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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.
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Reference 6778
Published 05 Sep 2022
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.
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.
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Reference 6778
Published 05 Sep 2022
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.
The case is about the future of Dyson’s foray into wearable technology with the planned introduction of the Dyson Zone that enables people to breathe purified air while tuning out unwanted noise.
The case is about the future of Dyson’s foray into wearable technology with the planned introduction of the Dyson Zone that enables people to breathe purified air while tuning out unwanted noise.
Shortly after Rich Hagen joins Paypal as Strategic Director in 2021, the CEO Dan Schulman asks for his input to choose between two promising directions for the business: venturing into retail investing or launching a super app. As a brokerage sector veteran, Hagen is intuitively inclined to favour online trading, but Schulman makes a strong case in favour of the super app.
Shortly after Rich Hagen joins Paypal as Strategic Director in 2021, the CEO Dan Schulman asks for his input to choose between two promising directions for the business: venturing into retail investing or launching a super app. As a brokerage sector veteran, Hagen is intuitively inclined to favour online trading, but Schulman makes a strong case in favour of the super app.
The start-up ecosystem in Vietnam has seen rapid growth since 2020. This case follows an early entrant, Insignia Ventures Partners, led by Yinglan Tan out of Singapore, who is considering an investment in FinHay, a robo-advisor in the emerging fintech space in Vietnam. Is there potential to turn Finhay into one of the first ‘unicorns’ in Vietnam?
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Reference 6771
Published 02 Nov 2022
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Asia
Industry Venture Capital
The start-up ecosystem in Vietnam has seen rapid growth since 2020. This case follows an early entrant, Insignia Ventures Partners, led by Yinglan Tan out of Singapore, who is considering an investment in FinHay, a robo-advisor in the emerging fintech space in Vietnam. Is there potential to turn Finhay into one of the first ‘unicorns’ in Vietnam?
This case study tells the story of Ambienta, an Italy-based asset management company that was an early entrant in the field of sustainable investing. From the very beginning, founder and managing partner Nino Tronchetti Provera saw sustainability as a “mega-trend” with broad implications for the national economy.
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Reference 6770
Published 14 Nov 2022
Topic Responsibility
Region Europe
Industry Investment Banking
This case study tells the story of Ambienta, an Italy-based asset management company that was an early entrant in the field of sustainable investing. From the very beginning, founder and managing partner Nino Tronchetti Provera saw sustainability as a “mega-trend” with broad implications for the national economy.
This is the second of a two-part case study about Ambienta, a leading European asset manager focused on environmental sustainability. Case A introduces students and participants to the company and its unique profile in the industry.
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Reference 6770
Published 14 Nov 2022
Topic Responsibility
Region Europe
Industry Investment Banking
This is the second of a two-part case study about Ambienta, a leading European asset manager focused on environmental sustainability. Case A introduces students and participants to the company and its unique profile in the industry.
The case is an example of how a family can control a large conglomerate – TECO Electric & Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering business – yet with almost no ownership stake.
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Reference 6766
Published 18 Oct 2022
Topic Family Business
Region Asia
The case is an example of how a family can control a large conglomerate – TECO Electric & Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering business – yet with almost no ownership stake.
The case study is about the Japanese carmaker Suzuki. The 100-year company was founded at the peak of Japan’s silk-production industry in the early 20th century. Michio Suzuki (1887-1982), a gifted inventor, started tinkering with weaving looms and in 1920 founded the Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company in the coastal village of Hamamatsu.
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Reference 6765
Published 19 Oct 2022
Topic Family Business
Region Global
The case study is about the Japanese carmaker Suzuki. The 100-year company was founded at the peak of Japan’s silk-production industry in the early 20th century. Michio Suzuki (1887-1982), a gifted inventor, started tinkering with weaving looms and in 1920 founded the Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company in the coastal village of Hamamatsu.
There is a pressing need for global reform of inheritance taxation systems. On average, only 0.5% of total tax revenues are sourced from inheritance taxes across the 24 OECD countries that levy them. If designed properly, inheritance taxes could play a greater role in raising revenues for cash-strapped authorities seeking to overcome mounting public deficits.
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Reference 6748
Published 16 May 2022
Topic Economics & Finance
Region Global
There is a pressing need for global reform of inheritance taxation systems. On average, only 0.5% of total tax revenues are sourced from inheritance taxes across the 24 OECD countries that levy them. If designed properly, inheritance taxes could play a greater role in raising revenues for cash-strapped authorities seeking to overcome mounting public deficits.
This case chronicles a successful digital transformation in Russia, where JSC Raiffeisenbank, the Russian branch of the Austrian parent company, reinvented its organizational and management system to build a new digital value network. The case discusses the transition to a less hierarchical Agile organizational structure, driven by IT-intensive cross-functional product teams.
This case chronicles a successful digital transformation in Russia, where JSC Raiffeisenbank, the Russian branch of the Austrian parent company, reinvented its organizational and management system to build a new digital value network. The case discusses the transition to a less hierarchical Agile organizational structure, driven by IT-intensive cross-functional product teams.
When Puneet Chhatwal took over as CEO of Taj Hotels in 2018, he faced an onerous task: improving the financials in a hyper-competitive environment marked by the arrival of foreigners such as Starwood Hotels and online entrants Airbnb and OYO.
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Reference 6735
Published 13 Apr 2022
Region Asia
When Puneet Chhatwal took over as CEO of Taj Hotels in 2018, he faced an onerous task: improving the financials in a hyper-competitive environment marked by the arrival of foreigners such as Starwood Hotels and online entrants Airbnb and OYO.