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W. Chan Kim

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and International Management, Emeritus

This case examines Strategy Inc.'s (formerly MicroStrategy) strategic shift from an enterprise analytics software firm into the world’s first and largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company.

Published 22 Jan 2026

Reference 7073

Topic Strategy

Industry Financial Services Capital Markets

Region North America

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Published 22 Jan 2026

Reference 7085

Topic Strategy

Industry Entertainment

Region North America

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Acclaimed actress Reese Witherspoon had fame, influence, and an Oscar, but Hollywood wasn’t developing the stories she wanted to tell. Tired of shallow roles and persistent age bias, she decided to create her own solution.

Published 22 Jan 2026

Reference 7085

Topic Strategy

Industry Entertainment

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In 1911, two leaders—Britain’s Robert Falcon Scott and Norway’s Roald Amundsen—set out to be the first to reach the last uncharted land, the South Pole. Scott, backed by national acclaim, ample funding, and prior Antarctic experience, followed a known route. Amundsen, with little public support and fewer resources, pioneered a new path.

Published 16 Dec 2025

Reference 7054

Topic Strategy

Region Europe

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced explosive growth in recent years. With its applications increasingly integrated into production processes and commercial services, companies across industries are eager to adopt AI in their businesses.

Published 12 May 2025

Reference 6996

Topic Strategy

Industry E-Learning Industrial Automation

Region Global

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DeepSeek is an emergent force transforming the AI industry, upending traditional large language model (LLM) development by delivering top-tier AI performance at a fraction of the industry's cost while operating under resource constraints.

Published 28 Mar 2025

Reference 6986

Topic Strategy

Industry Computer Software Information Technology and Services

Region Global

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How did Taylor Swift elevate herself from a country music singer performing in a Nashville café to a billion-dollar force in the global entertainment industry? While talent, timing, tenacity, and luck have played a role, a closer look reveals that calculated and innovative blue ocean strategic moves have been pivotal to her meteoric rise.

Published 25 Feb 2025

Reference 6977

Topic Strategy

Industry Entertainment

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This case examines a series of market-creating blue ocean strategic moves that have led NVIDIA to become one of the most valuable companies in the world. By introducing its Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) in 1999, NVIDIA redefined graphics and sparked the growth of the PC gaming market.

Published 31 Jan 2025

Reference 6964

Topic Strategy

Industry Computer Hardware

Region Other Regions

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The public release of ChatGPT in late 2022 marked a watershed moment in AI, transforming it from a specialized technology into a mainstream phenomenon. The sudden surge in interest in AI is directly linked to NVIDIA's bottom line and its unprecedented rise to the ranks of the most valuable companies in the world by 2024.

Published 31 Jan 2025

Reference 6964

Topic Strategy

Industry Computer Hardware

Region Other Regions

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Every new mom goes through the “fourth trimester,” a period up to six weeks after childbirth to recover her body to a pre-pregnancy state. It is dealt with in various ways across cultures, from family members stepping in to help, and national healthcare programs providing support, to women individually dealing with it without support.

Published 11 Oct 2024

Reference 6929

Topic Strategy

Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness Hospital & Health Care

Region Asia

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Disciplinary Research: Nondisruptive Creation, Growth Theory, Market-Creating Innovation, Procedural Justice, General Research: Strategy and International Management