OREANDA-NEWS. November 08, 2011. Harvard Business School officially selected "the IPO of Agricultural Bank of China (ABC)" as one of its cases, reported the press-centre of ABC.

This case analyzes in detail the tough challenges for ABC's IPO and focuses on key factors contributing to ABC's successful offering. Harvard Business School considers that since ABC accomplished the world's largest IPO in three months despite fiercely volatile capital market as well as questions and doubts about its business model, this IPO's efficient and successful execution makes it one of the most excellent cases in the history of IPO.

The case materials were jointly complied by Harvard Business School and Mr. Pan Gongsheng, Executive Director and Vice President of ABC, during his study at Harvard University in the first half of this year.

Every year, Harvard Business School selects cases from successful business cases of globally well-known enterprises for teaching and for selling to business schools and MBA candidates around the world. With its IPO being taken as teaching case by the world's top university, ABC's successful joint-stock reform and listing have been respected and recognized at home and abroad.