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In October 2021, Facebook changed the parent corporation name to Meta and announced plans to build a metaverse, a 3D virtual world for work and fun. This case explores whether Meta’s metaverse is likely to be a blue ocean utopia for people and society at large or some form of dystopia.
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Reference 6728
Published 19 Jan 2022
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Internet, Online Media
In October 2021, Facebook changed the parent corporation name to Meta and announced plans to build a metaverse, a 3D virtual world for work and fun. This case explores whether Meta’s metaverse is likely to be a blue ocean utopia for people and society at large or some form of dystopia.
SWVL, a well-funded start-up in the Middle East, solved the mass transportation problem in emerging markets with a unique bus-hailing model. In March 2020, with 150,000 bookings in one day across its operating geographies, it reached its highest utilization rate and gross profit margin. Then Covid-19 hit. SWVL’s first reaction was to shut down operations and hunker down.
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Reference 6680
Published 08 Jun 2021
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Middle-East
Industry Internet, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
SWVL, a well-funded start-up in the Middle East, solved the mass transportation problem in emerging markets with a unique bus-hailing model. In March 2020, with 150,000 bookings in one day across its operating geographies, it reached its highest utilization rate and gross profit margin. Then Covid-19 hit. SWVL’s first reaction was to shut down operations and hunker down.
The case provides an alternative view of the antitrust dilemma facing Lina Khan, newly appointed commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission. Her nomination to the FTC by President Biden sent a clear signal to tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google that their enormous power would be reined in by his administration.
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Reference 6675
Published 03 May 2021
Topic Economics & Finance
Region Global
Industry Telecommunications, Internet
The case provides an alternative view of the antitrust dilemma facing Lina Khan, newly appointed commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission. Her nomination to the FTC by President Biden sent a clear signal to tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google that their enormous power would be reined in by his administration.
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.
When Alibaba, China’s leading digital platform and cloud-based services company, fails to acquire the US firm Moneygram, CEO Jack Ma decides to go it alone and develop a digital strategy using blockchain technology as the basis for a global remittance service, GCash, within its cloud services business.
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Reference 6442
Published 29 Oct 2018
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Asia
Industry Financial Services, Internet
When Alibaba, China’s leading digital platform and cloud-based services company, fails to acquire the US firm Moneygram, CEO Jack Ma decides to go it alone and develop a digital strategy using blockchain technology as the basis for a global remittance service, GCash, within its cloud services business.
When Alibaba, China’s leading digital platform and cloud-based services company, fails to acquire the US firm Moneygram, CEO Jack Ma decides to go it alone and develop a digital strategy using blockchain technology as the basis for a global remittance service, GCash, within its cloud services business.
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Reference 6442
Published 02 Dec 2021
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Asia
Industry Financial Services, Internet
When Alibaba, China’s leading digital platform and cloud-based services company, fails to acquire the US firm Moneygram, CEO Jack Ma decides to go it alone and develop a digital strategy using blockchain technology as the basis for a global remittance service, GCash, within its cloud services business.
The case focuses on China’s ‘furious five’ smartphone makers – Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, and OPPO/Vivo, charting the history of the industry and the changing dynamics of the global market.
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Reference 6383
Published 26 Mar 2018
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Telecommunications, Wireless, Internet
The case focuses on China’s ‘furious five’ smartphone makers – Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, and OPPO/Vivo, charting the history of the industry and the changing dynamics of the global market.
The case describes General Electric’s transformation from an industrial manufacturer to an industrial analytics giant. It opens in 2009 when CEO Jeff Immelt decides that GE, a hardware maker, needs to be more capable in software. The narrative traces his early efforts to consolidate and coordinate software capabilities in a central unit (GE Software Center) headed by Bill Ruh in Silicon Valley.
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Reference 6313
Published 24 Jul 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Industrial Automation, Internet
The case describes General Electric’s transformation from an industrial manufacturer to an industrial analytics giant. It opens in 2009 when CEO Jeff Immelt decides that GE, a hardware maker, needs to be more capable in software. The narrative traces his early efforts to consolidate and coordinate software capabilities in a central unit (GE Software Center) headed by Bill Ruh in Silicon Valley.
This case explores TomTom’s striking success as it evolved into a market leader in navigation systems headquartered in Amsterdam. It addresses the locational factors that have either contributed to or detracted from its success, and discusses how these have affected the company’s ability to innovate and adapt over time.
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Reference 6046
Published 24 Mar 2014
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Information Technology and Services, Internet
This case explores TomTom’s striking success as it evolved into a market leader in navigation systems headquartered in Amsterdam. It addresses the locational factors that have either contributed to or detracted from its success, and discusses how these have affected the company’s ability to innovate and adapt over time.
SoundCloud is one of the world's largest audio-share websites and a recent example of successful entrepreneurship to have come out of an unexpected place: Berlin. The case discusses how SoundCloud has flourished by identifying the type of ‘place surplus’ important for it to derive competitive advantage and succeed.
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Reference 6043
Published 24 Mar 2014
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Internet, Online Media, Music
SoundCloud is one of the world's largest audio-share websites and a recent example of successful entrepreneurship to have come out of an unexpected place: Berlin. The case discusses how SoundCloud has flourished by identifying the type of ‘place surplus’ important for it to derive competitive advantage and succeed.
The case puts the reader in the position of a fictional venture capitalist considering an investment in Facebook. As part of the investment decision process, the protagonist analyzes the evolution of online social networks (OSN), the market profile and the various existing business models and valuation approaches.
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Reference 5696
Published 26 Apr 2010
Topic Economics & Finance
Region North America
Industry Internet, Online Media
The case puts the reader in the position of a fictional venture capitalist considering an investment in Facebook. As part of the investment decision process, the protagonist analyzes the evolution of online social networks (OSN), the market profile and the various existing business models and valuation approaches.
This case focuses on the topic of strategic triggering; specifically, how best a commercial provider of WiFi such as T-Mobile might react to Google's entry into the WiFi market. The case write-up includes information about Google and Google Secure Access, the WiFi market and Google's plans to enter the market as well as others' reaction to the move.
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Reference 5493
Published 29 Nov 2007
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Information Technology and Services, Internet
This case focuses on the topic of strategic triggering; specifically, how best a commercial provider of WiFi such as T-Mobile might react to Google's entry into the WiFi market. The case write-up includes information about Google and Google Secure Access, the WiFi market and Google's plans to enter the market as well as others' reaction to the move.