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StarHub Ltd.: Paving the Way for Innovation
Sarah L. Y. Cheah; Maw Der FooCase IVEY-9B19M048-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2018, the Singapore-based telecommunication operator StarHub Ltd. (StarHub) acknowledged that in 2017 its total revenue was relatively flat and its net profit had declined. In the face of rising competition and a slowing global economy, the company needed to explore new sources of revenue growth. Two areas of growth seemed promising. The first area involved the launch of StarHub's smart retail analytics for small and medium enterprises in the ...Starting at €8.20
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JFDI Asia: Southeast Asia's Leading Accelerator
Sarah L. Y. Cheah; Vivien K. G. Lim; Norvin ChanCase IVEY-9B16M214-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2010, two entrepreneurs launched Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI), Southeast Asia’s first start-up accelerator in Singapore. They aimed to help develop Singapore’s start-up environment through a structured program that provided access to early stage funding and mentorship. More than 70 start-ups had graduated from the program, and more than half had raised substantial funding. However, five years later, in 2015, JFDI faced challenges as a ...Starting at €8.20
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Glints: Linking Youths and Jobs
Sarah L. Y. Cheah; Vivien K. G. Lim; Norvin ChanCase IVEY-9B17M018-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyEstablished in 2013, Glints was an online job search service for new graduates, marketing itself as “LinkedIn for youth.” The Singapore-based company was founded by three 21-year-olds who chose to put their university education on hold and forfeit their scholarships in order to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions. Using the lean start-up approach, Glints pivoted its business model several times before finding a suitable position in a resegment...Starting at €8.20
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Fujitsu: Co-Creating Digital Business
Sarah L. Y. Cheah; Maw Der FooCase IVEY-9B18M137-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2017, the president of Fujitsu Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu) needed to decide between two project options that represented growth in different industries in Asia. Both projects represented Fujitsu's vision of connected services and could potentially be much-needed engines of new growth for Fujitsu Singapore over the next 5 to 10 years. The first option was to offer its Japanese-eng...Starting at €8.20
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Kapap Academy: A Hermit Warrior's Mission
Sarah L. Y. Cheah; Luke Shineng WuCase IVEY-9B19M004-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyKapap Academy Pte. Ltd. (Kapap Academy) was established in 2007, following the tragic death of the founder’s older brother, with a mission to empower everyday people to learn realistic self-defence skills. The founder and his apprentice-turned-business partner formulated a simple yet functional brand of self-defence, which they named the Modern Street Combatives method. Kapap Academy’s social mission was evident in its provision of both heavily d...Starting at €8.20