Peter Zemsky

Professor of Strategy
The case describes the organizational, operational, and financial challenges faced by BeefChain, a blockchain implementation in the cattle industry, following the successful completion of pilot projects and certification by the US Dept of Agriculture.

Published 23 May 2023

Reference 6596

Topic Operations

Industry Agriculture

Region North America

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In February 2020, TripActions was a burgeoning corporate travel management scale-up, valued at $4 billion, having raised nearly $500 million since its founding in 2015 from venture capitalists including Lightspeed and A16Z.

Published 11 Jan 2023

Reference 6689

Topic Strategy

Industry Venture Capital Fund-Raising

Region Global

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In February 2020, TripActions was a burgeoning corporate travel management scale-up, valued at $4 billion, having raised nearly $500 million since its founding in 2015 from venture capitalists including Lightspeed and A16Z.

Published 11 Jan 2023

Reference 6689

Topic Strategy

Industry Venture Capital Fund-Raising

Region Global

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In February 2020, TripActions was a burgeoning corporate travel management scale-up, valued at $4 billion, having raised nearly $500 million since its founding in 2015 from venture capitalists including Lightspeed and A16Z.

Published 11 Jan 2023

Reference 6689

Topic Strategy

Industry Venture Capital Fund-Raising

Region Global

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The case describes how Sadia Khan, president of the INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA), built a thriving organisation that is largely funded and powered by a diverse group of volunteers.

Published 10 May 2021

Reference 6660

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Non-Profit Organization Management

Region Global

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The case describes the organizational, operational, and financial challenges faced by BeefChain, a blockchain implementation in the cattle industry, following the successful completion of pilot projects and certification by the US Dept of Agriculture.

Published 14 Jan 2021

Reference 6596

Topic Operations

Industry Agriculture

Region North America

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In 2017, Chen Amit and Oren Zeev, co-founders of Tipalti, an end-to-end payment processing start-up, are about to close its Series C investment round when they receive a warning about one of the new investors slated to fund over half the round.

Published 06 Apr 2020

Reference 6570

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Financial Services

Region North America

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In 2017, Chen Amit and Oren Zeev, co-founders of Tipalti, an end-to-end payment processing start-up, are about to close its Series C investment round when they receive a warning about one of the new investors slated to fund over half the round.

Published 06 Apr 2020

Reference 6570

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Financial Services

Region North America

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The case charts the creation and development of ObEN, a Los Angeles start-up that offers two kinds of personal artificial intelligence avatars – consumer avatars that can be created by individuals on their smartphones, and avatars that recreate a celebrity persona (requiring more data).

Published 19 Mar 2020

Reference 6562

Topic Strategy

Industry Computer Software

Region North America

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The case provides a strategic overview of one of the UK’s fastest-growing household goods companies, Dyson Ltd. Starting out in the early 1990s as sole vendor of bagless vacuum cleaners in the UK market, Dyson would ultimately become the market leader before its competitors finally woke up.

Published 13 Feb 2019

Reference 6455

Topic Strategy

Industry Consumer Goods Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Region Global

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The case provides a strategic overview of one of the UK’s fastest-growing household goods companies, Dyson Ltd. Starting out in the early 1990s as sole vendor of bagless vacuum cleaners in the UK market, Dyson would ultimately become the market leader before its competitors finally woke up.

Published 13 Feb 2019

Reference 6455

Topic Strategy

Industry Consumer Goods Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Region Global

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BlaBlaCar, Europe’s foremost ride sharing company, was founded by Frederic in 2006. An online market place where drivers “sell” seats in their cars for long distance rides, it allowed the drivers to cover their motoring costs and passengers access to cheaper travel.

Published 25 Jan 2016

Reference 6104

Topic Strategy

Industry Automotive Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Region Global

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Value-Based Strategy, Formal Foundations of Strategy, Industrial Organisation, Competitive Strategy