The case describes the management style of Philipp Schindler, Google's Chief Business Officer, and the programs and organizational structures he implemented to promote innovation within Google's business organization.

Majid Al Futtaim, a retail and entertainment conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates, undergoes a digital transformation under CEO Alain Bejjani in response to disruption in its four core industries: retail, hospitality, food/beverage and grocery, and entertainment. As a regional leader in these brick-and-mortar industries, Majid Al Futtaim must learn to compete with a variety of digitally native e-commerce, homesharing, food delivery, and video-streaming brands. The case traces Majid Al Futtaim as it blends physical and digital consumer experiences, leveraging its unique understanding of the Middle East and its customers, to ultimately make the whole of its conglomerate greater than the sum of its parts.