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SuDa Electric Vehicle Company: Private Equity Investment in China
Chaplinsky, Susan; Hoang, LinhCase DARDEN-F-1766-EFinanceIn March 2013, the Shipston Group, the family office of billionaire industrialist Michael D. Dingman, was considering a private equity investment in the SuDa Electric Vehicle Company (SuDa), a rapidly growing maker of electric bicycles (e-bikes) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). This field-based case explores the differences between investments that are funded through a family office compared to a more traditional committed fund. Shipston ...Starting at €8.20
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Forbind Systems (B): The Way Forward... Back to Business
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-11-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B about a young Danish VC-backed technology company in the supply-chain software sector trying to overcome a multitude of challenges related to this type of companies cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Forbind Systems (A): Hired to Hell ´Crisis Management from Day 1´ [EFC-10-E]". This second part illustrated the decisions the CEO took with regard to strategy, business model, financing,...Starting at €8.20
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Argo Interactive (B): Surviving in the Roller-Coasting Mobile Industry: A struggling mobile software provider must decide whether to retreat, refocus, or rebrand
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-5-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Argo Interactive (A): Surviving in the Roller-Coasting Mobile Industry" [EFC-1-E]. This second part illustrates the decisions the firm took during and after their near-death crisis with regard to financing, market focus, product (re-)development, HR issues, positioning and the overall survival strategy of the firm, and the consequences this had. Dev...Starting at €8.20
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MobiComp (B): el camino del innovador
Sosna, Marc; Darsch, Dave; Prats, Mª JuliaFocused Case EFC-17Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "BrapoTech (A): diseñando una estrategia de nacimiento" [EFC-4-E]. Esta segunda parte del caso describe las decisiones estratégicas que adoptó la compañía en relación a las dificultades expuestas en el caso A, que giraban fundamentalmente en torno al cambio que supone pasar de desarrollar soluciones personalizadas a ofrecer un único producto, así como re...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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OpenPlug (B): Their Way Out of the Dark: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-6-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase ¿OpenPlug: Surviving a Revenue Black Out in the Mobile Space (A) [EBC-3-E]. This case B describes the decisions, changes, and actions of the top management team related to their survival strategy, new product and market strategy, and illustrates which consequences their decisions had.Starting at €8.20
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MobiComp (B): The Way of the Innovator
Sosna, Marc; Darsch, Dave; Prats, Mª JuliaFocused Case EFC-17-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "BrapoTech(A): Building to Scale" [EFC-4-E]. This second part illustrates the strategic decisions the firm took with regard to the challenges outlined in Case A, which were mainly around switching from developing more customized solutions to a stand-alone product company and reducing their scope from different industries to only one. In this case, th...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (B): a Steep and Risky Climb to Success: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Nacre: Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm (A)" [EFC-2-E]. This case B describes the strategic decisions and actions of the CEO and how eventually, this firm - with only 12-15 employees at that time (plus a large contract manufacturer) - manages to land a US-$30 million deal with the US Marine Corp. Soon after, this company is acquired by a l...Starting at €8.20
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OpenPlug (B): cómo salir a flote: Decisiones y consecuencias
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-6Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "OpenPlug: cómo sobrevivir a un bloqueo de ingresos en la telefonía móvil" (A) [EFC-3-E]. En el caso B se describen las decisiones, los cambios y las medidas adoptadas por el equipo directivo en relación a su estrategia de supervivencia, a la estrategia de nuevos productos y mercados, y se comentan las consecuencias de tales decisiones.Starting at €8.20
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Investure, LLC: Investing in Alternative Assets
Chaplinsky, SusanCase DARDEN-F-1971-EFinanceIn July 2019, Bruce Miller, CEO of Investure, LLC (Investure), an outsourced chief investment office (OCIO), is preparing a proposal for Franklin and Marshall (F&M), a small liberal arts college located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with an endowment of $350 million. F&M recently began a search to find a new endowment manager in hopes of improving its investment returns and access to alternative assets (AA), such as private equity (PE) and hedge fu...Starting at €8.20