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Microsoft South Africa: Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Helena Barnard; Jonathan MarksCase IVEY-9B14M161-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA new managing director of Microsoft South Africa was appointed in 2007 at a low point in Microsoft South Africa’s dominance of the software industry. He set out to address the issues by focusing on four pillars: people (employees), partnerships, revenue and local relevance. The latter included regulatory compliance requirements regarding social transformation and meeting the stringent Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment codes. The managing di...Starting at €8.20
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Olitzki Property Holdings Catalyzes Change in Johannesburg
Anthony Wilson-Prangley; Jonathan Marks; Margaret SutherlandCase IVEY-9B15M118-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe large-scale abandonment of property in inner-city Johannesburg had brought waves of crime, illegal building occupation and general disinvestment. The founder of Olitzki Property Holdings (OPH) saw that an improvement at a precinct level, through carefully constructed partnerships with government, other property owners, tenants and illegal residents, was the key to building a sustainable, inclusive and socially grounded entrepreneurial busines...Starting at €8.20
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Plug Power, Inc. (A)
Vera, Juan; López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1715Innovation and ChangePlug Power pone de manifiesto el potencial de la innovación en los modelos de negocio. Aprovecha, en una etapa muy temprana, la eclosión del hidrógeno como vector emergente imprescindible de la Transición Energética hacia una sociedad descarbonizada. El hidrógeno verde se perfila como el combustible y la materia prima que haga viable la descarbonización allá donde, por razones tecnológicas o de competitividad, no sea posible la electrificación de...Starting at €8.20