The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive?

The Great Moderation is a significant decrease in the volatility of the variability of most macroeconomic variables that the United States and other developed and developing countries have seen since at least the mid-1980s. This case describes the basic facts, presents conflicting explanations and examines the consequences of the Great Moderation on the likely amplitude …

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Navigauge: A Disruptive Innovation to Measure Car Radio Listening

Navigauge, a startup specializing in radio market research, has developed a tool that enables high-quality, accurate and location-based radio market research. This cutting edge technology in radio market research is reflected in a positive, albeit cautious, article in the New York Times in September 2004, which kept listeners in a diary of the radio programs …

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Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams

Describes the introduction and development of product development teams and business teams at Quantum. Emphasizes the integration of team skills with product development and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment.

PAIRING THE FASHION INDUSTRY WITH THE SHARING ECONOMY – A CASE STUDY OF HOW STYLE THEORY ENTERED SINGAPORE’S FASHION RENTAL INDUSTRY

Style Theory was founded in 2016 and is based in Singapore and has successfully paired the sharing economy with the fashion industry by improvising its business model. With the ever-changing dynamics of world economies, the sharing economy is gradually being embraced by various raw materials and pristine industries. By finding the void and offering fashion …

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The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer

For more than two decades, scientific advances have caused profound changes in drug research and in the pharmaceutical industry itself. This case provides an overview and description of these technical and scientific advances. It is written for non-academic readers and can be used as supplemental reading for other case materials that require a basic understanding …

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GoFundMe: The Giving Layer of the Internet

By 2017, GoFundMe will be the world’s largest social fundraising platform. The gross volume of donations is growing rapidly, but the number of monthly campaigns is relatively low. The CEO is considering a variety of growth initiatives.

Axonify: Budgeting for Rapid Growth

In late 2016, Axonify, a Canadian technology company that ran an enterprise online learning platform, was struggling to meet aggressive revenue growth targets while controlling the cost of attracting new customers. Axonify’s CFO had not imposed a top-down approach to developing budgets, nor had he attempted to closely monitor and control actual results compared to …

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