in South America.

Sequel to case 713039.

This case is a supplement to Nintendo: Game On! Released in July 2016, Pokémon GO was a location-based virtual reality mobile game in which players needed to locate and capture virtual creatures from the Pokémon family. Although it was a revolutionary concept, would its release mark a change in Nintendo’s recent history of continuous decline in revenues and profits? Supplement for product 9B16M158.

Supplement to case 315108.

Supplement to case A00120. Ramesh is the founder of a startup 'Artistically Yours'. Ramesh wants the company to become a market place which brings together artists who can sketch a portrait and consumers who want to get a portrait sketched. Ramesh along with his friend Vijay has conducted an exploratory research and now wants to conduct a confirmatory research. The case discusses how they use the insights from the exploratory research to prepare a questionnaire for conducting a confirmatory research. The case can be used to discuss different exploratory research techniques, how to interpret the findings of exploratory research and questionnaire construction.

The Charles Lake Mill had experienced more than 200 days of strike in the previous 10 years, and its employees were accustomed to returning to the mill the morning after a settlement was reached and going directly back to their jobs. But this time the mill management team is determined that things at the mill would change. This case follows the Charles Lake Mill as it goes from being one of the most unsafe mills with a terrible production record to one of the safest mills with solid production gains each year.

In early 2016, Stanley Litow, IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM International Foundation, made his travel arrangements for still another flight from New York to discuss possibilities for application of a new model for high school called P-TECH, for Pathways in Technology Early College High School, the name of the first school in Brooklyn. In the past month alone, he had flown to Little Rock, Arkansas, to meet with Republican governor Asa Hutchinson and to Providence, Rhode Island, to meet with Democratic governor Gina Raimondo to discuss bringing a P-TECH model to their states.

The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) sector processes prescription drug claims on behalf of companies that offer a prescription drug benefit to their employees. This case follows Bob Nease, Chief Scientist at Express Scripts, as he considers methods to promote home delivery of prescription drugs by mail-a process proven to lower prescription fill error rates, increase cost savings, and improve medication adherence.

This is a follow-up case to "Curtis LLP: A Case on Cases." It explores the challenges facing debtors when dealing with borrowing firms that have operational flexibility.

Fruitzone India Limited is the Indian subsidiary of the multinational company Gypsy Inc., the global leader in the beverages industry. The company is conducting a market research to identify a new flavour of fruit juice that they could launch. The case discusses how Fruitzone India Limited conducts an exploratory research and then prepares to conduct a confirmatory research. The case can be used to discuss different exploratory research techniques, how to interpret the findings of exploratory research and questionnaire construction. This case is useful for participants in Business Research Methods, Market research and Qualitative research courses.

Supplement to case A00053. Fruitzone India Limited (FIL) is the Indian subsidiary of the multinational company Gypsy Inc., the global leader in the beverages industry. The company has conducting a market research to identify a new flavour of fruit juice that they could launch. The case discusses how the data collected in confirmatory research using a primary research is analyzed and interpreted. This case is useful for participants in Business Research Methods, Market research and Qualitative research courses.

Supplement to case A00053. Fruitzone India Limited (FIL) is the Indian subsidiary of the multinational company Gypsy Inc., the global leader in the beverages industry. The company has conducting a market research to identify a new flavour of fruit juice that they could launch. After they had completed the confirmatory research they still had some questions and they have gone for another round of validation through primary research, including simulated test marketing. This case is useful for participants in Business Research Methods, Market research and Qualitative research courses.

Update on Alibaba Group's share price performance and related events in the year following its September 2014 IPO.