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Daniel Callaghan (A): Finding the right time to start a new business
Carenzo, Mathieu; Rahouadj, Myriam; Davila, AntonioCase E-165-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeHow do you generate a business idea and evaluate whether there is a real business opportunity? The market, the team, the competitive landscape, etc.: what are the important criteria that should be used in order to increase the probability of success when starting a new venture?Starting at €8.20
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Bitcoin: Deciphering the Crypto-currency
Zamora, Javier; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SI-191-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesBitcoin was one of the first implementations of a concept called crypto-currency. It was built on the notion that money can be any object or any sort of record accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. Bitcoin was designed around the idea of a new form of money that used cryptography to control its creation and transactions, rather than relying on central authorities. In short,...Starting at €8.20
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Marketplace Lending at Funding Circle (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sieber, Sandra; Rafnsdottir, AnnaCase SI-196-PBEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesA wave of distrust in and disapproval of the traditional banking system surfaced following the financial crisis of 2008. Borrowers who, before the crisis, had had relatively easy access to funds were suddenly being cut off from credit lines as banks and other traditional financial institutions began restricting lending. This created a gap in financing that facilitated the growth and expansion of various forms of alternative financing, including o...Starting at €8.20
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Paack: Harnessing Data in the Logistics Industry
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-213-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeIn early 2021, Jan de Tienda, Chief Strategy and Data Officer (CSO/CDO) of Paack and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fernando Benito were discussing the next steps for the rapidly growing company, which was becoming more and more complex as it grew in scale. Paack was a parcel delivery company that allowed final customers to schedule their deliveries. This reduced the number of failed delivery attempts and resulted in more convenience and efficienc...Starting at €8.20
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Argo Interactive (B): sobrevivir en el caótico mundo de la telefonía móvil: Un proveedor de software para teléfonos móviles en dificultades debe decidir si retirarse del mercado, cambiar su enfoque o cambiar su identidad de marca
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-5Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "Argo Interactive (A): sobrevivir en la montaña rusa de la telefonía móvil" [EFC-1-E]. En esta segunda parte se comentan las decisiones que adoptó la empresa durante y después de su casi definitiva crisis en materia de financiación, enfoque comercial, (re)desarrollo de productos, recursos humanos, posicionamiento y estrategia general para la supervivencia...Starting at €8.20
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Olapic en la nube de Amazon.com
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeLa mañana del 21 de abril de 2011, Alex Dantart, director técnico de Olapic, estaba listo para dirigir la última prueba del nuevo servicio de la empresa start-up de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) con sede en Nueva York, uPhoto. La fecha de lanzamiento de este innovador servicio de crowdsourcing de fotografías, encargado por el primer cliente corporativo de Olapic, el New York Daily News (NYDN), se anunció para finales de ab...Starting at €8.20
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Funding Circle: un marketplace para la financiación de Pymes
Sieber, Sandra; Rafnsdottir, AnnaCase SI-196Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesTras la crisis financiera de 2008, surgió una ola de desconfianza y descontento que afectó al sistema bancario tradicional. Antes de la crisis, era relativamente fácil obtener un préstamo; sin embargo, los prestatarios vieron cómo se cortaban, de repente, sus líneas de crédito al restringir los bancos y otras instituciones financieras el acceso a los préstamos. Esto creó una brecha en la financiación que favoreció el crecimiento y la expansión de...Starting at €8.20
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Paack: aprovechando el potencial de los datos en la industria logística
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-213Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeA principios del año 2021 Jan de Tienda, el director de Estrategia y Datos (CSO/CDO) de Paack, así como el director general (CEO) Fernando Benito, estaban debatiendo los siguientes pasos de esta empresa en rápido crecimiento, que se estaba volviendo cada vez más compleja a medida que ganaba escala. Paack era una empresa de paquetería que ofrecía a los clientes finales la capacidad de programar sus entregas. Esto reducía el número de intentos de e...Starting at €8.20
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Olapic on Amazon.com's Cloud (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182-PBEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeOn the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of his New York-based IT start-up company's new service, uPhoto. The launch date of this innovative photo crowdsourcing service commissioned by Olapic's first corporate client, the newspaper the New York Daily News (NYDN), was slated for the end of April. Although it seemed that the Internet connection was working, Dantart was puzzled when he realize...Starting at €8.20
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Marketplace Lending at Funding Circle
Sieber, Sandra; Rafnsdottir, AnnaCase SI-196-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesA wave of distrust in and disapproval of the traditional banking system surfaced following the financial crisis of 2008. Borrowers who, before the crisis, had had relatively easy access to funds were suddenly being cut off from credit lines as banks and other traditional financial institutions began restricting lending. This created a gap in financing that facilitated the growth and expansion of various forms of alternative financing, including o...Starting at €8.20