1. When the Nissan car distributorship was taken away from Universal Motors Corporation (UMC) by Nissan Philippines, and UMC became a minority stockholder of the new company, most of the employees of UMC were not absorbed by Nissan Philippines. UMC decided to form a subsidiary, Bayan Automotive Industries Corporation (BAIC) in 2014 to become the Philippine distributor of BAIC cars, fortune global 500 company from China, and continued the employment of their people, turning an obstacle into a new opportunity. Question: • What do you think is the company's best strategy?

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Case Study No. 1
1. When the Nissan car distributorship was taken away from Universal Motors
Corporation (UMC) by Nissan Philippines, and UMC became a minority
stockholder of the new company, most of the employees of UMC were not
absorbed by Nissan Philippines. UMC decided to form a subsidiary, Bayan
Automotive Industries Corporation (BAIC) in 2014 to become the Philippine
distributor of BAIC cars, fortune global 500 company from China, and continued
the employment of their people, turning an obstacle into a new opportunity.
Question:
• What do you think is the company's best strategy?
2. Billionaire Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba shared his adversity story when he was
young, starting from when he failed a key primary school test twice, and failed
three times while in middle school. He also applied to study in Harvard and was
rejected ten times. He remembered applying for jobs and got rejected 30 times,
or the time 25 people applied in KFC and they accepted 24 except him, or when
five people applied for a police job and they accepted four except him. But he
persisted, not giving up on himself. When faced with adversity, stop giving
excuses and start finding solutions to keep improving.
Question:
• Is Entrepreneurship for everyone? Relate it to Jack Ma's story.
• How important adaptability and grit in business?
Transcribed Image Text:Case Study No. 1 1. When the Nissan car distributorship was taken away from Universal Motors Corporation (UMC) by Nissan Philippines, and UMC became a minority stockholder of the new company, most of the employees of UMC were not absorbed by Nissan Philippines. UMC decided to form a subsidiary, Bayan Automotive Industries Corporation (BAIC) in 2014 to become the Philippine distributor of BAIC cars, fortune global 500 company from China, and continued the employment of their people, turning an obstacle into a new opportunity. Question: • What do you think is the company's best strategy? 2. Billionaire Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba shared his adversity story when he was young, starting from when he failed a key primary school test twice, and failed three times while in middle school. He also applied to study in Harvard and was rejected ten times. He remembered applying for jobs and got rejected 30 times, or the time 25 people applied in KFC and they accepted 24 except him, or when five people applied for a police job and they accepted four except him. But he persisted, not giving up on himself. When faced with adversity, stop giving excuses and start finding solutions to keep improving. Question: • Is Entrepreneurship for everyone? Relate it to Jack Ma's story. • How important adaptability and grit in business?
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