Lexin: Building a closed-loop consumer finance ecosystem

Lexin is a fintech group. Five years from its establishment, Lexin encompasses an e-commerce personal finance platform called Fenqile, an online investment platform for individual investors called Juzi Licai and an open source asset management platform called Dingsheng Assets. Lexin now has all the makings of a closed-loop ecosystem. How was this created, and what risks and challenges does Lexin face?

Ups and Downs in Huawei’s Global Strategy

Since venturing overseas in 1996, Huawei now has a multinational market network and international R&D platform with business operations in over 170 countries and regions, provides services for 45 of the world’s top 50 telecommunications operators and covers a third of the planet’s population. But despite its success, Huawei has gone through a series of setbacks in the U.S. market. This case focuses on two M&A failures. Through an analysis of Huawei’s North American strategy, it examines lessons learned. In October 2012, Huawei was forced to withdraw from the U.S. telecom equipment market altogether after U.S. Congress investigations. Why did this happen and what can be done about it?