Nathan Furr

Professor of Strategy
The case discusses different steps which Mastercard has followed in its digital transformation journey. They involve opportunity framing, creating innovation pathways, finding digital transformation opportunities, and innovation with partners within adaptive ecosystems.

Published 26 Feb 2018

Reference 6348

Topic Strategy

Industry Financial Services

Region Global

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The Tesla case provides multiple opportunities to discuss core strategy and innovation topics, such as: • Patterns of innovation, e.g., new technologies competing to replace older generations • Types of disruption, e.g., low-end versus high-end • The innovation ecosystem, e.g., thinking beyond a single technology to the interdependence of an ecosystem of supporting technologies • Systems strategy

Published 25 Jan 2016

Reference 6174

Topic Strategy

Industry Automotive Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Region Global

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Leading digital transformation poses a huge challenge. This case unpacks the “how” of leading an organization through digital transformation - with a twist: along the journey the protagonists realize that a data-driven approach can not only serve to boost the business but to do good for their customers.

Published 31 Jul 2024

Reference 6808

Topic Strategy

Industry Leisure, Travel and Tourism

Region Europe

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The Blue Hill case follows the journey of Dan Barber, one of the world’s leading chefs. Having understood the limitations of the “substitution” model of sustainability, he redesigns his restaurant as an innovation lab for the food industry, seeking to win stakeholders’ hearts and minds and embed it in the local ecosystem.

Published 15 Apr 2024

Reference 6830

Topic Strategy

Industry Restaurants

Region North America

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At the BMW Group, Gregor Gimmy, a serial entrepreneur and former consultant, introduces the Venture Client (VCL) model to engage with start-ups and boost corporate innovation. The case discusses its initial success at BMW and the rationale that drove Gimmy to establish a new model of external corporate venturing (ECV).

Published 02 May 2019

Reference 6439

Topic Strategy

Industry Automotive

Region Europe

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The case discusses different steps which Mastercard has followed in its digital transformation journey. They involve opportunity framing, creating innovation pathways, finding digital transformation opportunities, and innovation with partners within adaptive ecosystems.

Published 26 Feb 2018

Reference 6348

Topic Strategy

Industry Financial Services

Region Global

View case
Technology Strategy , Entrepreneurship , Technology Change and Innovation , Ecosystems, Platforms, Architectures, and Systems