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Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place
Healy, Paul M.; Spar, Debora L.; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-122017-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2020, Amazon, the $386 billion online retail behemoth, built an eight-story shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness on its expanding headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The shelter, operated in partnership with a non-profit organization known as Mary's Place, was designed to address what had become a searing problem for Seattle and many other wealthy American cities: although urban areas like New York, Los Angeles and San Fra...Starting at €8.20
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Vispera: Visual Intelligence for Retail
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-620022-EService and Operations ManagementThe case opens in 2019 as Aytul Ercil, co-founder and CEO of Vispera, computer vision technology provider for retail, is contemplating the company's agenda trying to decide how to prioritize the impeding options. The case chronicles the founding of Vispera, the iterations of its technology and its business model, and lays the ground for the competitive outlook. The case provides a detailed overview of how Vispera's technology and its automated vi...Starting at €8.20