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Voestalpine AG (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Sabine Reisinger; Harald Stummer; Robert Bauer; Michael Eyett; Brett MatthewsCase IVEY-9B07M033-EStrategyThis supplement to Voestalpine AG (A), product 9b07M032, examines the decision to expand vertically instead of horizontally, but looking at a stamping plant and plastics firm (to get closer to its automotive customers) and a design firm. More importantly, the case examines the tools and methodologies employed by the company to assess fit in terms of costs and competencies and customers and competition.Starting at €5.74
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Voestalpine AG (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Iris Fischlmayr; Caecilia Innreiter; Brett Matthews; Michael EyettCase IVEY-9B07M032-EStrategyVoestalpine AG, a public company located in Linz, Austria, was examining opportunities for growth. The company considers that to meet the needs of its customers, notably automobile, rail and construction, it has to grow. Further, the steel industry in Europe is in a process of consolidation. The company has a very strong balance sheet but due to its ownership structure (35 per cent is owned by the Austrian government), its market value is conside...Starting at €8.20
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Roshan: Beyond Pioneering Success in Afghanistan
Chu, Michael; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-316030-EStarting at €8.20
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Hassina Sherjan
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Eccles, PhilippaCase HBS-112029-EHassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to move back to her home country with two missions. The first was to educate young women through a non-profit organization she started called Aid Afghanistan for Education and a for-profit company, Boumi, that manufactures and distributes products for the home such as curtains, cushion covers, tea coz...Starting at €8.20
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KTM - Venture Capitalist Exit
Stephen Sapp; Charlene Zietsma; Iris Fischlmayr; Rob WongCase IVEY-9B07N003-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyKTM is a small motorcycle manufacturing company located in Austria. As a result of difficult economic conditions in 1999, KTM went private with the help of the venture capital firm BC European Capital (BC). Following a couple of years of strong growth, BC is looking to liquidate its position and move on. KTM is faced with the decision of determining the best means to repurchase BC's equity position in the firm and leave the firm with enough finan...Starting at €8.20
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Organic Growth at Sonnentor
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B15M031-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe entrepreneur and founder of Sonnentor, an organic food production company, has grown his business by focusing on unusual strategic and operative choices. Sonnentor emphasizes socially and environmentally responsible behaviour in all its actions and has built its business on fair partnerships with employees, suppliers and other partners. The case highlights the role of “embedded sustainability” in the success of the business and presents the c...Starting at €8.20
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Sportradar (A): From Data to Storytelling
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Elterman, Karen; Gassmann, OliverCase HBS-719429-EStrategyIn 2013, the Swiss sports data company Sportradar debated whether to expand from its core business of data provision to bookmakers into sports media products. Sports data was becoming a commodity, and in the future, sports leagues might reduce their dependence on third-party data feeds such as Sportradar's, prefering to develop data services in-house. Thus, CEO Carsten Koerl believed the company needed to branch into sports media, not just supply...Starting at €8.20
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Peace, Non-Aligned: The Pragmatic Optimism of Lakhdar Brahimi
Sebenius, James K.; Green, Laurence A.Case HBS-912028-EDescribes the background and career of Lakhdar Brahimi in numerous roles ranging from Algeria's ambassador to Indonesia and the Arab League, to serving as that country's foreign minister, and to his many years at the United Nations, with special emphasis on his actions as a mediator in Lebanese and Afghan conflicts.Starting at €8.20
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Deficits and Debt: The U.S. Current Account
Alfaro, Laura; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-322044-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20