Pandesic is a joint venture between SAP and Intel with the goal of developing turnkey information architectures for market research companies. The case examines the problems in the development of the joint venture from the perspective of its general management. Describe the development of your strategy and organization. At the end of the case, performance …
Pratham is a non-governmental organization focused on high-quality, affordable and reproducible interventions to fill the gaps in the Indian education system. Co-founder Madhav Chavan is interested in using technology for education, but differs in how it is used in schools in India. He believes that technology allows flexibility and non-linearity in the exploration of knowledge, …
In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-chairs Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had created specialized in managing digital risk and discovering evidence. digital and had grown very rapidly. Together with the company’s chief financial officer, they believed the company could grow from …
The case describes how Quantopian, a Python-based trading algorithm development and backtesting platform, uses its community of quantitative traders (“Quants”) to develop a novel crowdsourcing hedge fund model. The case provides an overview of the existing hedge fund industry and illustrates some potential issues that startups should address. The case also presents crowdsourcing as a …
Founded in 2007, Bolaven Farms is a charitable coffee business. Bolaven Farms was founded in Laos and Hong Kong with the goal of providing high-quality coffee to the global public while helping alleviate poverty among Lao coffee farmers. The business model involves the full integration of the coffee supply chain, from the sowing of coffee …
The president, chief executive officer (CEO) and director of Sofame Technologies Inc. (Sofame) seeks to boost the sales of his company. Sofame is trying to find out why it cannot achieve rapid growth rates with proven green technology. The purpose of the case is to highlight the problems and challenges of selling new technology and …
DayTwo is a young Israeli company that researches the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to provide users with personalized dietary recommendations to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of implementation in Israel, CEO Lihi Segal and her team are developing a global Gotomarket plan for the company. The team is …
The head of Denmark’s largest energy company wondered how it could use its limited resources to drive clean and reliable energy delivery. The Danish state company DONG Energy started its career as an importer and trader of gas and oil. Under the leadership of the current CEO, Anders Eldrup, the company has grown into an …
This case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase “Argo Interactive (A): Surviving in the RollerCoasting Mobile Industry” [EFC1E]. This second part illustrates the decisions the company made during and after its near-death crisis regarding financing, market focus, (new) product development, personnel issues, positioning, and the …
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