Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone
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Kirby, William C., and Joycelyn W. Eby. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-158, March 2016. View Details
Case | HBS Case Collection | January 2016 (Revised November 2016) Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zoneby William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost |
CEO and Founder of Uber Technologies, Travis Kalanick, had made clear to investors and the public that expansion into China was one of his company's major priorities for 2016. Uber had already demonstrated remarkable capacity for rapid, global scaling, and for operating despite its unclear legal status in many markets. But the China market, while offering Uber unprecedented opportunity in terms of customer demand, presented Uber with a host of new challenges, including a murky regulatory framework and a strong, native incumbent, Didi-Kuaidi, that boasted the lion's share of the ride-hailing market. Could Uber overcome these obstacles and thrive in the China market?
Keywords: China; Uber; Start-up growth; regulation; transportation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China;
Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost, and Adam K. Frost. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone." Harvard Business School Case 316-135, January 2016. (Revised November 2016.)
Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | March 2016
Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone
William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Citation:
Kirby, William C., and Joycelyn W. Eby. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-158, March 2016. View DetailsSupplement | HBS Case Collection | November 2016
Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone (B)
William C. Kirby, Yuanzhuo Wang, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost
Keywords: China; Uber; Didi Chuxing; Start-up growth; regulation; transportation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China;
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Kirby, William C., Yuanzhuo Wang, Shuang L. Frost, and Adam K. Frost. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-064, November 2016. View DetailsCase | HBS Case Collection | January 2016 (Revised November 2016)
Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone
William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost
Keywords: China; Uber; Start-up growth; regulation; transportation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China;
Citation:
Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost, and Adam K. Frost. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone." Harvard Business School Case 316-135, January 2016. (Revised November 2016.) View DetailsCase | HBS Case Collection | February 2018 (Revised April 2018)
Yunnan Baiyao: Transforming a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise
Michael Chu, William C. Kirby, Nancy Hua Dai and Yuanzhuo Wang
Keywords: state-owned enterprise (SOE); competition; traditional chinese medicine; Yunnan; Yunnan Baiyao; consumer health; enterprise transformation; Transformation; Health; Business History; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; China;
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Chu, Michael, William C. Kirby, Nancy Hua Dai, and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Yunnan Baiyao: Transforming a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 318-078, February 2018. (Revised April 2018.) View DetailsCase | HBS Case Collection | January 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China
William C. Kirby, Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang and Nancy Hua Dai
Keywords: mental health; hospital; IPO; China; Zhejiang; Wenzhou; private healthcare; private hospital; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Corporate Governance; Growth and Development; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; China;
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Kirby, William C., Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China." Harvard Business School Case 318-054, January 2018. (Revised March 2018.) View DetailsSupplement | HBS Case Collection | January 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China (B)
William C. Kirby, Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang and Nancy Hua Dai
Keywords: healthcare; mental health; entrepreneurship; China; growth strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; China;
Citation:
Kirby, William C., Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-077, January 2018. (Revised March 2018.) View Details