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The digitalization of businesses and business processes is widespread but unequal. It has left gaps between small and large enterprises, more vs. less knowledge-intensive workers, desk vs. non-desk employees, and between industries, business units, and regions.
Reference 6851
Published 20 Oct 2023
Length 13 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Information Technology and Services
The digitalization of businesses and business processes is widespread but unequal. It has left gaps between small and large enterprises, more vs. less knowledge-intensive workers, desk vs. non-desk employees, and between industries, business units, and regions.
The case describes how the Greek oil-spill specialist Polygreen diversified into municipal waste management and turned the Aegean paradise of Tilos into the world’s first zero-waste island. Focusing on the company’s charismatic CEO, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the case follows the implementation of a business model based on the principles of the circular economy.
Reference 6841
Published 27 Nov 2023
Length 12 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Utilities
The case describes how the Greek oil-spill specialist Polygreen diversified into municipal waste management and turned the Aegean paradise of Tilos into the world’s first zero-waste island. Focusing on the company’s charismatic CEO, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the case follows the implementation of a business model based on the principles of the circular economy.
White lies (inflated claims) cost the insurance industry billions of dollars every year. After
investing heavily to automate workflows (from policy subscription to claims processing),
digitization has ironically made fraud easier to commit and harder to catch.
Reference 6752
Published 23 Jan 2023
Length 11 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Security and Investigations
White lies (inflated claims) cost the insurance industry billions of dollars every year. After
investing heavily to automate workflows (from policy subscription to claims processing),
digitization has ironically made fraud easier to commit and harder to catch.
Zipline delivers medical products via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With its expansion to Ghana in 2019, Zipline became world’s largest medical drone-delivery service, reaching over 25 million people.
Reference 6667
Published 25 May 2023
Length 19 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness
Zipline delivers medical products via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With its expansion to Ghana in 2019, Zipline became world’s largest medical drone-delivery service, reaching over 25 million people.
In 2018, the government of Kenya launched a pilot universal health coverage (UHC) programme in 4 of its 47 counties, enabling access to health services for millions of people. UHC will be scaled up across the country based on learnings from the pilot, and reforms will be made to the national hospital insurance fund in order to establish a mandatory universal health coverage scheme.
Reference 6631
Published 08 Oct 2021
Length 18 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Africa
Industry Hospital & Health Care
In 2018, the government of Kenya launched a pilot universal health coverage (UHC) programme in 4 of its 47 counties, enabling access to health services for millions of people. UHC will be scaled up across the country based on learnings from the pilot, and reforms will be made to the national hospital insurance fund in order to establish a mandatory universal health coverage scheme.
Digitally-Enabled Healthcare Delivery in India: Meddo and the Convergence of Technology and Medicine
Meddo is a healthcare service delivery innovation in India that simplifies the patient journey through outpatient services, lab tests, and medicines management. It was born out of a collaboration between a medical doctor who cofounded a hospital chain, and an entrepreneur who had led a major food-delivery service.
Digitally-Enabled Healthcare Delivery in India: Meddo and the Convergence of Technology and Medicine
Reference 6628
Published 17 Mar 2021
Length 16 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Asia
Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness
Meddo is a healthcare service delivery innovation in India that simplifies the patient journey through outpatient services, lab tests, and medicines management. It was born out of a collaboration between a medical doctor who cofounded a hospital chain, and an entrepreneur who had led a major food-delivery service.
Isabelle, vice-president of customer loyalty and insight at a big bank, has led the development of a package of new products/services for clients, and a five-minute presentation to explain the offering. In a pilot test, where client managers randomly select walk-in customers and offer to go through the presentation, some agree to listen but others don’t have the time.
Reference 6620
Published 03 Feb 2021
Length 2 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Financial Services
Isabelle, vice-president of customer loyalty and insight at a big bank, has led the development of a package of new products/services for clients, and a five-minute presentation to explain the offering. In a pilot test, where client managers randomly select walk-in customers and offer to go through the presentation, some agree to listen but others don’t have the time.
Unilabs offers diagnostic services to hospitals and health systems (B2B) and individual patients (B2C). Portugal, one of Unilabs’ 15 markets, is at the forefront of the company’s efforts to use analytics as part of its transformation to a data-driven organization.
Reference 6609
Published 18 Mar 2021
Length 17 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Industry Health, Wellness and Fitness
Unilabs offers diagnostic services to hospitals and health systems (B2B) and individual patients (B2C). Portugal, one of Unilabs’ 15 markets, is at the forefront of the company’s efforts to use analytics as part of its transformation to a data-driven organization.
Praesens Care, a start-up based in Belgium, has developed a mobile laboratory with the aim of safely testing people for a wide range of killer diseases. Its mobile laboratories enable monitoring of infectious diseases and improve diagnostic capabilities in remote areas in Africa.
Reference 6598
Published 23 Mar 2021
Length 8 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Biotechnology
Praesens Care, a start-up based in Belgium, has developed a mobile laboratory with the aim of safely testing people for a wide range of killer diseases. Its mobile laboratories enable monitoring of infectious diseases and improve diagnostic capabilities in remote areas in Africa.
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.
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 23 May 2023
Length 23 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.
Understanding the drivers of value is key to a technological transformation initiative. In the context of ‘Durian Widgets’ there is need for detailed analysis of business processes –contrary to initial intuition.
Reference 6589
Published 01 Jul 2020
Length 2 page(s)
Topic Operations
Region Asia
Understanding the drivers of value is key to a technological transformation initiative. In the context of ‘Durian Widgets’ there is need for detailed analysis of business processes –contrary to initial intuition.