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Case Studies
Case studies are written by professors at HBS and at renowned business programs worldwide and offer slices of business life, focusing on actual problems and decisions companies face.
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Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter?
![Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter? ^ 313110 Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter? ^ 313110](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/21337/301228/generic-case-study__48447.1713562089.png?c=2)
Google's Project Oxygen started with a fundamental question raised by executives in the early 2000s: do managers matter? The topic generated a multi-year research project that ultimately led to a comprehensive program, built around eight key management...
![Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global ^ 520125 Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global ^ 520125](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/74875/211133/generic-case-study__58339.1643514806.png?c=2)
Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global
Bang Si-Hyuk ('Hitman Bang') is the founder and co-chief executive officer of Big Hit Entertainment, the company behind BTS, a 'K-pop' band that has found unparalleled success around the globe-a remarkable feat given that most of their songs are in...
![Cirque du Soleil ^ 403006 Cirque du Soleil ^ 403006](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/22863/259283/generic-case-study__67986.1684568929.png?c=2)
Cirque du Soleil
Retaining talent is an issue for any company whose success relies on the creativity and excellence of its employees. This is especially true for Cirque du Soleil, the spectacularly successful "circus without animals," whose 2,100 employees include 500...
![GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership ^ 399150 GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership ^ 399150](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/22949/271110/generic-case-study__57391.1707908363.png?c=2)
GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership
GE is faced with Jack Welch's impending retirement and whether anyone can sustain the blistering pace of change and growth characteristic of the Welch era. After briefly describing GE's heritage and Welch's transformation of the company's business...
![Pinckney Street ^ 813182 Pinckney Street ^ 813182](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/58322/201641/generic-case-study__68953.1643510407.png?c=2)
Pinckney Street
Although inexperienced in real estate, Edward Alexander hopes in June 2013 that youthful enthusiasm and an $240,000 in savings and inheritance will help him enter the real estate business. His experience chronicles the process of finding, evaluating, and...
![Army Crew Team ^ 403131 Army Crew Team ^ 403131](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/22801/265366/generic-case-study__17726.1698162334.png?c=2)
Army Crew Team
The coach of the varsity Army crew team at West Point assembled his top eight rowers into the first crew team and the second tier of rowers into the second team using objective data on individual performance. As the second boat continually beat the first...
![Chase Sapphire: Creating a Millennial Cult Brand ^ 518024 Chase Sapphire: Creating a Millennial Cult Brand ^ 518024](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/25268/270255/generic-case-study__21467.1707147957.png?c=2)
Chase Sapphire: Creating a Millennial Cult Brand
The Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). The launch of the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card was enthusiastically received by Millennial consumers,...
![Trader Joe's ^ 714419 Trader Joe's ^ 714419](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/29363/268799/generic-case-study__64458.1706255215.png?c=2)
Trader Joe's
The Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Based on a variety of metrics, Trader Joe's ranked as one of the most successful grocers in the United...
![Amazon.com, 2021 ^ 716402 Amazon.com, 2021 ^ 716402](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/58759/257371/generic-case-study__62614.1679730496.png?c=2)
Amazon.com, 2021
In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit...
![Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance ^ 803127 Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance ^ 803127](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/30695/201357/generic-case-study__98940.1643510310.png?c=2)
Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance
Provides an opportunity to examine leadership and entrepreneurship in the context of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition, a compelling story of crisis, survival, and triumph. Summarizes Shackleton's career as an officer in the British Merchant...
![The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations ^ 221039 The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations ^ 221039](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/76352/301612/generic-case-study__55788.1713562271.png?c=2)
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
The Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their...
![Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market ^ 824055 Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market ^ 824055](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90045/307907/generic-case-study__06052.1720075695.png?c=2)
Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market
Karim Nour, the founder of Kashat, an Egyptian nano-lending fintech company, is contemplating how to manage the growth of his startup. Over the summer of 2022, Kashat's loan disbursements had grown by nearly 40%, fueled by macroeconomic instability in...
![Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love ^ 224018 Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love ^ 224018](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90041/307887/generic-case-study__83863.1719990245.png?c=2)
Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love
Bob Hall, President of Green Gables Partners, evaluated whether to angel invest into an up-and-coming ski brand. As the son-in-law of the founder of Vera Bradley and having retired from a lengthy career on Wall Street, Hall was well-versed in both direct...
![Meals on Wheels London: Operations That Matter ^ W37011 Meals on Wheels London: Operations That Matter ^ W37011](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90034/307854/generic-case-study__23835.1719932996.png?c=2)
Meals on Wheels London: Operations That Matter
The executive director of Meals on Wheels London (MOWL) was struggling with a lack of volunteers to deliver meals to the not-for-profit organization's customers. MOWL provided nutritional support for adults with disabilities and older people who required...
![ALUS: Letting Growth Take Root ^ W36840 ALUS: Letting Growth Take Root ^ W36840](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90033/307853/generic-case-study__90472.1719932996.png?c=2)
ALUS: Letting Growth Take Root
Bryan Gilvesy, CEO of ALUS, must create a proposal to spend ALUS' $100,000 marketing budget for their brand "New Acre Project". The brand had experienced good growth in previous years, but sales had stagnated for the past two, creating concerns about the...
![Adani Group: Managing the Hindenburg Controversy ^ W36375 Adani Group: Managing the Hindenburg Controversy ^ W36375](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90031/307851/generic-case-study__03508.1719932995.png?c=2)
Adani Group: Managing the Hindenburg Controversy
In March 2023, the Adani Group experienced a sharp decline in market value, losing over $150 billion. This downturn followed allegations from US short-seller Hindenburg Research, which accused Gautam Adani of inflating his net worth to $120 billion over...
![Zentaku Kogyo Company: Less Is More ^ W36371 Zentaku Kogyo Company: Less Is More ^ W36371](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90030/307850/generic-case-study__31757.1719932994.png?c=2)
Zentaku Kogyo Company: Less Is More
Contrary to the typical practice of cutting operating expenses by compromising on employees' benefits, the chairman of Zentaku Kogyo Company Ltd. (Zentaku), David Wu Chongrang, aimed to improve the standard of living of his staff by steadily raising...
![Hotel Annapoorna: Is Change Management and Leadership at a Crossroads? ^ W36264 Hotel Annapoorna: Is Change Management and Leadership at a Crossroads? ^ W36264](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90029/307849/generic-case-study__13807.1719932994.png?c=2)
Hotel Annapoorna: Is Change Management and Leadership at a Crossroads?
This case encapsulates the challenges faced by Jegan Damodaraswamy in extending the core competency of quality and customer service for the renowned Hotel Annapoorna, in Coimbatore, India. In addition, he had to figure out how to overcome the hurdles...
![Continuity in Change: Bhima Jewels' Transformation Journey ^ W36262 Continuity in Change: Bhima Jewels' Transformation Journey ^ W36262](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90028/307848/generic-case-study__34114.1719932993.png?c=2)
Continuity in Change: Bhima Jewels' Transformation Journey
Bhima Jewels ("Bhima") was a household name in southern India, where the company had built up a loyal clientele spanning three generations over its 97 years in business as a retailer in the jewellery sector. In 2015, Abhishek Bindu Madhav, the grandson...
![Jio World Plaza: Bridging the West and the East in Luxury Branding ^ W36256 Jio World Plaza: Bridging the West and the East in Luxury Branding ^ W36256](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90027/307847/generic-case-study__20768.1719932993.png?c=2)
Jio World Plaza: Bridging the West and the East in Luxury Branding
The latest offering by Reliance Brands Limited (an undertaking of Reliance India Limited) under the aegis of the Jio brand was Jio World Plaza (JWP), an ultra-luxurious mall with breathtaking architecture and an upscale range of brands and services,...
![Bigship: Strategic Issue Management during COVID-19 Crisis ^ W36247 Bigship: Strategic Issue Management during COVID-19 Crisis ^ W36247](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90026/307846/generic-case-study__05878.1719932992.png?c=2)
Bigship: Strategic Issue Management during COVID-19 Crisis
Bigship Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Bigship), an Indian courier aggregator start-up, made its mark in the industry as late entrant during the COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2023, the chief executive officer and co-founder was struggled with emerging issues...
![DMart in 2023: From Offline Triumphs to Online Trials ^ W36218 DMart in 2023: From Offline Triumphs to Online Trials ^ W36218](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90025/307845/generic-case-study__79495.1719932992.png?c=2)
DMart in 2023: From Offline Triumphs to Online Trials
In December 2023, Avenue Supermarts Limited, operating as DMart, celebrated its robust performance in the offline retail sector in India. Since its establishment in 2002, DMart had built a sizable network of profitable offline stores, showcasing...
![Soma Solutions: Preparedness and Sustainability during and Post-crisis ^ W36205 Soma Solutions: Preparedness and Sustainability during and Post-crisis ^ W36205](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90024/307844/generic-case-study__75725.1719932991.png?c=2)
Soma Solutions: Preparedness and Sustainability during and Post-crisis
Soma Solutions was a small consulting firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Soma Solutions had provided face-to-face, on-site information and communications technology (ICT) training on SAP and ERP to state-owned...
![Fastech Fashions: A Struggle for Survival ^ W36157 Fastech Fashions: A Struggle for Survival ^ W36157](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90023/307843/generic-case-study__98618.1719932991.png?c=2)
Fastech Fashions: A Struggle for Survival
Fastech Fashions Private Ltd. was founded in Rourkela, India in 2017 with the goal to elevate the livelihoods of traditional Odia weavers. By 2022 the company had experienced notable success, focusing on T-shirts, school uniforms, traditional handicraft...
![BoAt Lifestyle: Exploring Strategies to Sustain the Growth Momentum ^ W36149 BoAt Lifestyle: Exploring Strategies to Sustain the Growth Momentum ^ W36149](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90022/307842/generic-case-study__82562.1719932991.png?c=2)
BoAt Lifestyle: Exploring Strategies to Sustain the Growth Momentum
BoAt Lifestyle (boAt), a digital-first consumer products company founded in New Delhi, India, by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta in 2014, had launched its first products (wired earphones and headphones) two years after a thorough market study. Over time, the...
![Surana & Surana International Attorneys: Business Opportunity or Conscious Business Philosophy? ^ W34839 Surana & Surana International Attorneys: Business Opportunity or Conscious Business Philosophy? ^ W34839](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90021/307841/generic-case-study__84598.1719932990.png?c=2)
Surana & Surana International Attorneys: Business Opportunity or Conscious Business Philosophy?
Surana & Surana International Attorneys (S&S) is a multispecialty law firm. Since its inception in 1971, it had declined to serve clients who were in the industries of meat, tobacco, alcohol, and gambling (M-TAG). In early March 2023, a large opportunity...
![Nykaa: Time to Redefine Customer Experience ^ W34787 Nykaa: Time to Redefine Customer Experience ^ W34787](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90020/307840/generic-case-study__16075.1719932990.png?c=2)
Nykaa: Time to Redefine Customer Experience
Nykaa E-Retail Limited (Nykaa) has come a long way since its founding in 2012 by Falguni Nayar in Mumbai, India, establishing itself as a prominent participant in the e-commerce and retail industry. Not only has Nykaa revolutionized the field of online...
![Stacked: A Manufacturing Inventory Exercise ^ W34748 Stacked: A Manufacturing Inventory Exercise ^ W34748](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90019/307839/generic-case-study__32376.1719932989.png?c=2)
Stacked: A Manufacturing Inventory Exercise
On December 6, 2023, Shirley Rose, owner of the toy manufacturer Stacked, was reviewing the company's financial performance for its fourth fiscal year, ending November 30, 2023. Stacked manufactured toy wooden blocks in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Rose...
![Hayes Public Relations: A Financing and Investing Exercise ^ W34746 Hayes Public Relations: A Financing and Investing Exercise ^ W34746](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90018/307838/generic-case-study__10764.1719932989.png?c=2)
Hayes Public Relations: A Financing and Investing Exercise
On September 5, 2023, Luke Hayes, owner of Hayes Public Relations (HPR) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was reviewing the company's financial performance for its seventh fiscal year. Having already reviewed the company's operating decisions for the previous...
![Daikin Airconditioning India Pvt. Ltd.: Expanding Markets from India to Africa and the Middle East ^ W34599 Daikin Airconditioning India Pvt. Ltd.: Expanding Markets from India to Africa and the Middle East ^ W34599](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90017/307837/generic-case-study__72744.1719932988.png?c=2)
Daikin Airconditioning India Pvt. Ltd.: Expanding Markets from India to Africa and the Middle East
In March 2023, Daikin India had reached the milestone of US$1 billion in turnover. It aimed to surpass $2 billion in the next three years. It had fared poorly in the Indian market since its entry in 2000, but after joining the company in 2010, Kanwal...
![Asude's Digital Social Innovation for Improving Learning Outcomes ^ W34474 Asude's Digital Social Innovation for Improving Learning Outcomes ^ W34474](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90016/307836/generic-case-study__58861.1719932988.png?c=2)
Asude's Digital Social Innovation for Improving Learning Outcomes
This case study explores the various digital interventions (DIs) used by the Asude Foundation (Asude) in delivering education to students from low socio-economic sections in Aurangabad, India, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact on students'...
![MedoPlus: Delivering Health Care to Rural India ^ W34202 MedoPlus: Delivering Health Care to Rural India ^ W34202](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90015/307835/generic-case-study__57551.1719932987.png?c=2)
MedoPlus: Delivering Health Care to Rural India
MedoPlus is a startup working in the space of rural health care in India. Its pilot is currently running in five districts near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The MedoPlus model connects villagers to the nearest health-care facility through an app mediated by...
![Rao's Dilemma: Addressing Issues in Selection Practices ^ W34114 Rao's Dilemma: Addressing Issues in Selection Practices ^ W34114](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90014/307834/generic-case-study__83817.1719932987.png?c=2)
Rao's Dilemma: Addressing Issues in Selection Practices
The recently appointed placement officer at a prestigious business school in Bangalore, India, faced an unexpected challenge in the placement process involving a diligent second-year master of business administration student. The student's encounter with...
![Love In Store: A People + Tech + Payments Company ^ W25645 Love In Store: A People + Tech + Payments Company ^ W25645](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90013/307833/generic-case-study__07382.1719932986.png?c=2)
Love In Store: A People + Tech + Payments Company
Aditya Goel, co-founder of Love In Store Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Love In Store), had had a great run despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in 2019. Goel and his technology partner had created Love In Store as an entrepreneurial venture that...
![How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon's Rise and Fall ^ IN1977 How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon's Rise and Fall ^ IN1977](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90012/307832/generic-case-study__67670.1719932986.png?c=2)
How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon's Rise and Fall
Napoleon was a blue ocean strategist ahead of his time. With his innovative approach to military warfare, he reshaped conventional war strategies. But despite his outstanding and innovative war strategies, success eluded him in the end. His rise through...
![DSM: Turbocharging Sustainable Resins (B) ^ IN1973 DSM: Turbocharging Sustainable Resins (B) ^ IN1973](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90011/307831/generic-case-study__66654.1719932985.png?c=2)
DSM: Turbocharging Sustainable Resins (B)
DSM (A) and (B) tell the remarkable story of how Helen Mets, EVP of DSM's Resins & Functional Materials business (DRF), generated considerable value for DSM by pursuing a radical sustainability strategy, steering DRF to a 12.4x multiple when it was sold...
![DSM: Turbocharging Sustainable Resins (A) ^ IN1972 DSM: Turbocharging Sustainable Resins (A) ^ IN1972](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90010/307830/generic-case-study__27847.1719932985.png?c=2)
DSM: Turbocharging Sustainable Resins (A)
![Farmgirl Flowers: Cultivating Success by Selecting Strategic Partners to Enhance Its Bouquet Deliveries ^ W36145 Farmgirl Flowers: Cultivating Success by Selecting Strategic Partners to Enhance Its Bouquet Deliveries ^ W36145](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90009/307829/generic-case-study__57119.1719932984.png?c=2)
Farmgirl Flowers: Cultivating Success by Selecting Strategic Partners to Enhance Its Bouquet Deliveries
Christina Stembel, the founder and CEO of Farmgirl Flowers Inc., has always emphasized quality, speed, and efficiency in her San Francisco-based online flower delivery company. Her teams have operated like assembly lines, shipping 10,000 bouquets daily...
![Il Pianoforte: The Sound of Entrepreneurship ^ W36091 Il Pianoforte: The Sound of Entrepreneurship ^ W36091](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90008/307828/generic-case-study__65752.1719932984.png?c=2)
Il Pianoforte: The Sound of Entrepreneurship
In February 2007, Diego Papalia, founder and owner of Ottawa Pianos, was getting ready to meet with his daughter, Carmen, to discuss the strategic future of the company. Five years prior, the father-daughter duo had started separate projects within the...
![Scandinavian Building Services: Preserving the Past and Ensuring the Future ^ W35309 Scandinavian Building Services: Preserving the Past and Ensuring the Future ^ W35309](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90007/307827/generic-case-study__95435.1719932983.png?c=2)
Scandinavian Building Services: Preserving the Past and Ensuring the Future
On October 31, 2017, Terry Hay, patriarch of the Hay family and leader of the family business, was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer and given three weeks to live. This grim prognosis placed the Hay family on an unexpected trajectory and forced...
![CenturyPly Laminates: Redesigning the Supply Chain ^ W35179 CenturyPly Laminates: Redesigning the Supply Chain ^ W35179](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90006/307826/generic-case-study__85712.1719932983.png?c=2)
CenturyPly Laminates: Redesigning the Supply Chain
CenturyPly India Limited (CPIL), a large wood panel products company with a supply network spread across India, had four main product lines, including laminates. In April 2020, the company's laminates range was a growth focus for management on account of...
![Street Business School: Social Entrepreneurship for Women Living in Poverty ^ W34902 Street Business School: Social Entrepreneurship for Women Living in Poverty ^ W34902](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90005/307825/generic-case-study__49045.1719932982.png?c=2)
Street Business School: Social Entrepreneurship for Women Living in Poverty
Street Business School (SBS) employed an innovative social-franchise model aimed at providing entrepreneurship training to one million impoverished women worldwide. Originating as BeadforLife, a non-profit organization that connected women in Uganda who...
![Hyundai's Fate in Pakistan ^ W34884 Hyundai's Fate in Pakistan ^ W34884](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90004/307824/generic-case-study__78370.1719932982.png?c=2)
Hyundai's Fate in Pakistan
In 2022, the manager of Hyundai Nishat Motor (Private) Limited was ambitious to expand the company in Pakistan and continue its hard-earned growth. His first step was determining whether the expansion plan was worth it. But how could he estimate the cost...
![Jane Win Jewelry: A Winning Model? ^ W36228 Jane Win Jewelry: A Winning Model? ^ W36228](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90003/307823/generic-case-study__42915.1719932981.png?c=2)
Jane Win Jewelry: A Winning Model?
Since its beginning in 2018, Jane Win LLC, a nimble and lean start-up selling amulet jewellery pieces, had seen immediate success. From the company's inception, its founder, Jane Winchester Paradis, assessed the advantages and disadvantages of an...
![UNAIDS Office of Innovation: Changing the Landscape of Healthcare Innovation ^ IN1965 UNAIDS Office of Innovation: Changing the Landscape of Healthcare Innovation ^ IN1965](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90002/307822/generic-case-study__76952.1719932981.png?c=2)
UNAIDS Office of Innovation: Changing the Landscape of Healthcare Innovation
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...
![Creating a Blue Ocean Beyond Disruption: The Case of a Chinese B2B Retailer - Huitongda ^ IN1970 Creating a Blue Ocean Beyond Disruption: The Case of a Chinese B2B Retailer - Huitongda ^ IN1970](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90001/307820/generic-case-study__80122.1719932980.png?c=2)
Creating a Blue Ocean Beyond Disruption: The Case of a Chinese B2B Retailer - Huitongda
This case describes how the Chinese company Huitongda created a B2B platform to systematically connect rural mom-and-pop shops with urban-market-based suppliers, thereby opening a brand-new market for itself and contributing to the modernizing...
![Beyond Sustainability: Innovation, Regenerative Design, and Affection at Blue Hill ^ IN1968 Beyond Sustainability: Innovation, Regenerative Design, and Affection at Blue Hill ^ IN1968](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/90000/307819/generic-case-study__46110.1719932979.png?c=2)
Beyond Sustainability: Innovation, Regenerative Design, and Affection at Blue Hill
The Blue Hill case follows the journey of Dan Barber, one of the world's leading chefs. Having understood the limitations of the "substitution" model of sustainability, he redesigns his restaurant as an innovation lab for the food industry, seeking to...
![Hockey Canada: To Accept or Not Accept ^ W37000 Hockey Canada: To Accept or Not Accept ^ W37000](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/89998/307817/generic-case-study__08712.1719932978.png?c=2)
Hockey Canada: To Accept or Not Accept
This case explores the complexities and challenges that can arise when evaluating a job offer that involves a potential conflict between an individual's passions and their professional prospects and personal relationships. In January 2023, Stephanie...
![A Note on Tokenization and Tokenized Assets ^ W36668 A Note on Tokenization and Tokenized Assets ^ W36668](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yneuaokjib/images/stencil/original/products/89997/307816/generic-case-study__54631.1719932978.png?c=2)
A Note on Tokenization and Tokenized Assets
This note is about tokenization and tokenized assets. Tokenization refers to the process of creating a representation of a particular asset on a blockchain via digital tokens. Tokenized assets typically derive their value from the value of the underlying...
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From Philanthropy to Collaboration: André Hoffmann Launches InTent
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