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Bruxelles Services Linguistiques (BSL)
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-811-EAccounting and ControlBSL presents the case of one of the largest global companies in the translation industry, located in Belgium. BSL's drop in sales, accompanied by an even greater decrease in profitability, in the context of sector's turnover growth, together with the apparent increase in the additional services involved in the translation process, leads the company to readdress the cost system and propose an activity-based approach. Although the system sheds mor...Starting at €8.20
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Bruxelles Services Linguistiques (BSL) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-811-PBAccounting and ControlBSL presents the case of one of the largest global companies in the translation industry, located in Belgium. BSL's drop in sales, accompanied by an even greater decrease in profitability, in the context of sector's turnover growth, together with the apparent increase in the additional services involved in the translation process, leads the company to readdress the cost system and propose an activity-based approach. Although the system sheds mor...Starting at €8.20
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CVWarehouse (B): cómo resolver una situación en punto muerto
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-18Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "CVWarehouse (A): aventuras offline y online en el sector de la contratación". En esta segunda parte se describen las decisiones de la emprendedora durante la crisis y cómo consiguió salir del punto muerto que los inversores habían provocado en sus compañías. El caso expone cómo intenta (y acaba consiguiendo) vender una de sus empresas para comprar la pa...Starting at €8.20
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CVWarehouse (A): Aventuras off-line y on-line en el sector de la selección de personal: Una directora general que cuestiona los viejos modelos mentales y empresariales
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-16Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEn este caso se describe el trabajo de una directora general belga para cambiar los modelos de negocio de dos compañías que ha creado en el sector de los recursos humanos. La primera compañía es una consultora offline de recursos humanos y la segunda es una innovadora iniciativa surgida de la primera y basada en Internet. En el caso se describen sus dificultades para atraer capital riesgo y cómo lo consigue finalmente. Lo que es más importante, ...Starting at €8.20
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Alcatel-Lucent: Marketing the Cell Phone as a Mobile Wallet
Camacho, Nuno; Verniers, Isabel; García Pont, Carlos; Stremersch, StefanCase M-1279-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingAlcatel-Lucent (ALU) was gearing up for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves cash transactions between consumers and merchants or between consumers using their mobile phones. The emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. But to avoid p...Starting at €8.20
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CVWarehouse (B): Breaking the Deadlock
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-18-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "CVWarehouse (A): Offline- and Online-Adventures in the Recruitment Industry". This second part illustrated the decisions the entrepreneur took during crisis and how she resolved the deadlock of her companies by the current investors. The case illustrates how she is trying (and eventually succeeding) to sell one of her business in order to buy out th...Starting at €8.20
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CVWarehouse (A): Offline-and Online-Adventures in the Recruitment Industry: A female CEO who challenges mental and business models
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-16-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase describes how a female CEO from Belgium is trying to change the business models in the HR industry with the two companies she set up. The first company is an "offline" HR consulting company, while the second one is an innovative spin-off from her first venture and Internet-based. The case decribes how difficult it was for her to attract venture capital, but how she finally succeeds. But more importantly, she runs into a significant...Starting at €8.20
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Bananas (B)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712452-EStrategySupplemental Material for Product Number 712451.Starting at €5.74
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Monnikenheide
Mei Qi; Lieven DemeesterCase IVEY-9B13D020-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyFounded in 1973 with a vision of inclusion, integration and normalization, Monnikenheide had pioneered a series of innovative approaches to improve the quality of life of people with mental disabilities. It had introduced some of its practices to local partners in China, India and Indonesia and now had the most sought-after facilities in Belgium for families with special-needs children and other family members. At the age of 69, the co-founder of...Starting at €8.20
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Bananas (A)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712451-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As owner and CEO, Wim Van der Borght had grown Bananas in 8 years from a 4.5 million euro company into a 40 million euro group of companies with a range of field marketing activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. The core of the group consisted of two companies - Bananas and Demonstrate - which were operationally completely independent and acted as competitors in the marke...Starting at €8.20