IBIT is pleased to announce the following new cases on digital transformation and innovation, most of which feature our partners and board members.
Meta: Digitally transforming workforce management at scale and with agility
Munir Mandviwalla, Laurel Miller, and Larry Dignan. Ivey Publishing, August 2023. Available at Harvard Business Publishing, W33549-PDF-ENG.
Atish Banerjea, the chief information officer of Meta Platforms digitally transformed recruitment and enabled remote work for 70,000+ employees worldwide. Learn how Banerjea and his team pivoted Meta’s office-centric culture to remote work by applying Agile MVP principles. The case sets the stage to discuss the future of work, workforce digital transformation, and Agile MVP principles as a management tool.
Alexion: Digital co-innovation accelerates the application of analytics
Larry Dignan, Laurel Miller, and Munir Mandviwalla. Ivey Publishing, February 2023. Available at: Harvard Business Publishing W28560-PDF-ENG.
George Llado, then chief information officer of Alexion co-innovated with startups to rapidly set up a big data analytics platform to increase sales. Learn how Llado’s ‘best athlete’ approach to source talent and vendors is low-cost and agile. The case sets the stage to discuss how firms can achieve success with big data and analytics using co-innovation principles to accelerate implementation.
Emtec: Culture, Acquisitions, and Co-innovation as the Upstream Future for Midmarket Firms
Munir Mandviwalla, Larry Dignan, Laurel Miller, and Bertrand Guillotin. Ivey Publishing, February 2024. Available at: Harvard Business Publishing, W33454-PDF-ENG
Dinesh Desai and colleagues grew Emtec into a high performing mid-market IT services firm, by creating a unique culture, acquiring firms, and digital co-innovation. The case tells the story of a how a start-up grew through acquisitions and an entrepreneurial cooperative culture in the cut-throat trillion-dollar IT services market. The case also shows how co-innovation enables digital transformation.
IBM Newco: A High-Stakes Spinoff Amid a Battle of the Tech Titans
Bertrand Guillotin, Theodore L. Hill, Munir Mandviwalla, and Julianne Sellin. Ivey Publishing, September 2023. Available at: Harvard Business Publishing, W33970-PDF-ENG.
The newly appointed CEO of US$19 billion NewCo (Kyndryl), Martin Schroeter, crafted a strategy, recruited leadership, defined a new identity, and brought along 4,600 customers and 90,000 employees of the spun-off managed infrastructure services part of IBM. The case sets the stage to discuss the trade-offs associated with a high-stakes spinoff, and how corporate culture, strategic purpose, and relationships interact in the context of digital transformation and change.
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