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Language: ENGCopyright: 2022
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HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry
In less than ten years, co-founders Brian Sharples and Carl Shepherd had transformed HomeAway from just another Internet startup into the leading vacation rentals marketplace in the world-a global online platform that linked customers seeking vacation home rentals to the property owners and managers... More
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Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B)
The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move into brick and mortar assets offe... More
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Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry
In 2018, Henri Seydoux, CEO and Founder of Parrot, believed that his company was at an inflection point in its history. Parrot had been a European leader in consumer electronics since the 1990s, first developing Bluetooth kits for cars before moving on to electronic toys and, significantly, the AR D... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Marcus by Goldman Sachs
Five years on from the 2008 financial crisis, Goldman Sachs remained wounded. Revenues at the global investment bank had stagnated below pre-crisis levels, and the firm had yet to rebound from a substantial decline in securities-trading revenues. Marcus by Goldman Sachs was one response-an effort th... More
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Apple Bets on Augmented Reality
In 2020, augmented reality (AR) was still a nascent technology with blockbuster potential, one which Apple was actively developing as its iPhone franchised waned. But the emergence of AR was uneven, including the disappointing Google Glass and the unexpected viral success of Pok mon Go. AR technolo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
The Walt Disney Company: Theme Parks
As he seeks to place the division he leads on a firm footing for the future, Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, is considering a range of investments designed to either upgrade the guest experience in the company's existing parks or to expand access to "the Disney magic" beyond t... More
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Evolution of the Drone Industry
This note focuses on the development of the drone industry in recent years and provides insights on the drone technology, regulations, applications, market size, top players, and ecosystem. This note was written in conjunction with the case study "Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry" (HBS ... More
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Floodgate: On the Hunt for Thunder Lizards
Founded in 2008, Floodgate pioneered the "micro-VC" category, a new type of investment firm that raised smaller funds and made earlier, smaller investments in technology startups than traditional venture-capital firms. By 2015, Floodgate had raised three funds totaling $225 million and achieved outs... More
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chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity
In 2013, a team led by Gopalan Sunderraman, vice president of corporate development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.-one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate-was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly for the approximately 80% of In... More
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Under Armour
After twenty years of growth unprecedented in the sports apparel industry, Under Armour finds itself with a new record to beat: making the leap from $5 to $10 billion in sales - a feat only accomplished to date by competitors Nike and Adidas. At the heart of this challenge is how Under Armour can ma... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation’s Toughest Trade-Offs (Management on the Cutting Edge)
How leaders can recast innovation&’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions.Why is leading innovation in today&’s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don&... More
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Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream
Case traces the design and development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Emphasis is on executive leadership and firm strategy in coordinating across a global network of partners in the production of a new aircraft.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Hospital Equipment Corporation
Hospital Equipment Corp. is a very successful maker of hospital beds. Due to outstanding performance in new product development, it grew to dominate its primary market and is searching for other opportunities to grow through new product development. It discovers that its internal system for identify... More
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Du Pont Kevlar Aramid Industrial Fiber (Abridged)
Describes Dupont's efforts to build commercial markets for its miracle fiber, Kevlar. Initially, it sought to create a market for Kevlar tire cord, primarily because its existing tire cord business was languishing. This market never developed, even after Dupont spent several hundred million dollars.... More
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America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)
Four teams across the world are furiously designing, building, testing, and learning to sail a boat that would be one-of-a-kind, in order to win the 2013 America's Cup. Choosing the best development path was a challenge as the teams had less than three years to prepare, and each decision would affec... More
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chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited is one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, an Indian conglomerate with annual turnover of more than $4 billion. After learning about disruptive innovation and prompted by the strategic vision of Jamshyd Godrej (managing director and chairman of the bo... More
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America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)
Four teams across the world are furiously designing, building, testing, and learning to sail a boat that would be one of a kind, in order to win the 2013 America's Cup. Choosing the best development path was a challenge as the teams had less than three years to prepare, and each decision would affec... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market
More than a decade after the high-profile failures of several early online grocers, grocery remains the largest single U.S. retail category and one of the few that has not yet migrated online. Amazon began testing its grocery-delivery service, AmazonFresh, in Seattle, in 2007; five years later, the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work
Upwork, the world's largest freelance talent platform, was the result of a merger between the two leading online freelancing companies in 2014, Elance and oDesk. After the merger, the company operated as Elance-oDesk and continued to manage two online platforms - Elance.com and oDesk.com - independe... More
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What Is Disruptive Innovation?
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Language: ENGCopyright: 2015