“Management has authority only as long as it performs”
— Peter F. Drucker (1973)*

Proof matters. For decision makers, nothing speaks more clearly than results in practice. Our case studies document the successful application of our research in industry and turn those lessons into concise, playbook-style guidance for executives. In the tradition of Harvard-style case teaching, they convert real situations into actionable management insight, while staying true to Drucker’s customer-centric view that the ultimate test of any strategy is the value it creates for the customer.
• Auto 7: IAV’s ‘enterprise dataspace’ – Case study, IAV’s CEO CES 2025 LinkedIn post
• Flex’s Catena-X strategy of “buy one, get one free”: Exec brief (1-pager)
• Auto 6: Sustainability with Catena-X – Case study
• Auto 5: Mobility super-app disruption – Case study
• First dataspace use cases in mobility and manufacturing: Schlueter Langdon, C., and K. Schweichhart. 2022. Dataspaces: First Applications in Mobility and Industry. In: Otto, B. et al. (eds.). Dataspaces – Part IV Solutions & Applications. Springer Nature, Switzerland: 493 – 511, link
• 2005 Nissan’s marketing attribution modeling for U.S. lower mid-size segment (Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima): MGT 349/ 505 master class session
• 1996 AOL/ America Online published in: European Commission. 1996. El-Pub2 – Strategic developments for the European publishing industry towards the year 2000: Europe’s multimedia challenge. EU Commission DG XIII/ E, Brussels, link1, link2

* Drucker, P. 1973. Management: Tasks, responsibilities, practices. Harper & Row: New York, NY (p. 284)