Ivey Business School (Canada)
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FNB codeFest: Fostering Corporate Innovation through In-House Hackathons
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Caren ScheepersCase IVEY-9B19M030-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyPeter Alkema, chief information officer of Business Banking at First National Bank in Johannesburg, was puzzling over ways to ensure that codeFest, the event he had inaugurated, would continue to thrive beyond 2018 without his direct involvement. His brainchild had begun in 2015 as a one-day hackathon with 100 participants. Three years later, it had grown to become a six-day coding and innovation extravaganza. Now, in May 2018, Alkema wondered wh...Starting at €8.20
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Didi Kuaidi
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangCase IVEY-9B16M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, Didi and Kuaidi, the two leading players in China’s Internet-based ride-hailing industry, merged to form Didi Kuaidi. The combined firm represented one of the world’s largest Internet- and smartphone-based transport service companies, valued at about $6 billion. In its home market of China, Didi Kuaidi left its biggest competitor, Uber, a distant second. Meanwhile, Didi Kuaidi actively pursued global growth. For example, it invested in a...Starting at €8.20
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Didi Kuaidi - Teaching Note
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M060-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M060.Starting at €0.00
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Fundrr: Growth through Resourcefulness - Teaching Note
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Cara Bouwer; Given RamadzangaTeaching Note IVEY-W28452-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product W28451.Starting at €0.00
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The Entrepreneur's Dilemma: Alibaba, Tencent and Amazon as e-Commerce Platforms
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Haibin Yang; Yukun Yang; Xin QiuCase IVEY-9B15E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyA nascent women’s apparel online store on Tmall, China's largest business-to-consumer retail platform operated by Alibaba Group, was just beginning to establish itself on the online market utilizing the tools and services provided by Tmall to develop and operate its business. Within four months after the business was launched, Tmall unexpectedly released a new policy which significantly increased the annual service fee and cash deposit for indivi...Starting at €8.20
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Didi, Kuaidi, and Uber in China
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangCase IVEY-9B16M059-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, China’s leading domestic Internet-based ride-hailing company, Didi, claimed more than 50 per cent of the Chinese ride-hailing market, followed closely by a major local competitor, Kuaidi. As Didi and Kuaidi actively competed against each other, U.S.-based Uber entered the battle with a different strategy. In the face of the increasingly complex and constantly changing landscape of China’s ride-hailing market, Didi’s founders wondered wha...Starting at €8.20
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Tencent: Innovating in China's Mobile Payment Industry
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun Yang; Jiafang YinCase IVEY-9B14M149-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2014, Tencent Holdings Limited, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, had become one of the most innovative companies in Asia. It had created several leading Internet platforms to form China’s largest Internet community. WeChat (or Weixin, as known to Chinese users) was one of the company’s most popular mobile platforms, having grown to 200 million active users in the first two years after its launch in 2013. Shortly thereafter, WeChat rolled out ...Starting at €8.20
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Didi, Kuaidi, and Uber in China - Teaching Note
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M059-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M059.Starting at €0.00
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE: Leading Digital Innovation with Cross-Functional Smart Evolution - Teaching Note
Caren Scheepers; Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Nobuhle NkosiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M154-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M154.Starting at €0.00
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE: Digital Innovation of Cross-Functional Smart Evolution
Caren Scheepers; Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Nobuhle NkosiCase IVEY-9B20M154-EStrategyIn mid-2019, the chief regions and markets officer of the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) insurance company was wondering how to grow the company’s innovation culture, and how to manage resistance from other areas of the business. AGCS wasStarting at €8.20