Growth Strategies Case Study

Case Title:

Chinadotcom after the Dotcom Bust

Abstract:
Chinadotcom is a Chinese / Pan Asian Internet company. After the dotcom bust in 2000, it made progress in its strategic re-positioning and continued to push its evolution towards a broader base of higher margin products and services. Chinadotcom viewed China as a promising base for lower-cost development of software products for distribution, implementation and integration by its own operations across its markets internationally.

Pedagogical Objectives:

• To understand the survival strategy of Chinadotcom during the dotcom crash and the repositioning strategies that the company adopted following the crash.

Keywords : Chinadotcom; Restructuring strategy; Dotcom bust; Mergers and acquisitions; America On-line (AOL); Chinadotcom Corporation; Xinhua News Agency; Asia Internet industry; Internet service provider; Software development; Praxa Limited; Three-dimensional business model; Business outsoucing; Growth Strategies Case Study; E-business strategies and solutions; Taiwan, China and Hong Kong

Contents : 
Introduction
About HSBC
Background Note
‘Managing For Value’ Strategy
HSBC’s achieved set TSR targets
Managing for Growth Strategy
HSBC’s Hexagon symbol