blockchain
November 2023
AntChain’s Blockchain as a Service: Digitising Industry Collaboration
By S. Alex Yang, Nitish Jain
The case describes how AntChain’s parent, Ant Group, started to invest in blockchain in 2015 as it believed the technology would build trust between different actors in a system. The earliest use case was a cross-border remittance service. The team continued to build and develop its blockchain tec...
October 2023
Gucci in the Metaverse
By Stefano Turconi, Umberto Lobina
Set in April 2022, the case chronicles how Kering-owned luxury-fashion house Gucci underwent a comprehensive creative and cultural transformation, making it more inclusive, agile and digital. Faced with the emergence of the metaverse, Gucci decided to take the lead, bargaining that a test-and-learn ...