L. Felipe Monteiro

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy
Infosys, the global consulting and IT services company based in India, began creating digital solutions in partnership with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 2015.

Published 23 Oct 2024

Reference 6870

Topic Strategy

Industry Information Technology and Services Sports

Region Global

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The case describes the growth trajectory of the Stefanini Group, from humble beginnings in 1987 as an IT training services company to one of the few truly global companies in Brazil. By September 2024 it had subsidiaries in more than 41 countries and turnover of over USD 1.6 billion, with 60% of revenues from international operations.

Published 17 Sep 2024

Reference 6933

Topic Strategy

Industry Information Technology and Services

Region Global

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Based in Brazil, family-run Suzano is a global leader in pulp and paper that is looking to diversify beyond its core activities and become part of the green economy. A merger with Fibria in 2019 leads to a major restructuring.

Published 10 Sep 2024

Reference 6897

Topic Strategy

Region South America

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The case describes how Sogrape has grown to become Portugal’s largest wine company, with 35 own brands, 500 agency brands, 1,200 employees worldwide, and turnover of €333 million in 2023.

Published 05 Aug 2024

Reference 6896

Topic Strategy

Industry Food and Beverages Production Wine and Spirits

Region Global

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The case focuses on Haier Europe, a branch of Haier Smart Home and part of the Chinese Haier Group, and how it applies RenDanHeYi, a unique management model that explains the group’s extraordinary rate of growth amidst fierce competition, with an intense focus on the local customer and keeping costs low.

Published 11 Jul 2024

Reference 6825

Topic Strategy

Industry Retail

Region Europe

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Based in Brazil, family-run Suzano is a global leader in pulp and paper that is looking to diversify beyond its core activities and become part of the green economy. A merger with Fibria in 2019 leads to a major restructuring.

Published 24 Jun 2024

Reference 6897

Topic Strategy

Region South America

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In June 2023, Chris Fabian, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Giga (UNICEF) and his colead from the ITU, Alex Wong, announced a new strategic move to establish the organisation’s managerial headquarters in Geneva and locate its tech headquarters in Barcelona, a major development for the joint initiative between the two UN agencies. With a goal to connect every child in the world to the interne

Published 16 May 2024

Reference 6881

Topic Strategy

Industry Education Management Non-Profit Organization Management

Region Global

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This case describes the macro and micro economic reforms made across Brazil’s economy in the last three years to tackle the “custo Brasil” (Brazil cost) that stems from excessive bureaucracy, regulation, corruption, complex tax system and poor infrastructure that have inhibited business for decades and accounts for 22% of GDP.

Published 10 May 2024

Reference 6774

Topic Economics & Finance

Industry Government Administration

Region South America

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With the globalization of wine, the wine industry in Portugal has experienced a major shift from a local to a global focus over the last 30 years. Quinta do Vallado, one of the major players in that process, has seen exports double (to account for 40% of revenues) and a 10-fold increase in foreign markets (from 5 in 2000 to 48 in 2020).

Published 30 Apr 2024

Reference 6560

Topic Strategy

Industry Wine and Spirits

Region Global

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Infosys, the global consulting and IT services company based in India, began creating digital solutions in partnership with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 2015.

Published 05 Feb 2024

Reference 6870

Topic Strategy

Industry Information Technology and Services Sports

Region Global

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Infosys, the global consulting and IT services company based in India, began creating digital solutions in partnership with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 2015.

Published 05 Feb 2024

Reference 6870

Topic Strategy

Industry Information Technology and Services Sports

Region Global

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The case focuses on Haier Europe, a branch of Haier Smart Home and part of the Chinese Haier Group, and how it applies RenDanHeYi, a unique management model that explains the group’s extraordinary rate of growth amidst fierce competition, with an intense focus on the local customer and keeping costs low.

Published 14 Jun 2023

Reference 6825

Topic Strategy

Industry Retail

Region Europe

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In September 2020, Pradeep Kakkattil was facing difficult questions about his team’s strategic direction. In the two years since he had founded the Office of Innovation at UNAIDS – the United Nations agency for coordinating global action on AIDS – the team had grown from two people to six and had established over 100 partnerships globally.

Published 17 Mar 2023

Reference 6803

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Non-Profit Organization Management International Affairs

Region Global

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In 2019, David Behrends, head of Trading and Managing Partner at Sucafina, founded and launched Farmer Connect, a blockchain-based end-to-end transparent solution for the coffee trading industry.

Published 02 Mar 2021

Reference 6645

Topic Strategy

Industry Wholesale

Region Global

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The case describes the creation and evolution of Brazil’s first low-cost airline – GOL. From the outset GOL was driven by innovation and within a few years of operating had become the country’s leading airline. Although initially a low-cost carrier, over the years it became increasingly customer-centric, striving to improve the customer experience by removing the pain points of air travel.

Published 21 Jan 2021

Reference 6563

Topic Strategy

Industry Airlines/Aviation

Region South America

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The case study traces the development of FC Barcelona’s Innovation Hub (BIH) and its plans to go global. It describes how factors on and off the pitch led to the launch and how the BIH is preparing the club for the future at the centre of an ecosystem that includes prestigious brands, universities, start-ups, and athletes worldwide, all linked by a culture of excellence.

Published 03 Jun 2020

Reference 6583

Topic Strategy

Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness Sports

Region Global

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With the globalization of wine, the wine industry in Portugal has experienced a major shift from a local to a global focus over the last 30 years. Quinta do Vallado, one of the major players in that process, has seen exports double (to account for 40% of revenues) and a 10-fold increase in foreign markets (from 5 in 2000 to 48 in 2020).

Published 26 May 2020

Reference 6560

Topic Strategy

Industry Wine and Spirits

Region Global

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The case describes how the Italian multinational Enel Group, one of the largest power utilities companies in the world, embraced the transformation of the energy sector, combining open innovation with sustainability – or what the company calls “Innovability”).

Published 12 Nov 2019

Reference 6510

Topic Responsibility

Industry Utilities Oil & Energy Renewables & Environment

Region Europe

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The case discusses the globalization of fashion and the trajectory of Fashion Forward Dubai. Since its inception in 2013, FFWD had striven to offer an alternative to traditional fashion weeks by showcasing collections of local designers to fashion buyers, journalists and customers on the catwalk and on internet. Over 15,000 attendees came to the show and more than 100,000 followed it online.

Published 27 Jun 2018

Reference 6395

Topic Strategy

Industry Apparel and Fashion

Region Middle-East

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The case describes Operation “Lava Jato” (Car Wash) in Brazil, one of largest anti-corruption investigations in the world.

Published 25 Jun 2018

Reference 6404

Topic Strategy

Industry Political Organization Government Administration

Region South America

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Jean-Marc Frangos, Managing Director of Products & Services Research and Open Innovation at BT Group is looking to optimize the London-based telcom company’s external innovation process – scouting for new technologies from Silicon Valley, Israel and Asia.

Published 28 May 2018

Reference 6397

Topic Strategy

Industry Telecommunications

Region Global

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Thirty years after being founded by CEO Marco Stefanini, Stefanini is one of the largest providers of ICT services in Latin America. Unlike most Brazilian (and Latin American) companies, Stefanini has focused on international markets for many years.

Published 30 Oct 2017

Reference 6328

Topic Strategy

Industry Information Technology and Services Outsourcing/Offshoring

Region Global

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The Swiss company TAG Heuer, maker of luxury watches, is part of the LVMH group (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton). In 2015, CEO Jean-Claude Biver is deciding whether to launch its first-ever fully connected Swiss watch, manufactured in partnership with Google and Intel.

Published 21 Apr 2017

Reference 6291

Topic Strategy

Industry Consumer Goods Luxury Goods and Jewelry

Region Europe

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Case A explores the career trajectory of Eike Batista, CEO and founder of EBX, a Brazilian conglomerate focused on mining, oil & gas, shipping and other industries, who is already looking to expand into new markets while his existing businesses are only just moving into an operational phase.

Published 25 Jan 2016

Reference 5930

Topic Strategy

Industry Oil & Energy

Region South America

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Global Knowledge Management, Global Technology Scouting, Emerging Markets