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The last 12 months were a forced acceleration of digitalization for many companies. What can we expect in the “new normal” after the pandemic? How can we use what we learned during the pandemic, in terms of digital tools, to imagine a new kind of digitally enabled new normal for organizations? What ...

Written by Youngjin Yoo On November 12, 2019, over 10 million families signed up for Disney's new digital streaming service on the first day of service. Given that 60 million families in the US (165 million worldwide) subscribed to Netflix after 12 years of operation, this was a remarkable accompli...

This week, eight institutes and centers across Case Western Reserve University are launching a coordinated crowdfunding campaign designed to highlight specific needs in each of the areas while promoting their most innovative and collaborative work. The Think Big: Institutes and Centers Campaign is ...

The process of integrating digital technology into a physical product and service is the essence of digital product innovation. It is not just a technological problem, but fundamentally a business model problem as well. It must start and end with a sharply defined user experience and a clearly artic...

Join Youngjin Yoo, professor of design and innovation and director of xLab, to learn about how xLab helps legacy companies on their digital transformation journey. xLab will host a webinar, featuring Yoo, Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 9 to 10 a.m., to inform those interested in learning more about xLab's ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to the xLab Quarterly Roundtable with Nitin Manoharan, IT director of Philip Morris International, Friday, June 5, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Manoharan will discuss blockchain and other emerging technologies and their potential to unloc...

Global virtual hackathon gathered more than 800 worldwide to tackle the spread of COVID-19 Health Traffic Light, a project formed by a multidisciplinary team of designers, data scientists and academics—including members of the Case Western Reserve University and the Weatherhead School of Management...

Weatherhead School of Management’s xLab will partner with Cleveland Clinic’s Hwang Lab, Dataswift, Ethical Tech Alliance and HAT-LAB, along with a growing number of global partners, to host Hack from Home, a global hackathon that aims to find technology solutions to fight the spread of COVID-19. T...

xLab at Case Western Reserve University is hoping to receive students' valuable input about truck rentals. xLab is a new joint initiative of the Weatherhead School of Management and the Case School of Engineering at CWRU. Through this program, students and faculties will collaborate with companies ...

From Oct. 14 to 16, industry leaders in digital transformation will gather at the first-ever Digital Futures Conference at Case Western Reserve University; early bird registration ends Sept. 13 Northeast Ohio is home to hundreds of “legacy” companies; while many have a strong history of capturing v...