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The Industrialization of Global Internet Start-ups: The Klaus Hommels Model
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-861-EFinanceIn spring 2010, Klaus Hommels, a leading European business angel based in Switzerland, was at his Zurich office reading another news article on the tremendous growth potential of U.S. online group-buying company Groupon. Klaus was inspired by the Groupon business model and wanted to invest in other companies in the developing group-buying market. However, he recognized that there was a major problem with starting and growing technology businesses...Starting at €8.20
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El fin del fundamentalismo low cost: la interrupción de la COVID-19
Cruz, Alex; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1382Economics, Innovation and Change, MarketingRevisamos las tendencias pre-COVID-19 (como la convergencia de productos de servicio completo y de bajo coste; la segmentación del mercado y las demandas cambiantes de los consumidores cada vez más digitalizados). Con esos datos en mente, luego discutimos el impacto principal de la pandemia en los modelos existentes y proporcionamos las probables nuevas tendencias posteriores al COVID-19 en el sector de las aerolíneas. Habrá nuevos desarrollos, p...Starting at €8.20
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Sea Breeze Capital (B)
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, Peter; Johnson, RobCase F-889Entrepreneurship, FinanceEn la primavera de 2012, Jordi Alves estaba enfrentando algunas decisiones difíciles. Un año antes, tras un proceso que había durado más de lo esperado, había logrado recaudar el primer fondo de búsqueda en España. Así, había dedicado un año entero a buscar una empresa para adquirirla y ahora tenía lo que parecían dos buenas adquisiciones sobre la mesa. La cuestión ahora era qué hacer. ¿Qué adquisición debía emprender? ¿Debía hacerlo? Además, no ...Starting at €5.74
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Sea Breeze Capital (A) - Teaching Note
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, PeterTeaching Note FT-98-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceCase A describes the attempt made by Jordi Alves, an MBA graduate, to start the first search fund in Spain. Case B describes two acquisition opportunities that Jordi identified one year after he had launched the search fund. Jordi Alves graduated with his MBA in 2010. During his business school studies, he focused on search funds with the intent of starting his own search fund immediately after graduation. Being from Barcelona, Spain, he selected...Starting at €0.00
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Sea Breeze Capital (B)
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, Peter; Johnson, RobCase F-889-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn spring 2012, Jordi Alves was facing some tough decisions. A year earlier, after a process that had lasted longer than expected, he had successfully raised the first search fund in Spain. He had then dedicated a full year to searching for a company to acquire and he now had what seemed like two good acquisitions on his desk. The question now was how to proceed. Which acquisition should he commit to? Should he proceed at all? Moreover, he was un...Starting at €5.74
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Aster Capital and the Secureq Deal (B)
Menden, Lenka; Johnson, RobCase E-167-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe case discusses the dilemma a French venture capitalist faces in a portfolio company that is a fast-growing industry leader yet is being held back by co-investors whose objectives are different from that of the venture capitalist. The case also addresses issues involved in government-sponsored investment incentive schemes.Starting at €5.74
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The End of Low-Cost Fundamentalism - The COVID Interruption
Cruz, Alex; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1382-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, MarketingWe review pre-COVID-19 trends (like the convergence of low cost and full service products; the re-segmentation of the market, and changing demands from increasingly digitalized consumers). With that data in mind, we then discuss the pandemic's main impact on existing models, and provide the likely new post-COVID-19 trends in the airline sector. There will be new developments, yet we conclude that the fundamentals of the democratization of air tr...Starting at €8.20
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Sea Breeze Capital (B) - Teaching Note
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, PeterTeaching Note FT-99-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceCase A describes the attempt made by Jordi Alves, an MBA graduate, to start the first search fund in Spain in 2011. Case B describes two acquisition opportunities that Jordi identified one year after he had launched the search fund. In spring 2012, Jordi has searched hard for a company to acquire. He now has two potentially attractive acquisitions on his desk - Feva Seguridad, a Mérida, Extremadura-based alarm monitoring company, and Belladía, a ...Starting at €0.00
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Aster Capital and the Secureq Deal (A)
Menden, Lenka; Johnson, Rob; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase E-151-EFinanceThis case describes the attempt by Aster Capital, a Paris-based clean-technology-focused venture capital fund, to exit an investment in its portfolio company Secureq, a France-based security software vendor. Aster Capital invested in Secureq in 2004 from its first fund, SEV1 (raised in 2000). Since 2009, this fund had been in the process of divestment. At the time of the case (spring 2011), Jean-Marc Bally, managing director at Aster, felt that a...Starting at €8.20
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The End of Low-Cost Fundamentalism: The COVID Interruption - Teaching Note
Cruz, Alex; Nueno, José LuisTeaching Note MT-54-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, MarketingWe review pre-COVID-19 trends, discuss the pandemic's main impact on existing models, and provide the likely new post-COVID-19 trends in the airline sector. However, the fundamentals of the democratization of air travel, particularly in the short-haul segments, are left untouched. After a "short" interruption, it will remain a cost-based game in which high return, agile, low-cost carriers compete with typically less-profitable network airlines th...Starting at €0.00