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• Case | HBS Case Collection | August 2018 (Revised August 2019)

  Sundial Brands: Leading Through Transitions

  Lynda M. Applegate and Ashley Parker

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  Applegate, Lynda M., and Ashley Parker. "Sundial Brands: Leading Through Transitions." Harvard Business School Case 819-046, August 2018. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2018 (Revised July 2019)

  Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up

  Leslie K. John, Mitchell Weiss and Julia Kelley

  Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
  
  By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people of Toronto, their government representatives, and presumably his parent company Alphabet, Inc., that Sidewalk Labs’ plan to construct “the first truly 21st-century city” on the Canadian city’s waterfront was a sound one. Along with much excitement and optimism, strains of concern had emerged since Doctoroff and partners first announced their intentions for a city “built from the internet up” in Toronto’s Quayside district. As Doctoroff prepared for yet another milestone in a year of planning and community engagement, it was almost certain that of the many questions headed his way, digital privacy would be among them.

  Keywords: public entrepreneurship; govtech; CivicTech; smart cities; city innovation; government innovation; privacy; Sidewalk Labs; Dan Doctoroff; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Consumer Behavior; Governance; Business and Government Relations; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Transportation Industry; Real Estate Industry; Canada;

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  John, Leslie K., Mitchell Weiss, and Julia Kelley. "Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up." Harvard Business School Case 819-024, October 2018. (Revised July 2019.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | July 2008 (Revised July 2019)

  Amazon: The Brink of Bankruptcy

  Lynda M. Applegate

  Enables a thorough analysis of the Amazon.com business model and its evolution from 1994 to 2001. The case ends with the company poised on the brink of bankruptcy and enables discussion of how to turnaround the company and leverage proprietary assets.

  Keywords: Business Model; Restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Business History; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy;

  Citation:

  Applegate, Lynda M. "Amazon: The Brink of Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 809-014, July 2008. (Revised July 2019.)  View Details

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