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Canadian Solar Case Study

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Canadian Solar, founded by Dr. Shawn Qu is an icon in the global solar energy company well-known for producing solar products such as solar panels, string inverters, off-grid applications and PV Energy Storage. Headquartered in Guelph, Ontario this Canadian company has projects, assets and relations on every continent of the world except...Antarctica. While having a hefty annual revenue the company is also socially and environmentally active. The Canadian company is trying to help raise awareness regarding the horrible effects of kerosene on human health by providing solar lamps to impoverished families in Africa to prevent these horrible health conditions and environmental effects from increasing. Moreover, Canadian Solar is providing solar …show more content…

The first solution would require the brand "To move any existing projects, investments, and stocks in China and relocate to a better, more stable economy in another country (Argentina)”. This would provide Canadian Solar with an idyllic location while providing a stable and increasing stock market such as the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. However, some negatives of this solution are the loss of relations with Chinese investors and high cost as moving assets around the world will always end up being quite costly. The second solution would need Canadian solar “To terminate any existing assets in China, discontinue them and start off with a clean sheet.” This would allow for new projects and new relations with Chinese investors, nonetheless, it would mean a major loss of progress for the company and loss of some relations because of the termination of projects in China.The third solution would require patience and compel the company “To discontinue the current projects in place, but to keep them in China; do not plan to put in place anymore solar projects; wait for the Chinese government to recover, then resume the projects” This would not only allow for the Canadian solar heritage to remain but also take advantage of the slowly but surely growing solar industry in China. Nevertheless, some problems still remain such as the unstable market, and the growing smog issue which could prevent solar panels from reaching their full and desired

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