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Dynamic Focused Case Collection on Growth Challenges - Teaching Note
Sosna, Marc; Prats, Mª JuliaNota del Instructor ET-20-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambioThe Dynamic FocusCase Collection¿ is a series of cases on young innovative firms that confront diverse challenges in their development from start up to maturity. The objective of this series is to make available a pedagogical tool that supports entrepreneurship education. This document describes in more detail why we believe we need this FocusCase Collection, how the FocusCases are structured, how they can be used, and which are the issues addre...Desde 0,00 €
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JacobsRimell (B): A One-Shot Bet Pays Off: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-9-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambioThis case B about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy". This second part illustrated the decisions the firm took during and after the crisis (caused by having unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time) with regard to financing, market focu...Desde 8,20 €
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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArtículo ART-2592-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambioThis article shares the insights of "entrepreneurial icebreakers" -- business pioneers who launched private companies in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and who expanded beyond national borders by clearing pathways for themselves and others into international markets around the globe. In documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated str...Desde 8,20 €
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Open-Plug (A): Surviving a Revenue Blackout in the Mobile Space: A soaring mobile phone software company tries to avoid a crash landing when sales collapse
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-3-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambioThis FocusCase is about a young French venture capital-backed technology firm, which grows from inception rapidly to more than 60 employees and has developed a "Windows light" for mass-market mobile handsets. While the whole firm is set up for strong future growth, they suddenly lose more than 80% of their revenues within a very short time, pushing the company into an unexpected crisis. The CEO and senior management team have to map out a new str...Desde 8,20 €
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Nacre (A): Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm: The challenges of bringing an innovative device technology to market
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambioThis FocusCase is about a CEO who took over a spin-off from a research institute, became the new firm's employee #1 and tried to turn this lab idea into a prototype, then get it ready for industrialization, and finally sell it to a very demanding client, while facing some significant crises on this way. Beside the challenge of getting the product (an integrated hearing protection and communication device) working and a painful failure with a cont...Desde 8,20 €
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JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy: A CEO takes on the role of "bad cop" to save a failing UK software company
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-8-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambioThis FocusCase is about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis. The company offered a technology related to the management of broadband access, VoIP and digital television (DTV) services to large TelCos and cable providers, but is on the verge of bankruptcy after they have unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time. The VC firm is bringing in a new (first-time) CEO in ord...Desde 8,20 €
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CVWarehouse (B): Breaking the Deadlock
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-18-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambio, Tecnologías de la informaciónThis 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...Desde 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-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambio, Tecnologías de la informaciónThis 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...Desde 8,20 €
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Managing the Dark Side of Growth
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, MarcArtículo ART-1817-EIniciativa emprendedoraGrowth is not linear, but a rollercoaster ride of adrenaline highs and stomach-churning lows. Business leaders need both the stamina and ability to shift their approach when necessary to keep their companies on a sustainable growth path in the long term. The authors tracked more than 110 CEOs of young, innovative companies from more than 20 different countries and several industries for more than five years. Their research highlights an important...Desde 8,20 €
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BrapoTech (A): Building to Scale: A small mobile solutions company must decide how to select a smart global destination
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-4-EIniciativa emprendedora, Innovación y cambio, Tecnologías de la informaciónThis FocusCase is about a small Portuguese start-up with a young founder directly out of University, which is focused on the rapidly expanding mobile market. The firm is developing innovative mobile solutions which large firms can use to do mobile business with their customers and offer them mobile applications and services (e.g. mobile banking). Within a short period of time, BrapoTech manages to work with the largest Portuguese firms in four di...Desde 8,20 €