Take a look at eight global case studies that promise to spark dozens of ideas for Indian businesses.CASE STUDIES: Ford | Toyota | GE | Cemex | Toshiba-UPS | Burberry | Hollard-PEP | Safaricom
Safaricom's initiative, enabling Kenyans to transfer money safely using mobile phones, has proved hugely popular.
Toyota emerges as as an example of a global company regaining its glory with its innovative ideas. Its consumer-centric innovation helped in establishing connect with young consumers.OTHER CASE STUDIES: Ford | Burberry | GE | Toshiba-UPS | Hollard-PEP | Safaricom
Ford added a host of pioneering digital features to improve consumer experience in its efforts to innovate and maintain its market leadership. MORE CASE STUDIES ON INNOVATION: Ford | Toyota | GE | Cemex | Toshiba-UPS | Burberry | Safaricom
GE realised that it was operating in a world where environmental issues are right in the centre of all its key stakeholders' agendas. Rather than perceiving it as a threat, GE saw it as a potential and innovated its business in a way that was committed to clean energy.MORE CASE STUDIES ON INNOVATION: Ford | Toyota | Cemex | Toshiba-UPS | Burberry | Safaricom
The partnership with UPS enabled Toshiba to drastically speed up its laptop repair service and benefitted both companies.
The authors of Monitor's analysis explain their choice of case studies and the lessons to be learnt from them.
In many parts of Africa, there is a tradition of holding elaborate and expensive funerals, the costs of which are typically prohibitive for the vast majority. Hollard, a South African insurance firm, teamed up with retail giant PEP to provide insurance for typically expensive funerals.MORE CASE STUDIES ON INNOVATION: Ford | Toyota | GE | Cemex | Toshiba-UPS | Burberry | Safaricom
Mexican cement giant Cemex grew its profits and enlarged its market by helping the poor to help themselves. The cement manufacturer studied the savings and credit habits of the poor to formulate a novel scheme of financing.OTHER CASE STUDIES: Ford | Toyota | GE | Toshiba-UPS | Burberry | Hollard-PEP | Safaricom





