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Jean-Marc Frangos, Managing Director of Products & Services Research and Open Innovation at BT Group is looking to optimize the London-based telcom company’s external innovation process – scouting for new technologies from Silicon Valley, Israel and Asia.
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Reference 6397
Published 28 May 2018
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Telecommunications
Jean-Marc Frangos, Managing Director of Products & Services Research and Open Innovation at BT Group is looking to optimize the London-based telcom company’s external innovation process – scouting for new technologies from Silicon Valley, Israel and Asia.
The case discusses different steps which Mastercard has followed in its digital transformation journey. They involve opportunity framing, creating innovation pathways, finding digital transformation opportunities, and innovation with partners within adaptive ecosystems.
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Reference 6348
Published 26 Feb 2018
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Financial Services
The case discusses different steps which Mastercard has followed in its digital transformation journey. They involve opportunity framing, creating innovation pathways, finding digital transformation opportunities, and innovation with partners within adaptive ecosystems.
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.
For several decades, the classical music industry has been in decline with demand down, costs up and profits shrinking as many orchestras struggle for survival. Against this backdrop, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra stand apart.
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Reference 6304
Published 28 Aug 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Entertainment, Music
For several decades, the classical music industry has been in decline with demand down, costs up and profits shrinking as many orchestras struggle for survival. Against this backdrop, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra stand apart.
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
Axiom, an innovative player providing legal services to corporates, develops service lines to provide lawyers on secondment to clients and managed services to outsource part of its clients' legal activities. Axiom's growth is placed in the broader context of changing client needs and competition in the corporate legal market.
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Reference 6077
Published 16 Dec 2015
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Legal Services
Axiom, an innovative player providing legal services to corporates, develops service lines to provide lawyers on secondment to clients and managed services to outsource part of its clients' legal activities. Axiom's growth is placed in the broader context of changing client needs and competition in the corporate legal market.
The case describes a series of blue ocean strategic moves made by Salesforce.com in the CRM application market. In particular, the case addresses the concern of business executives over the applicability of blue ocean strategy in the B2B area. B2B managers often find that they are locked into providing products of certain types and specifications to their immediate customers.
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Reference 5911
Published 28 Jan 2013
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Computer Software
The case describes a series of blue ocean strategic moves made by Salesforce.com in the CRM application market. In particular, the case addresses the concern of business executives over the applicability of blue ocean strategy in the B2B area. B2B managers often find that they are locked into providing products of certain types and specifications to their immediate customers.
This case describes how IKEA's distinctive strategy was formed over a period of about 30 years (late 1940s to late 1970s).
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Reference 5833
Published 28 Sep 2011
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Consumer Goods, Furniture
This case describes how IKEA's distinctive strategy was formed over a period of about 30 years (late 1940s to late 1970s).
This case describes IKEA's strategy, aiming to show how the Swedish company has developed and maintained its competitive advantage over decades while expanding its business worldwide.
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Reference 5831
Published 28 Sep 2011
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Consumer Goods, Furniture
This case describes IKEA's strategy, aiming to show how the Swedish company has developed and maintained its competitive advantage over decades while expanding its business worldwide.
This case is excellent for teaching both MBAs and executives how to create a blue ocean strategy that is hard to imitate and sustainable. It focuses on Wikipedia versus Britannica.com in the online encyclopedia industry.
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Reference 5694
Published 28 Sep 2011
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Online Media
This case is excellent for teaching both MBAs and executives how to create a blue ocean strategy that is hard to imitate and sustainable. It focuses on Wikipedia versus Britannica.com in the online encyclopedia industry.
The Blue Ocean Strategy Implementation Scenario Case offers a set of interactive group scenarios which are designed to deepen the participants' understanding of blue ocean strategy implementation principles. Using the four scenarios participants work in teams as they learn to apply key concepts of tipping point leadership and fair process.
The Blue Ocean Strategy Implementation Scenario Case offers a set of interactive group scenarios which are designed to deepen the participants' understanding of blue ocean strategy implementation principles. Using the four scenarios participants work in teams as they learn to apply key concepts of tipping point leadership and fair process.
This is the first of a two-case series. When Renault sent Carlos Ghosn to turnaround its alliance partner Nissan, observers were sceptical of his chances. After soliciting recommendations from the employees, he unveiled a three-year plan involving plant closures, job cuts, and a refocus on design.
This is the first of a two-case series. When Renault sent Carlos Ghosn to turnaround its alliance partner Nissan, observers were sceptical of his chances. After soliciting recommendations from the employees, he unveiled a three-year plan involving plant closures, job cuts, and a refocus on design.