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Visualfy: Improving the Quality of Life of an Invisible Community
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1359-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyVisualfy is a start-up introducing technology (software and hardware) to help people in the deaf community solve some basic problems in their homes: for example, knowing whether someone is ringing the doorbell, whether the baby is crying or the fire alarm is going off. This case presents the reader with the start-up's situation just a few months before launch. The two founding partners have to make key decisions to ensure the launch's success: Wh...Starting at €8.20
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Scribendi
Michael Wurth; Samila, SampsaCase SM-1725-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case describes the situation at Scribendi, an online platform to connect writers with English-language editors. Scribendi has developed an AI algorithm to do automatic grammar error correction. The dilemmas in the case are about how the company should take advantage of this algorithm internally and also if and how they should commercialize it. Key challenges are funding and staffing the development and commercialization. The case allows for ...Starting at €8.20
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Uber: The Future of Mobility
Samila, Sampsa; Wehrheim, David; Biquez Talayero, JesúsCase SM-1721-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case describes the evolution of Uber and its situation at the time of its IPO in the spring of 2019. This case allows a rich discussion of platform economics and, in particular, about multihoming and switching costs on both sides, pointing towards severe limits on the potential profitability of the model. Furthermore, there is material for discussion on how the regulation of the relationship with drivers, as well as the emergence of autonomo...Starting at €8.20