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Opinno: Steering the next growth stage of an innovation consultancy
Tatge, Larisa; Bria, Vittoria E.; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-236-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementIn 2008, the week that Lehman Brothers collapsed, Pedro Moneo launched the venture Opinno with the goal of changing the way the world of business consultancies worked. His idea was to create a business model in which technology experts, based all over the world, could contribute their knowledge to create optimal solutions for clients. While many consultancies relied on expert networks, Pedro's vision centered on the network itself, and subsequen...Starting at €8.20
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Basware in 2013: Transistion to Software as a Service
Burgelman, R; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SM219-EStrategyIn 2013 Basware, the Finland-based e-invoice operator and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software vendor, was going through a large and critical transition: moving from selling and installing licensed software to selling Software as a Service (SaaS). Basware, which sold automated Purchase-to-Pay solutions for Business-to-Business to 2,000 Nordic and global clients, was responding to a sharp decline in those sales in the previous few years; mo...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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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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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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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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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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ISS Spain. La máquina integradora (B)
Agulles, Remei; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-133Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl director de país de ISS Spain, Joaquim Borràs, recordaba cómo el equipo de ISS Spain decidió en 2004 comprar la empresa de limpieza UNICA, además de Alitecnic, que operaba en las áreas de servicios de control de plagas e higiene medioambiental. De 1999 a 2004, la filial había pasado de 1 a 9.160 empleados por medio de 18 adquisiciones. La empresa tenía un crecimiento orgánico del 7% y unos ingresos de 132 millones de euros, y estaba sólidament...Starting at €5.74
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Axel Springer in 2016: From Transformation to Acceleration - Teaching Note
Burgelman, R; Siegel, R; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E610TN-EEntrepreneurshipAs of 2016, Mathias Döpfner, chief executive officer (CEO) of Axel Springer SE, had successfully transitioned the German publishing house through a major digital transformation in the world of journalism. Given the massive disruption that had occurred over the previous two decades with how people consumed news, this was no small feat. During this time, many newspapers, magazines, and journals failed to keep up with the rapidly changing industry...Starting at €0.00
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Axel Springer in 2016: From Transformation to Acceleration
Burgelman, R; Siegel, R; Kissick, RCase SGSB-E610-EEntrepreneurshipAs of 2016, Mathias Döpfner, chief executive officer (CEO) of Axel Springer SE, had successfully transitioned the German publishing house through a major digital transformation in the world of journalism. Given the massive disruption that had occurred over the previous two decades with how people consumed news, this was no small feat. During this time, many newspapers, magazines, and journals failed to keep up with the rapidly changing industry...Starting at €8.20