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Microsoft Surface: Accelerating Digital Transformation
Sarah L. Y. Cheah; Nigel Koon-Leong ToeCase IVEY-9B19M002-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2017, the corporate vice-president of Microsoft Corporation’s Devices division was considering two options to chart a strategic course for the next few years. Since first joining Microsoft Corporation in 2004, one of the vice-president's key roles had been to oversee the strategic direction of the personal computing hardware business. The company, which was headquartered in Washington State in the United States, had a multitude of pro...Starting at €8.20
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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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FreshTec: Revolutionizing Fresh Produce, Teaching Note
Alvarez, Jose B.; Johnson, RyanTeaching Note HBS-511105-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 511059.Starting at €0.00
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HN Agri Serve: Growing Prosperity
Alvarez, Jose B.; Raina, Anjali; Chawla, RachnaCase HBS-515006-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2014, Khuram Mir, CEO of HN Agri Serve, an innovative apple orchard company in the Kashmir region of Northern India, wonders about the best growth strategy for his company.Starting at €8.20
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FreshTec: Revolutionizing Fresh Produce
Alvarez, Jose B.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-511059-EEntrepreneurshipAn entrepreneurial produce packaging firm, that has developed a disruptive technology that keeps fresh produce and flowers fresh for significantly longer faces strategic growth decisions. CEO Bob Wright must decide how best to bring his company's unique packaging product to market. The technology holds promise after a long development phase, but the packaging is expensive and Wright and his team must convince the industry stakeholders of the pack...Starting at €8.20
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Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox
Alvarez, Jose B.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512022-EEntrepreneurshipDoug Rauch, the former president of grocery store chain Trader Joe's, had long been troubled by the amount of food, especially fresh and healthy produce, which was wasted in the food system. Simultaneously, he was frustrated by the paradox he saw in the U.S. food system: rising food insecurity, broadly defined as a lack of access to enough food to fully meet basic needs at all times, concurrent with an obesity epidemic, suggesting that low-income...Starting at €8.20
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Lufa Farms
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mackalski, Robert; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-514008-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2013, Mohamed Hage, founder of the rooftop farming business called Lufa Farms, thought his company had reached a level of maturity where scaling the business model was the next logical step. With two greenhouses already in Canada, he was looking into other locations in the U.S. Though Lufa Farms' advanced cultivation technologies made the company stand out in its sector, ...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