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The brief case ‘Donna Wilde and the Weathermen’ sets the stage for a discussion of how to lead teams in an environment undergoing exponential change. The team has spent years working on a project about which they are passionate, but the CEO is skeptical and it gets put on ice. Wilde is left pondering if and how they can exert the leadership needed to bring the project back to life.
Reference 6778
Published 05 Sep 2022
Length 4 page(s)
Region North America
The brief case ‘Donna Wilde and the Weathermen’ sets the stage for a discussion of how to lead teams in an environment undergoing exponential change. The team has spent years working on a project about which they are passionate, but the CEO is skeptical and it gets put on ice. Wilde is left pondering if and how they can exert the leadership needed to bring the project back to life.
This highly engaging exercise is designed to give participants a keen understanding of Blue Ocean Leadership and how to achieve high impact at low cost while saving time as leaders.
Participants are introduced to a scenario-based exercise focusing on the fictional company Dunamis, an American video game company, and its recently appointed Director of Development, John Kedge.
Kedge’s first challeng
Reference 6764
Published 13 Dec 2022
Length 6 page(s)
Region North America
This highly engaging exercise is designed to give participants a keen understanding of Blue Ocean Leadership and how to achieve high impact at low cost while saving time as leaders.
Participants are introduced to a scenario-based exercise focusing on the fictional company Dunamis, an American video game company, and its recently appointed Director of Development, John Kedge.
Kedge’s first challeng
The case explores the direct investment strategy of CPP Investments, one of the largest and most influential pension funds and private equity investors globally. Through an analysis of its acquisition and later sale of a controlling stake in GlobalLogic, students follow the Canadian Pension Fund’s private equity and venture capital investing strategy.
Reference 6732
Published 18 May 2022
Length 17 page(s)
Topic Economics & Finance
Region North America
Industry Venture Capital, Private Equity
The case explores the direct investment strategy of CPP Investments, one of the largest and most influential pension funds and private equity investors globally. Through an analysis of its acquisition and later sale of a controlling stake in GlobalLogic, students follow the Canadian Pension Fund’s private equity and venture capital investing strategy.
In 2011 Katrina Lake launched a new type of online retailing, Stitch Fix, a personal styling service based on a mix of human creativity and artificial intelligence, and grew it into a $3.6B company. Like many other successful retail businesses, it rapidly caught Jeff Bezos’s eye. And nothing good comes when Jeff Bezos notices you and decides to compete.
Reference 6720
Published 04 Apr 2022
Length 12 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region North America
In 2011 Katrina Lake launched a new type of online retailing, Stitch Fix, a personal styling service based on a mix of human creativity and artificial intelligence, and grew it into a $3.6B company. Like many other successful retail businesses, it rapidly caught Jeff Bezos’s eye. And nothing good comes when Jeff Bezos notices you and decides to compete.
On January 28th, 2021 Netflix Inc., an online streaming service provider based in Los Gatos, California, reported a positive cash flow from operating activities for the first time since 2014. The case explores how Netflix’s accounting choices contributed to this achievement.
Reference 6676
Published 19 Nov 2021
Length 18 page(s)
Topic Economics & Finance
Region North America
On January 28th, 2021 Netflix Inc., an online streaming service provider based in Los Gatos, California, reported a positive cash flow from operating activities for the first time since 2014. The case explores how Netflix’s accounting choices contributed to this achievement.
This fictional case introduces an M&A deal structuring exercise. Two strategy consulting companies, East Coast Strategy Consultants Inc. (EAST) and West Coast Strategic Management Advisory Corp. (WEST), are contemplating acquiring a company in the accounting and advisory services sector, either Ocean & Whistle Accounting (OW) or LeDosh (LD).
Reference 6669
Published 06 Dec 2021
Length 8 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Accounting, Consulting
This fictional case introduces an M&A deal structuring exercise. Two strategy consulting companies, East Coast Strategy Consultants Inc. (EAST) and West Coast Strategic Management Advisory Corp. (WEST), are contemplating acquiring a company in the accounting and advisory services sector, either Ocean & Whistle Accounting (OW) or LeDosh (LD).
What has been the impact of the Affordable Care Act (2010) on healthcare coverage in the United States? While this significant piece of legislation put America’s healthcare system on a long-awaited path towards universal healthcare coverage, the struggle to provide coverage to millions of uninsured people is far from over.
Reference 6662
Published 20 Apr 2021
Length 10 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region North America
Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness
What has been the impact of the Affordable Care Act (2010) on healthcare coverage in the United States? While this significant piece of legislation put America’s healthcare system on a long-awaited path towards universal healthcare coverage, the struggle to provide coverage to millions of uninsured people is far from over.
The case helps participants explore and understand the difference between value innovation, the creation of a leap in value, and technology innovation, the creation of breakthrough technology. It teaches students to identify value innovation offerings, how value innovation differs from technology innovation and their commercial consequences.
Reference 6643
Published 04 Feb 2021
Length 5 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region North America
The case helps participants explore and understand the difference between value innovation, the creation of a leap in value, and technology innovation, the creation of breakthrough technology. It teaches students to identify value innovation offerings, how value innovation differs from technology innovation and their commercial consequences.
SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.
Reference 6624
Published 08 Jul 2021
Length 21 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Restaurants
SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.
SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.
Reference 6624
Published 08 Jul 2021
Length 3 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Restaurants
SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.
SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.
Reference 6624
Published 08 Jul 2021
Length 1 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Restaurants
SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.
The case describes the organizational, operational, and financial challenges faced by BeefChain, a blockchain implementation in the cattle industry, following the successful completion of pilot projects and certification by the US Dept of Agriculture.
Reference 6596
Published 14 Jan 2021
Length 21 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region North America
Industry Agriculture
The case describes the organizational, operational, and financial challenges faced by BeefChain, a blockchain implementation in the cattle industry, following the successful completion of pilot projects and certification by the US Dept of Agriculture.