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Whittle, Mary Summers
Tesla versus BYD: China's Electric Vehicle Contest
Chen, Ming-Jer Li, Katrina Leong, Jin Whittle, Mary Summers Zhou, Christina
S-0414 | Published July 10, 2024 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
By 2023, the global electric vehicle (EV) market wasn’t the future, it was the present—and competition among automakers was accelerating. In China, the battle for primacy was shaping up between the lo... Read More
The Case-Centric Classroom: Good Career Preparation?
Chen, Ming-Jer Gong, Barron Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0381 | Published June 10, 2022 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows Andy, a second-year MBA student who has just received a job offer and is looking for guidance on how to leverage his remaining schooling to become a successful manager upon graduatio... Read More
Expanding the MBA Experience: The Student Case Writer Perspective
Chen, Ming-Jer Fairfax, Lydia Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0358 | Published August 30, 2021 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
At many leading business schools, cases are written only by professors or professional case writers. At the Darden School of Business, however, MBA students may also write cases. Case writing helps s... Read More
Time for a Change: Chinese Diaper Maker DaddyBaby Faces COVID-19 (B)
Chen, Ming-Jer Yao, Bingjing (Krystal) Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0353 | Published March 23, 2021 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At the request of local and national government officials, Bin Lin had just agreed to manufacture face masks to help contain China's nascent COVID-19 crisis. Lin was the founder and CEO of Chinese dia... Read More
Time for a Change: Chinese Diaper Maker DaddyBaby Faces COVID-19 (A)
Chen, Ming-Jer Yao, Bingjing (Krystal) Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0343 | Published March 23, 2021 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late January 2020, Fuqing city officials approached Bin Lin, CEO of diaper manufacturer DaddyBaby, with a request that came straight from China's central government: In the face of the COVID-19 cri... Read More
Competitive Dynamics: An Introduction
Chen, Ming-Jer Whittle, Mary Summers Baum, David
S-0306 | Published September 15, 2020 | 6 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note discusses competitive dynamics: the various and evolving actions and reactions of two firms engaged in a rivalrous relationship. By allowing us to analyze interactions at this dyad... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (B): Balancing the Professional, Political, and Personal
Chen, Ming-Jer Whittle, Mary Summers Fairfax, Lydia Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0333 | Published August 04, 2020 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (C): Managing International Diversity in Turbulent Times
Chen, Ming-Jer Whittle, Mary Summers Fairfax, Lydia Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0334 | Published August 04, 2020 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (A): International Politics Meets Interpersonal Relationships
Chen, Ming-Jer Whittle, Mary Summers Fairfax, Lydia Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0332 | Published August 04, 2020 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
US–China Tensions in Class (D): Bruised Feelings
Chen, Ming-Jer Whittle, Mary Summers Fairfax, Lydia Feng, JianYe (Jacky)
S-0335 | Published August 04, 2020 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This four-part case series examines the numerous, often subtle ways in which international and interpersonal relations intersect. When an American MBA student types a controversial comment about China... Read More
Wingtech Acquires Nexperia: Will the New Company Fly?
Chen, Ming-Jer Chan, Yi Ping Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0329 | Published May 18, 2020 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Early in 2019, Wingtech CEO Xuezheng Zhang faced one of the biggest challenges of his career. China-based Wingtech, which Zhang had founded 13 years earlier, had rapidly grown into one of the world’s ... Read More
Competitor Acumen: The Heart of Competitor Analysis
Chen, Ming-Jer Whittle, Mary Summers
S-0293 | Published April 10, 2017 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical notes answers the questions: What does the competitive landscape look like to a given competitor? Which firms does the competitor regard as its chief rivals? Critically, what actions is... Read More