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Sidewalk Toronto: Are Smart Cities the Future of Urban Development
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696-EEconomics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes Sidewalk Toronto project. It was a project first initiated by Waterfront Toronto in 2017 by issuing the request for proposal (RFP) on development of the Quayside area. Sidewalk Labs, which is a subsidiary company of Alphabet Inc. and a sister company of Google, won the bid in 2017. The Master Innovation Development Plan (MIDP) was created in 2019 through conversations with over 21,000 Torontonians and aimed to be an innovative ...Starting at €8.20
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Sidewalk Toronto: ¿Las ciudades inteligentes son el futuro del desarrollo urbanístico
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696Economics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyEl caso describe el proyecto Sidewalk Toronto. Se trataba de un proyecto impulsado originalmente por Waterfront Toronto en 2017 con la emisión de una solicitud de propuestas (RFP) para el desarrollo de la zona de Quayside. Sidewalk Labs, filial de Alphabet Inc. y empresa hermana de Google, ganó la licitación en 2017. En 2019, a partir de las conversaciones mantenidas con más de 21.000 torontonianos, se creó el Plan Maestro de Innovación y Desarro...Starting at €8.20
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Barcelona: A Roman Village Becoming a Smart City (Abridged)
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1646-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyOn July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of the ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create City OS, Barcelona's operating system. City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. It aimed to enable the council to acquire and process data from urban operations in a rapid, efficient, effect...Starting at €8.20
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Ferrer: IA y transformación digital en el sector farmacéutico
Samila, Sampsa; Elvira, MartaCase SM-1726Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEn la primavera del 2020, la pandemia de COVID-19 se extendió por todo el mundo. Para frenar su expansión, la mayoría de los países empezaron a implementar restricciones severas a la movilidad personal y al funcionamiento de los negocios. En España, se restringió el acceso a los hospitales para proteger a los profesionales sanitarios frente al contagio. Como resultado, las empresas farmacéuticas en España perdieron el acceso a su principal canal ...Starting at €8.20
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Málaga: In Search of Its Identity as a Smart City
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1658-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case examines Málaga's evolution and its positioning as a smart city. It describes various strategic plans followed by the city, its strengths and weaknesses, and the management and leadership of the mayor, Francisco de la Torre. The mayor must define the positioning of the city and decide how to leverage efforts made to transform Málaga into a city of knowledge and culture in that context.Starting at €8.20
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Ferrer: AI and Digital Transformation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Samila, Sampsa; Elvira, MartaCase SM-1726-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementIn spring 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic spread throughout the world. Most nations started implementing severe restrictions on personal mobility and business operations. In Spain, access to hospitals was restricted to protect healthcare professionals from contagion. As a result, Spanish pharma companies lost access to their main sales channels: visits to doctors and hospital managers. Ferrer, the largest Spanish pharmaceutical company, responded by ...Starting at €8.20
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Nokia: Rebirth of the Phoenix
Calvo, Eduard; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SM-1644-ECorporate Governance, Information Technologies, StrategyIn January 2016, Risto Siilasmaa, the Chairman of Nokia¿s board since 2012, re-read the burning platform memo written by Elop in 2011 and reflected on all that had happened to the Finnish powerhouse. Stephen Elop, who had moved from Microsoft to join Nokia in 2010 as CEO, drafted the memo to rally the troops at Nokia to prepare for the clean-up that he would need to make after years of missed opportunities had set the company on a downward slope...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Face the Music (Update 2024)
Vroom, Govert; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase SM-1761-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe year 2023 was another remarkable one for Spotify. Once more, the company reported record figures in both revenue ($13.1 billion) and users, boasting 236 million premium subscribers and 602 million total monthly active users. However, 2023 was also remarkable in another sense, as the company marked a turning point. After years focused on what Daniel Ek had referred to as "growth, growth, growth," Spotify witnessed three rounds of layoffs over...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon.com, Inc: la transformación mediante IA
Samila, Sampsa; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1724Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEste caso describe el desarrollo y utilización de la IA en Amazon. Este caso ha sido usado en clase para discutir el amplio abanico de aplicaciones de IA en Amazon, los efectos competitivos de estas aplicaciones, el proceso para desarrollar estas aplicaciones, y el estado actual de la organización de Amazon.Starting at €8.20
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UFINET Telecom: un nuevo cambio en la propiedad (B)
Calleja, Luis Manuel; Elvira, Marta; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1680Corporate Governance, Information Technologies, StrategyEl presente caso relata la venta de la compañía de telecomunicaciones Ufinet en 2018, que divide el negocio en dos compañías: una para el mercado español (Lyntia Networks) y otra para el latinoamericano (Ufinet International). Aunque el fondo de inversión Cinven continuaba siendo el propietario mayoritario de Ufinet International, se incorporó al accionariado Enel, una multinacional italiana de gas y energía, con vistas a, posiblemente, adquirir ...Starting at €5.74