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Bitcoin
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Ken MarkCaso IVEY-9B14M104-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraBitcoin is part of a new wave of financial technology – or fintech – innovations. These innovations are disrupting the technical, highly regulated financial industry that has been dominated by large banks and other financial institutions.After three years of trading in relative obscurity, the emergence of bitcoin in 2013 as a viable cryptocurrency is promising both to open up new possibilities to entrepreneurs and incumbent firms and to pose chal...Desde 8,20 €
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The Gallery Project
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander (A.J.) MillerCaso IVEY-9B13M072-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraA young entrepreneur is considering options for starting an art dealership. Everyone has some commonsense knowledge of what an art gallery is, yet very few have realized how competitive the art market is and what it takes to succeed in that industry. The price of a painting can be anywhere between $50 and $500,000, and that price typically does not depend on the objective properties of the artwork itself. This is where the art dealer plays an imp...Desde 8,20 €
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TokenFunder: Democratizing Funding and Investing with Blockchain
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander LiCaso IVEY-9B18M186-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraTokenFunder Inc. (TokenFunder) was a Canadian blockchain start-up focused on developing a platform to help companies perform token offerings in a legal and compliant way. The Ontario Securities Commission had granted the firm a sandbox that permitted it tDesde 8,20 €
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Hess LNG: Responding to Community Opposition
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Chethan SrikantCaso IVEY-9B16M062-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraIn 2002, a joint venture, Hess LNG, proposed a liquid natural gas import terminal in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. The community led by the city’s mayor, who built a coalition comprising concerned citizens, non-governmental organizations, and politicians at multiple levels opposed the project. From early 2002 to June 2004, multiple issues emerged, and the opponents used various tactics to challenge their adversaries. Hess LNG's chief exe...Desde 8,20 €
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BitGold: Turning Digital Currency into Gold
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Brady BurkeCaso IVEY-9B15M129-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraIn April 2015, BitGold, an international savings and payments service, was undergoing the final steps towards its historic initial public offering, which would take place on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange and sought to raise between $10 million to $20 million in funding. With its blending of blockchain technology and aspects of digital currencies like bitcoin, BitGold was paving the way to the legitimation of future FinTech startups by going publi...Desde 8,20 €
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Yuser: Funding Start-up Growth with Token Issuance
Jungsoo Ahn; Jean-Philippe VergneCaso IVEY-9B20N038-EFinanzasYuser Inc. (Yuser) was a young Canadian start-up based in London, Ontario, and focused on developing a gamified media sharing mobile application to help connect businesses with influencers. Yuser’s co-founders had released a marketable version of their apDesde 8,20 €
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A Pathway for Scotiabank's Innovation: Leveraging FinTech Partnerships
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary Weil; Ying-Ying HsiehCaso IVEY-9B17M109-EDirección estratégicaIn February 2017, Scotiabank’s vice-president of digital enablement was sitting in his office at Scotiabank’s Digital Factory in downtown Toronto. He was reflecting on his recent introduction to the financial technology (fintech) company Kabbage, and on how successfully the partnership was progressing. Scotiabank’s vice-president was considering what opportunities the bank should pursue next, specifically in the area of blockchain. The Scotiabank...Desde 8,20 €
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Lending Loop: FinTech Disruption in Canadian Banking
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Parker CummingCaso IVEY-9B16M085-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraLending Loop, a Canadian marketplace (peer-to-peer) lending start-up, was founded in 2014 and launched to the public in 2015. It competed with other peer-to-peer lenders to challenge the Canadian chartered banks and other financial companies for part of the Canadian small-business lending market. Without an established regulatory regime in place, it operated according to its lawyers’ interpretation of securities law. The founders needed to scale ...Desde 8,20 €