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With a focus on China’s biggest internet companies, Alibaba and Tencent, the case study describes their respective histories, fintech subsidiaries and platform-based ecosystems.
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Reference 6588
Published 22 Jul 2020
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Financial Services, Internet, Banking
With a focus on China’s biggest internet companies, Alibaba and Tencent, the case study describes their respective histories, fintech subsidiaries and platform-based ecosystems.
In 2016, Steve Anavi and Alexandre Prot started Qonto as a ‘challenger’ bank focused on SMEs and freelancers, in France. After achieving rapid success, questions surface about where to draw the bank’s boundaries. The early focus is on the customer interface and back-end operations are outsource, but by 2017 they are wondering whether to bring the core banking infrastructure in house.
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Reference 6580
Published 12 Mar 2021
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
In 2016, Steve Anavi and Alexandre Prot started Qonto as a ‘challenger’ bank focused on SMEs and freelancers, in France. After achieving rapid success, questions surface about where to draw the bank’s boundaries. The early focus is on the customer interface and back-end operations are outsource, but by 2017 they are wondering whether to bring the core banking infrastructure in house.
The LendingClub case narrates the development of the leading marketplace lending organization in the USA from its founding in 2006 by Renaud Laplanche to the crisis of 2016.
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Reference 6255
Published 28 Nov 2016
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The LendingClub case narrates the development of the leading marketplace lending organization in the USA from its founding in 2006 by Renaud Laplanche to the crisis of 2016.
The case explains how the French fintech Compte-Nickel found a blue ocean in the crowded French retail banking sector by identifying noncustomers and developing a strategy to attract them.
The case explains how the French fintech Compte-Nickel found a blue ocean in the crowded French retail banking sector by identifying noncustomers and developing a strategy to attract them.
The case on Banco Santander is a complement to the case "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
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Reference 6201
Published 24 Mar 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The case on Banco Santander is a complement to the case "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
The "Handelsbanken" case is a complement to "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
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Reference 6193
Published 24 Feb 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The "Handelsbanken" case is a complement to "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
The case describes the market structure of Europe's banking sector (retail, wholesale, investment banking, asset management), the major events that shaped the restructuring of the banking industry after the global financial crisis, the positioning and performance of the main competitors in the Nordic region (Handelsbanken, Danske Bank, DNB, Deutsche Bank), and the history, strategy, position and p
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Reference 6171
Published 24 Feb 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The case describes the market structure of Europe's banking sector (retail, wholesale, investment banking, asset management), the major events that shaped the restructuring of the banking industry after the global financial crisis, the positioning and performance of the main competitors in the Nordic region (Handelsbanken, Danske Bank, DNB, Deutsche Bank), and the history, strategy, position and p
Banco do Brasil, a leading Brazilian bank and one of its most established institutions, has a number of growth options. After a long but timid internationalization trajectory, it foresees various foreign expansion opportunities based on Brazil's accelerating economy and international visibility. These economic and social improvements also open up tempting domestic opportunities.
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Reference 6072
Published 29 Sep 2014
Topic Strategy
Region South America
Industry Banking
Banco do Brasil, a leading Brazilian bank and one of its most established institutions, has a number of growth options. After a long but timid internationalization trajectory, it foresees various foreign expansion opportunities based on Brazil's accelerating economy and international visibility. These economic and social improvements also open up tempting domestic opportunities.
The case describes the spectacular rise of UBS in the period 2000-2008 and its decline in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. CEO Ospel led an ambitious growth strategy, abandoning UBS's traditional risk-averse culture in favour of a more risk-taking form of investment banking in the USA.
The case describes the spectacular rise of UBS in the period 2000-2008 and its decline in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. CEO Ospel led an ambitious growth strategy, abandoning UBS's traditional risk-averse culture in favour of a more risk-taking form of investment banking in the USA.
The case is set in the financial services industry during the financial crisis of 2008/09 and discusses issues when deciding on "fair" compensation packages for both senior management as well as risk managers. How can banks justify multimillion dollar bonuses to top management, when the institution is showing a loss/accepting government money to survive?
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Reference 5611
Published 30 Jun 2009
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The case is set in the financial services industry during the financial crisis of 2008/09 and discusses issues when deciding on "fair" compensation packages for both senior management as well as risk managers. How can banks justify multimillion dollar bonuses to top management, when the institution is showing a loss/accepting government money to survive?
This case focuses on the topic of strategic framing, specifically, how best the protagonist, Charles-Henri Filippi, can gain support for his strategic initiative, re-branding CCF as HSBC.
This case focuses on the topic of strategic framing, specifically, how best the protagonist, Charles-Henri Filippi, can gain support for his strategic initiative, re-branding CCF as HSBC.
A brief follow up to a case which focuses on the topic of strategic framing, specifically how best the protagonist, Charles-Henri Filippi, can gain support for his initiative to re-brand Crédit Commercial de France (CCF) as HSBC.
A brief follow up to a case which focuses on the topic of strategic framing, specifically how best the protagonist, Charles-Henri Filippi, can gain support for his initiative to re-brand Crédit Commercial de France (CCF) as HSBC.