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Initial Coin Offerings and Digitalization of Assets: Returns and Risks of Token Investing
By Massimo Massa, Jean Wee Published 28 May 2021 Reference 6541 Topic Economics & Finance Region Global Summary The case focuses on the financing of blockchain and its pros and cons. The use of security tokens, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and related issues in...
Ualá’s “Tech and Touch” Customer Strategy: A Fintech David vs. the Goliaths of the Financial Services Industry in Latin America
By David Dubois Published 27 May 2021 Reference 6677 Topic Marketing Industry Financial Services, Banking Summary Ualá’s bold “tech-and-touch” strategy brought 2.7 million new customers – 1 out of 20 people in Argentina – into banking in less than four years...
Fintech: Compte-Nickel – Creating New Demand in the Retail Banking Sector (Chinese)
By W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Melanie Pipino Published 06 May 2021 Reference 6235 Topic Strategy Industry Banking Region Europe Summary The case explains how the French fintech Compte-Nickel found a blue ocean in the crowded French retail banking sector by...
WhatsApp: Tech Watchdogs Collide with Tech Giants
By Alexandra Roulet, Mark Stabile, Brian Henry Published 03 May 2021 Reference 6675 Topic Economics & Finance Industry Telecommunications, Internet Region Global Summary The case provides an alternative view of the antitrust dilemma facing Lina Khan, newly...
Finding a Key Data-Driven Business Question at Tron Corporation (B)
By Theodoros Evgeniou, Caroline Zimmerman Published 30 Apr 2021 Reference 6668 Topic Leadership & Organisations Industry Media Production Region Global Summary Kunal has recently become the first-ever VP of Data Science at Downtown, a current affairs and fashion...
Starting a New Data Leadership Journey at Tron Corporation (A)
By Theodoros Evgeniou, Caroline Zimmerman Published 30 Apr 2021 Reference 6668 Topic Leadership & Organisations Industry Media Production Region Global Summary Kunal has recently become the first-ever VP of Data Science at Downtown, a current affairs and fashion...
Gojek: From Ride-Sharing Super-app to Fintech Ecosystem Leader
By Jason P. Davis, Anne Yang Published 24 Mar 2021 Reference 6658 Topic Entrepreneurship Region Asia Summary This case is about Gojek which has evolved from a ride-sharing app to a leader in the Fintech ecosystem in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. With input from...
GE Digital: Racing to Lead Industry 4.0
By Stewart Black Published 12 Mar 2021 Reference 6646 Topic Strategy Region Global Summary GE Digital started out in 2009 as a center of excellence to enable the digital transformation of services to industrial customers who had previously bought GE hardware. Now it...
EU Court of Justice to Decide on Back Taxes Owed by Apple to Ireland after Commissioner Vestager Launched Appeal
By Morten Bennedsen, Alexandra Roulet, Mark Stabile, Brian Henry Published 11 Mar 2021 Reference 6664 Topic Economics & Finance Region Europe Summary On 30 August 2016, Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, ordered Ireland to recover...
Woleet and Ulysse Nardin: Taking Blockchain to the Luxury Watch Market
By Frederic Godart, Kim Claes, Brian Henry Published 03 Mar 2021 Reference 6647 Topic Leadership & Organisations Region Europe Summary The case describes how a luxury watchmaker asked a French blockchain start-up to provide digital authenticity certificates for...