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The case describes how three INSEAD alumni founded a fintech company called Prodigy Finance and created a new market of international student loans by solving a long unaddressed problem in the finance industry.
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Reference 6523
Published 12 Nov 2019
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Financial Services
The case describes how three INSEAD alumni founded a fintech company called Prodigy Finance and created a new market of international student loans by solving a long unaddressed problem in the finance industry.
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).
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Reference 6439
Published 02 May 2019
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Automotive
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).
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.
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Reference 6395
Published 27 Jun 2018
Topic Strategy
Region Middle-East
Industry Apparel and Fashion
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.
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.
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Reference 6291
Published 21 Apr 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Consumer Goods, Luxury Goods and Jewelry
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.
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.
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Reference 6291
Published 24 Jul 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Consumer Goods, Luxury Goods and Jewelry
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.
The Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean explains one of the greatest turnarounds in modern business history. This case comes with a two-part video interview with then Marvel CEO Peter Cuneo who turned around the business and launched a blue ocean. Founded in 1939, Marvel Comics initially struggled in a red ocean producing primarily me-to knock-off comic books.
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Reference 6205
Published 24 Mar 2016
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Motion Pictures and Film
The Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean explains one of the greatest turnarounds in modern business history. This case comes with a two-part video interview with then Marvel CEO Peter Cuneo who turned around the business and launched a blue ocean. Founded in 1939, Marvel Comics initially struggled in a red ocean producing primarily me-to knock-off comic books.
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
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Reference 6174
Published 25 Jan 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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
This is a condensed version of the cases EBX Group (A): Eike Batista and the X-Factor/EBX Group (B): Autopsy of a failure. It describes the boom and bust of the EBX Group and its founder, Eike Batista.
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Reference 5930
Published 25 Sep 2017
Topic Strategy
Region South America
Industry Oil & Energy
This is a condensed version of the cases EBX Group (A): Eike Batista and the X-Factor/EBX Group (B): Autopsy of a failure. It describes the boom and bust of the EBX Group and its founder, Eike Batista.
The case describes the actions taken by Gib Bulloch, the founder of Accenture Development Partnerships, a social venture within Accenture, to gain buy-in and to grow the unit within the firm. The future of the venture is in question due to a leadership transition at Accenture. A decision must be made about its separation from, or integration with, the rest of the firm.
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Reference 5912
Published 23 Jun 2014
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Consulting
The case describes the actions taken by Gib Bulloch, the founder of Accenture Development Partnerships, a social venture within Accenture, to gain buy-in and to grow the unit within the firm. The future of the venture is in question due to a leadership transition at Accenture. A decision must be made about its separation from, or integration with, the rest of the firm.
The (A) case describes how GE Healthcare developed an ECG device optimized for low-income mass markets in India. It also discusses the organizational changes GE made to better serve the Bottom of Pyramid (BOP) markets.
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Reference 5776
Published 29 Mar 2011
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics
The (A) case describes how GE Healthcare developed an ECG device optimized for low-income mass markets in India. It also discusses the organizational changes GE made to better serve the Bottom of Pyramid (BOP) markets.
The case first describes the evolution of Cisco Systems of San Jose, California, from a narrowly-focused routing and switching equipment vendor, with a highly effective competitive strategy, into a diversified networking and IT giant.
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Reference 5669
Published 25 Mar 2010
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Telecommunications, Capital Markets
The case first describes the evolution of Cisco Systems of San Jose, California, from a narrowly-focused routing and switching equipment vendor, with a highly effective competitive strategy, into a diversified networking and IT giant.
The case describes the battle between Google, the world’s leading search engine, and Baidu, a local entrepreneurial firm in China. In 2009, Baidu’s internet traffic share in the country was over three times that of Google and Yahoo!China. Would Google utilise its global resources to impose its dominance in China? Could Baidu defend its leading position?
The case describes the battle between Google, the world’s leading search engine, and Baidu, a local entrepreneurial firm in China. In 2009, Baidu’s internet traffic share in the country was over three times that of Google and Yahoo!China. Would Google utilise its global resources to impose its dominance in China? Could Baidu defend its leading position?