ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, the viral short video app, made headline news when its valuation jumped to $75 billion, surpassing Uber ($72 billion) to become the world’s most valuable start-up.

Thirty years after being founded by CEO Marco Stefanini, Stefanini is one of the largest providers of ICT services in Latin America. Unlike most Brazilian (and Latin American) companies, Stefanini has focused on international markets for many years.

The case focuses on the response to the digital transformation of marketing by Publicis Groupe, a major advertising holding company. It traces over the course of a decade the rise of digital on the corporate agenda, the establishment of a specific unit, VivaKi, and its ongoing adaptation to organizational issues as well as shifting external conditions.

The case illustrates an innovative integrated marketing campaign by Nokia to promote its new phone, the N8. In early January 2010, Stuart Wells, Integrated Global Campaign Lead at Nokia, initiated and supervised the execution of an ambitious integrated marketing campaign.