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The Buzz of Blockchain: Hype vs. Reality in France

By James Costantini,  Dawn Jarisch Published 02 Mar 2021 Reference 6635 Topic Strategy Region Europe Summary The case guides students to resolve a number of questions when embracing a new technology, with a focus on Blockchain, a radical new technology that has...

Sucafina: From Traders to Changemakers

By L. Felipe Monteiro,  Tina Ambos,  Katherine Tatarinov Published 02 Mar 2021 Reference 6645 Topic Strategy Industry Wholesale Region Global Summary In 2019, David Behrends, head of Trading and Managing Partner at Sucafina, founded and launched Farmer Connect, a...

A Free-floating Fiasco? Shared Mobility in Paris

By James Costantini,  Dawn Jarisch Published 18 Feb 2021 Reference 6475 Topic Strategy Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Summary This case is about shared mobility in Paris. It can be used as a stand-alone case or as a follow-on from the case study “On a...

nam.R: Addressing Sustainability by Leveraging (Open) Data

By James Costantini,  Dawn Jarisch Published 11 Feb 2021 Reference 6555 Topic Strategy Industry Information Technology and Services Region Europe Summary nam.R, a data-driven start-up based in Paris, embarked on an ambitious plan to contribute to address global...

Incentivizing Drivers at Grab – Short Version

By Victoria Sevcenko,  Anne Yang Published 09 Feb 2021 Reference 6639 Topic Strategy Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Region Asia Summary This case describes a field experiment to test the principles of incentive design conducted at Grab, one of Southeast...

Incentivizing Drivers at Grab: Social Embeddedness in the Gig Economy

By Victoria Sevcenko,  Anne Yang Published 09 Feb 2021 Reference 6639 Topic Strategy Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Region Asia Summary This case describes a field experiment to test the principles of incentive design conducted at Grab, one of Southeast...

esports: Creating New Sports from Online Gaming

By W. Chan Kim,  Renee Mauborgne,  Oh Young Koo,  Michael Olenick Published 15 Jan 2021 Reference 6634 Topic Strategy Industry Computer Games,  Computer Software,  Entertainment Summary The notion that innovation is tied to creative destruction is embedded in the...