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The Self-Tuning Enterprise
Reeves, Martin; Zeng, Ming; Venjara, AminArticle HBS-R1506E-EStrategyWouldn't it be great if there were an algorithm that could tell you when to develop a new business model or enter an emerging market? Unfortunately, one doesn't exist. However, it is possible to use the principles behind algorithms to continually retune your strategy and your organization. In online enterprises, algorithms constantly readjust the products and content shown to customers. They do this by operating three learning loops: experiment...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba and the Future of Business
Zeng, MingArticle HBS-R1805F-EStrategyAlibaba is not a retailer in the traditional sense. It doesn't source or keep stock, and logistics services are carried out by third-party providers. Instead, Alibaba is what you get if you take all the functions associated with retail and coordinate them online into a sprawling, data-driven network of sellers, marketers, service providers, logistics companies, and manufacturers. Indeed, Alibaba does what Amazon, eBay, PayPal, Google, FedEx, all ...Starting at €8.20
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Shanda Family Office
Malloy, Christopher J.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Alamsyah, EssieCase HBS-218102-EFinanceTianqiao Chen, founder and CEO of Shanda Group, has set up his family office in the U.S. in 2016 after exiting from Shanda's Internet games business in China in 2014, again pioneering an unconventional approach to the management of a family office.Starting at €8.20
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China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China
Cohen, Lauren H.; Gao, Hao; Chan, Billy; Lau, DawnCase HBS-220032-EFinanceChina Merchants Bank, the sixth-largest lender in China, intends to boost its family office business as a result of an increase in the population of ultra-high net worth individuals. Already ranked China's number-one private bank with AUM exceeding US$300 billion, the Bank is exploring different ways to cater to the demand from newly minted billionaires and their families, and to maintain its competitiveness in retaining these customers amid fier...Starting at €8.20