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  • chotuKool (B)

    chotuKool (B)

    by Rory McDonald

    Supplement to case 616020... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

    HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

    by Feng Zhu • Cheng Gao • Rory McDonald

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B)

    Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B)

    by Sarah Mehta • Rory McDonald • Shaye Roseman

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2018
  • Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry

    Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry

    by Emilie Billaud • Vincent Dessain • Rory McDonald

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • Marcus by Goldman Sachs

    Marcus by Goldman Sachs

    by David Lane • Rory McDonald • Samir Junnarkar

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • Apple Bets on Augmented Reality

    Apple Bets on Augmented Reality

    by David Lane • Rory McDonald • Mel Martin

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2020
  • The Walt Disney Company: Theme Parks

    The Walt Disney Company: Theme Parks

    by Rory McDonald • Allison Mnookin • Iuliana Mogosanu

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • Roku: Swimming Upstream Against Industry Giants

    Roku: Swimming Upstream Against Industry Giants

    by Rory McDonald • Eric Westphal • Shengjie Zhu

    Case... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • Evolution of the Drone Industry

    Evolution of the Drone Industry

    by Emilie Billaud • Andy Wu • Rory McDonald • Ryan Bayer

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • Floodgate: On the Hunt for Thunder Lizards

    Floodgate: On the Hunt for Thunder Lizards

    by Nicole Tempest • Alix Burke • Emma Franking • Rory McDonald

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2017
  • chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity

    chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity

    by Efosa Ojomo • Rory McDonald • Derek C.M. van Bever

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Managing Innovation at Atrium Health: "Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste"

    Managing Innovation at Atrium Health: "Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste"

    by Rory McDonald • Derek C.M. van Bever • Anibha Singh

    Case... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • Disrupting Defense at Anduril Industries

    Disrupting Defense at Anduril Industries

    by Rory McDonald • Aditi Ghai • James Heffelfinger • Timothy Buehn

    Case... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • Under Armour

    Under Armour

    by Clayton M. Christensen • Daniel West • Jonathan E. Palmer • Rory McDonald

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2018
  • Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation’s Toughest Trade-Offs (Management on the Cutting Edge)

    Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation’s Toughest Trade-Offs (Management on the Cutting Edge)

    by Christopher B. Bingham • Rory M. McDonald

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream

    Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream

    by Rory Mcdonald • Suresh Kotha

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Hospital Equipment Corporation

    Hospital Equipment Corporation

    by Clayton M. Christensen • Rory Mcdonald

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1997
  • Du Pont Kevlar Aramid Industrial Fiber (Abridged)

    Du Pont Kevlar Aramid Industrial Fiber (Abridged)

    by Clayton M. Christensen • Rory Mcdonald

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1998
  • HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

    HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

    by Feng Zhu • Rory Mcdonald • Cheng Gao

    Case... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2014
  • America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)

    America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)

    by Alan Maccormack • Rory Mcdonald • Vanessa Ampelas

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity

    chotuKool: "Little Cool," Big Opportunity

    by Derek Van Bever • Rory Mcdonald • Efosa Ojomo

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)

    America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)

    by Alan Maccormack • Rory Mcdonald • Vanessa Ampelas

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market

    AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market

    by Clayton M. Christensen • Rory Mcdonald • Robin Yang • Ty Hollingsworth

    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: ENG
    Copyright: 2014
  • Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work

    Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work

    by Feng Zhu • Aaron Smith • Marco Iansiti • Rory Mcdonald

    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

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • What Is Disruptive Innovation?

    What Is Disruptive Innovation?

    by Clayton M. Christensen • Michael E. Raynor • Rory Mcdonald

    Article... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
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