Mark Stabile

Professor of Economics
Launched in 2013, Babylon Health is a UK-based digital-first health service provider that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology to provide customers with personalized health assessments, treatment advice, and face-to-face appointments with health professionals – through an app and a website.

Published 22 Nov 2023

Reference 6434

Topic Responsibility

Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness Hospital & Health Care

Region Global

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Launched in 2013, Babylon Health is a UK-based digital-first health service provider that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology to provide customers with personalized health assessments, treatment advice, and face-to-face appointments with health professionals – through an app and a website.

Published 22 Nov 2023

Reference 6434

Topic Responsibility

Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness Hospital & Health Care

Region Global

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Founded in 578 AD, Kongo Gumi was a family-owned business until 2006, when the firm went into liquidation to pay its creditors. While its demise is briefly covered, the case study is focused on its longevity. A renowned builder of traditional temples, in a country where these are major tourist attractions, Kongo Gumi has left an indelible mark on Japanese culture and history.

Published 18 Sep 2023

Reference 6833

Topic Family Business

Industry Real Estate Construction

Region Asia

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The case is about the Hoshi Ryokan, a hot springs hotel in Japan established more than 1,300 years ago, that is among the world’s oldest family enterprises. Owned and managed by a descendant (or adopted son) of the founder for 46 generations, it is a popular with domestic and international tourists alike.

Published 06 Jul 2023

Reference 6831

Topic Family Business

Industry Leisure, Travel and Tourism

Region Asia

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The case is about Birkenstock, the renowned German shoemaker, and two turning points in its 248-year history: the owner’s decision to bring in a professional CEO in 2012, and the sale of a majority stake to a French-American investment firm in 2021.

Published 19 May 2023

Reference 6814

Topic Family Business

Industry Textiles

Region Global

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This case explores the social, political and economic dilemmas faced by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission and a passionate supporter of measures to limit climate change at a time of great upheaval in global energy markets.

Published 23 Nov 2022

Reference 6780

Topic Economics & Finance

Region Europe

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There is a pressing need for global reform of inheritance taxation systems. On average, only 0.5% of total tax revenues are sourced from inheritance taxes across the 24 OECD countries that levy them. If designed properly, inheritance taxes could play a greater role in raising revenues for cash-strapped authorities seeking to overcome mounting public deficits.

Published 16 May 2022

Reference 6748

Topic Economics & Finance

Region Global

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In a historic agreement on 8 October 2021, 136 countries approved the OECD two-pillar solution in a major overhaul of the century-old international taxation system. At the G20 Summit in Rome on 30 October 2021, the leaders of the world’s biggest economies endorsed the two-pillar solution, decades in the making but which will be implemented in 2023.

Published 07 Feb 2022

Reference 6727

Topic Economics & Finance

Industry Banking

Region Global

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The case provides an alternative view of the antitrust dilemma facing Lina Khan, newly appointed commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission. Her nomination to the FTC by President Biden sent a clear signal to tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google that their enormous power would be reined in by his administration.

Published 03 May 2021

Reference 6675

Topic Economics & Finance

Industry Telecommunications Internet

Region Global

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What has been the impact of the Affordable Care Act (2010) on healthcare coverage in the United States? While this significant piece of legislation put America’s healthcare system on a long-awaited path towards universal healthcare coverage, the struggle to provide coverage to millions of uninsured people is far from over.

Published 20 Apr 2021

Reference 6662

Topic Responsibility

Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness

Region North America

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There is a pressing need for global reform of inheritance taxation systems. On average, only 0.5% of total tax revenues are sourced from inheritance taxes across the 24 OECD countries that levy them. If designed properly, inheritance taxes could play a greater role in raising revenues for cash-strapped authorities seeking to overcome mounting public deficits.

Published 16 May 2022

Reference 6748

Topic Economics & Finance

Region Global

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In a historic agreement on 8 October 2021, 136 countries approved the OECD two-pillar solution in a major overhaul of the century-old international taxation system. At the G20 Summit in Rome on 30 October 2021, the leaders of the world’s biggest economies endorsed the two-pillar solution, decades in the making but which will be implemented in 2023.

Published 07 Feb 2022

Reference 6727

Topic Economics & Finance

Industry Banking

Region Global

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Inequality and Poverty, Child Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Financing, Tax Policy