173 case(s) found.
Nickel, a French fintech established in 2014, aimed to provide accessible banking services to underserved populations. Their innovative 'bank in a box' concept, requiring only an ID, a mobile phone, and €20, was distributed through local tobacco stores in France, which are an integral part of French daily life.
Reference 6854
Published 30 Nov 2023
Length 14 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
Nickel, a French fintech established in 2014, aimed to provide accessible banking services to underserved populations. Their innovative 'bank in a box' concept, requiring only an ID, a mobile phone, and €20, was distributed through local tobacco stores in France, which are an integral part of French daily life.
Standard Chartered Ventures combines an internal venture-building operation, a corporate venture capital organization, and a digital platform to link challenges with solutions. Its purpose is to accelerate the bank’s transformation in the digital age by promoting experimentation with new business models and technologies outside the bank’s traditional structure and processes.
Reference 6846
Published 30 Oct 2023
Length 13 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Global
Industry Financial Services
Standard Chartered Ventures combines an internal venture-building operation, a corporate venture capital organization, and a digital platform to link challenges with solutions. Its purpose is to accelerate the bank’s transformation in the digital age by promoting experimentation with new business models and technologies outside the bank’s traditional structure and processes.
The case describes an entrepreneur’s foray into the complex world of carbon credit markets. His venture, Carbon27, designed an IOT prototype that could be attached to solar panels, and a software platform to enable homeowners (as well as commercial firms) to generate carbon credits and facilitate entry into the carbon markets.
Reference 6842
Published 30 Oct 2023
Length 20 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Middle-East
Industry Renewables & Environment
The case describes an entrepreneur’s foray into the complex world of carbon credit markets. His venture, Carbon27, designed an IOT prototype that could be attached to solar panels, and a software platform to enable homeowners (as well as commercial firms) to generate carbon credits and facilitate entry into the carbon markets.
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.
The English Tea Shop Organic (ETS) brand has created a sustainable ecosystem that supports suppliers’ livelihoods as well as its competitiveness in the market. In 2021, it embarked on a second 10-year plan, aiming to become a sustainable, employee-owned business with a purpose-driven brand, and by 2022 30% of the company was employee owned.
Reference 6840
Published 25 Oct 2023
Length 46 page(s)
Topic Marketing
Region Global
Industry Agriculture, Food and Beverages Production
The English Tea Shop Organic (ETS) brand has created a sustainable ecosystem that supports suppliers’ livelihoods as well as its competitiveness in the market. In 2021, it embarked on a second 10-year plan, aiming to become a sustainable, employee-owned business with a purpose-driven brand, and by 2022 30% of the company was employee owned.
The case describes the hospitality brand AZULIK, which offers a unique luxury experience based on a set of contemporary values that resonate with the most demanding international consumers: connecting to art, nature, and local communities.
Reference 6828
Published 25 Oct 2023
Length 25 page(s)
Topic Marketing
Region Global
Industry Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism
The case describes the hospitality brand AZULIK, which offers a unique luxury experience based on a set of contemporary values that resonate with the most demanding international consumers: connecting to art, nature, and local communities.
The case focuses on Haier Europe, a branch of Haier Smart Home and part of the Chinese Haier Group, and how it applies RenDanHeYi, a unique management model that explains the group’s extraordinary rate of growth amidst fierce competition, with an intense focus on the local customer and keeping costs low.
The case focuses on Haier Europe, a branch of Haier Smart Home and part of the Chinese Haier Group, and how it applies RenDanHeYi, a unique management model that explains the group’s extraordinary rate of growth amidst fierce competition, with an intense focus on the local customer and keeping costs low.
Over her career as a business executive, Norwegian Anita Krohn Traaseth became a seasoned mentor for emerging professionals, guiding them through the complexities of navigating promotions, salary negotiations, and leadership development.
Over her career as a business executive, Norwegian Anita Krohn Traaseth became a seasoned mentor for emerging professionals, guiding them through the complexities of navigating promotions, salary negotiations, and leadership development.
In 2006, Blake Mycoskie founded TOMS (originally called TOMS Shoes), pioneering a “buy-one-give-one” model that integrated philanthropy into the business strategy. His innovative approach was an instant hit among consumers and received wide recognition as a promising way for companies to achieve social impact.
Reference 6820
Published 03 Jul 2023
Length 2 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Global
Industry Apparel and Fashion
In 2006, Blake Mycoskie founded TOMS (originally called TOMS Shoes), pioneering a “buy-one-give-one” model that integrated philanthropy into the business strategy. His innovative approach was an instant hit among consumers and received wide recognition as a promising way for companies to achieve social impact.
Schneider Electric was an industry pioneer in its twin transition to a digital and sustainable
solution provider. After announcing its EcoStruxure platform in 2012, the transformation got
off to a slow start.
Reference 6818
Published 11 Apr 2023
Length 4 page(s)
Region Global
Industry Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Schneider Electric was an industry pioneer in its twin transition to a digital and sustainable
solution provider. After announcing its EcoStruxure platform in 2012, the transformation got
off to a slow start.
This case describes how Tongwei Group, a China-based global leader in both aquafeeds and photovoltaics, created a fast-growing new market for green energy and a model for sustainable economic development by integrating high-yield aquacultural ponds with water-based PV plants in eastern and central China, regions where utilizable land resources were scarce and demand for electricity was high and ev
Reference 6811
Published 23 May 2023
Length 12 page(s)
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Renewables & Environment
This case describes how Tongwei Group, a China-based global leader in both aquafeeds and photovoltaics, created a fast-growing new market for green energy and a model for sustainable economic development by integrating high-yield aquacultural ponds with water-based PV plants in eastern and central China, regions where utilizable land resources were scarce and demand for electricity was high and ev
In September 2020, Pradeep Kakkattil was facing difficult questions about his team’s
strategic direction. In the two years since he had founded the Office of Innovation at
UNAIDS – the United Nations agency for coordinating global action on AIDS – the
team had grown from two people to six and had established over 100 partnerships
globally.
Reference 6803
Published 17 Mar 2023
Length 18 page(s)
Region Global
Industry Non-Profit Organization Management, International Affairs
In September 2020, Pradeep Kakkattil was facing difficult questions about his team’s
strategic direction. In the two years since he had founded the Office of Innovation at
UNAIDS – the United Nations agency for coordinating global action on AIDS – the
team had grown from two people to six and had established over 100 partnerships
globally.