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Cloud Wars Go Global: How Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba Compete in Web Services

By  Jason P. Davis,  Anne Yang
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Cloud computing, a concept unknown until relatively recently, has been adopted by organizations around the world, both large and small, as part of their computing strategy. Many companies have experienced the cost and flexibility advantages of cloud computing and are using various cloud computing models to solve their business problems.

    Published 19 Mar 2020

    Reference 6577

    Topic Entrepreneurship

    Region Global

    Industry Computer Networking

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    Cloud Wars Go Global: How Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba Compete in Web Services

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    Cloud computing, a concept unknown until relatively recently, has been adopted by organizations around the world, both large and small, as part of their computing strategy. Many companies have experienced the cost and flexibility advantages of cloud computing and are using various cloud computing models to solve their business problems.
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      Racing into the 5G Era: Generational Technological Change and Firm Strategy in Mobile Telecommunications

      By  Daitian Li,  Yangao Xiao,  Tony Tong,  Guoli Chen
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      This case explains the technological changes in mobile communications, with a special focus on the fifth generation (5G). It describes the evolution from the first generation (1G) to the 5G; core technologies, distinct capabilities, key products, and major players in the 5G era.

        Published 24 Jan 2020

        Reference 6558

        Topic Strategy

        Region Global

        Industry Telecommunications

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        Racing into the 5G Era: Generational Technological Change and Firm Strategy in Mobile Telecommunications

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        This case explains the technological changes in mobile communications, with a special focus on the fifth generation (5G). It describes the evolution from the first generation (1G) to the 5G; core technologies, distinct capabilities, key products, and major players in the 5G era.
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          Jacqueline Novogratz and Acumen

          By  Jasjit Singh
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          Jacqueline Novogratz quits a prestigious banking job to pursue a career in development but discovers that achieving real impact is harder than she had imagined, especially as grant-funded non-profits often lack the skills and accountability to be really effective.

            Published 12 Nov 2019

            Reference 6551

            Topic Responsibility

            Region Global

            Industry Financial Services

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            Jacqueline Novogratz and Acumen

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            Jacqueline Novogratz quits a prestigious banking job to pursue a career in development but discovers that achieving real impact is harder than she had imagined, especially as grant-funded non-profits often lack the skills and accountability to be really effective.
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              EcoVadis: A Sustainability Rating Company Goes Global

              By  Andre Calmon,  Luk Van Wassenhove,  Anne Nai-Tien Huang
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              Corporations are increasingly held responsible for the products they source and the sustainability of their supply chains. It was to meet this need that EcoVadis, a sustainability rating agency, was founded in 2007 by Pierre-François Thaler (INSEAD MBA, 1999) and Frédéric Trinel to bridge the information gap between corporate buyers and their suppliers.

                Published 20 Jan 2020

                Reference 6535

                Topic Responsibility

                Region Global

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                EcoVadis: A Sustainability Rating Company Goes Global

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                Corporations are increasingly held responsible for the products they source and the sustainability of their supply chains. It was to meet this need that EcoVadis, a sustainability rating agency, was founded in 2007 by Pierre-François Thaler (INSEAD MBA, 1999) and Frédéric Trinel to bridge the information gap between corporate buyers and their suppliers.
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                  Innovation without Disruption: How Prodigy Finance Achieved Both High Growth and Social Good

                  By  W. Chan Kim,  Renee Mauborgne,  Mi Ji
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                  The case describes how three INSEAD alumni founded fintech company Prodigy Finance and created the market for international student loans by solving a problem long overlooked by the finance industry: funding for students in pursuit of advanced education outside their home country, especially “high-earning degree programmes” at top universities with high tuition fees and few scholarships.

                    Published 12 Nov 2019

                    Reference 6523

                    Topic Strategy

                    Region Global

                    Industry Financial Services

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                    Innovation without Disruption: How Prodigy Finance Achieved Both High Growth and Social Good

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                    The case describes how three INSEAD alumni founded fintech company Prodigy Finance and created the market for international student loans by solving a problem long overlooked by the finance industry: funding for students in pursuit of advanced education outside their home country, especially “high-earning degree programmes” at top universities with high tuition fees and few scholarships.
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                      Network Leadership (A): Global Informality Project

                      By  Stanislav Shekshnia,  Alexandra Matveeva
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                      In less than five years The Global Informality Project evolved from a one scholar's dream to a global network-based research exercise uniting hundreds of people across the world. It produced two volumes of The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, published by UCL Press in early 2018, a wiki-site and dozens of events around the globe.

                        Published 28 Jun 2019

                        Reference 6508

                        Topic Entrepreneurship

                        Region Global

                        Industry Printing,  Publishing

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                        Network Leadership (A): Global Informality Project

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                        In less than five years The Global Informality Project evolved from a one scholar's dream to a global network-based research exercise uniting hundreds of people across the world. It produced two volumes of The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, published by UCL Press in early 2018, a wiki-site and dozens of events around the globe.
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                          Network Leadership (B): Global Encyclopaedia of Informality

                          By  Stanislav Shekshnia,  Alexandra Matveeva
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                          In less than five years The Global Informality Project evolved from a one scholar's dream to a global network-based research exercise uniting hundreds of people across the world. It produced two volumes of The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, published by UCL Press in early 2018, a wiki-site and dozens of events around the globe.

                            Published 28 Jun 2019

                            Reference 6508

                            Topic Entrepreneurship

                            Region Global

                            Industry Printing,  Publishing

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                            Network Leadership (B): Global Encyclopaedia of Informality

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                            In less than five years The Global Informality Project evolved from a one scholar's dream to a global network-based research exercise uniting hundreds of people across the world. It produced two volumes of The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, published by UCL Press in early 2018, a wiki-site and dozens of events around the globe.
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                              16,000 Years of Family Business: The Leadership Model of the Hénokiens

                              By  Morten Bennedsen,  Brian Henry
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                              This is a collection of 40 profiles of long-lived family firms representing all but eight members of the Hénokiens, a French association whose 48 members have survived for more than two centuries. Of the 40 members featured in this collection, the oldest is a hostel in Japan named Hoshi Ryokan, which has been in business for 1,300 years and has been operated by same family for 46 generations.

                                Published 27 May 2019

                                Reference 6503

                                Topic Family Business

                                Region Global

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                                16,000 Years of Family Business: The Leadership Model of the Hénokiens

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                                This is a collection of 40 profiles of long-lived family firms representing all but eight members of the Hénokiens, a French association whose 48 members have survived for more than two centuries. Of the 40 members featured in this collection, the oldest is a hostel in Japan named Hoshi Ryokan, which has been in business for 1,300 years and has been operated by same family for 46 generations.
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                                  ByteDance Beyond China: Leveraging Consumer Artificial Intelligence (AI) from Toutiao to Musical.ly and TikTok

                                  By  Jason P. Davis,  Minh Vo,  Anne Yang
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                                  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.

                                    Published 31 May 2019

                                    Reference 6489

                                    Topic Entrepreneurship

                                    Region Global

                                    Industry Computer Networking,  Consumer Services,  Information Technology and Services

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                                    ByteDance Beyond China: Leveraging Consumer Artificial Intelligence (AI) from Toutiao to Musical.ly and TikTok

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                                    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.
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                                      WeWork - Service Excellence through Business Model Innovation: Creating Outstanding Customer Experiences by Leveraging Data, Analytics and Digital Technologies

                                      By  Wolfgang Ulaga,  Joerg Niessing,  Nancy J. Brandwein
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                                      WeWork has seen a decade of growth with a disruptive new service business model in a rapidly transforming industry: shared office space for start-ups (and increasingly for big companies) thanks to its understanding of workplace trends such as the ‘gig’ economy, the rise of millennials and Generation Z in the workforce, more collaborative office work and tech-enabled mobility of employees.

                                        Published 02 May 2019

                                        Reference 6488

                                        Topic Marketing

                                        Region Global

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                                        WeWork - Service Excellence through Business Model Innovation: Creating Outstanding Customer Experiences by Leveraging Data, Analytics and Digital Technologies

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                                        WeWork has seen a decade of growth with a disruptive new service business model in a rapidly transforming industry: shared office space for start-ups (and increasingly for big companies) thanks to its understanding of workplace trends such as the ‘gig’ economy, the rise of millennials and Generation Z in the workforce, more collaborative office work and tech-enabled mobility of employees.
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                                          Dyson Ltd: From Vacuum Cleaners to Electric Vehicles

                                          By  Andrew Shipilov,  Peter Zemsky,  Brian Henry
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                                          The case provides a strategic overview of one of the UK’s fastest-growing household goods companies, Dyson Ltd. Starting out in the early 1990s as sole vendor of bagless vacuum cleaners in the UK market, Dyson would ultimately become the market leader before its competitors finally woke up.

                                            Published 13 Feb 2019

                                            Reference 6455

                                            Topic Strategy

                                            Region Global

                                            Industry Consumer Goods,  Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

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                                            Dyson Ltd: From Vacuum Cleaners to Electric Vehicles

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                                            The case provides a strategic overview of one of the UK’s fastest-growing household goods companies, Dyson Ltd. Starting out in the early 1990s as sole vendor of bagless vacuum cleaners in the UK market, Dyson would ultimately become the market leader before its competitors finally woke up.
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                                              Digitally-powered Customer-centricity in the Industrial Gas Sector: The Air Liquide-Airgas Merger

                                              By  David Dubois,  Jean-Michel Moslonka
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                                              Air Liquide, a leader in centric industrial and healthcare gases, seeks to develop ‘customer intimacy’ through digital technologies following its acquisition of US company Airgas. VP Olivier Blachier is tasked to articulate for the board a vision of customer centricity and a digital strategy.

                                                Published 25 Mar 2019

                                                Reference 6446

                                                Topic Marketing

                                                Region Global

                                                Industry Oil & Energy

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                                                Digitally-powered Customer-centricity in the Industrial Gas Sector: The Air Liquide-Airgas Merger

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                                                Air Liquide, a leader in centric industrial and healthcare gases, seeks to develop ‘customer intimacy’ through digital technologies following its acquisition of US company Airgas. VP Olivier Blachier is tasked to articulate for the board a vision of customer centricity and a digital strategy.
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