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Nuevas lentes para ver los mercados emergentes
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, KrishnaArticle ART-2385StrategyCuando se habla de mercados emergentes, pensamos inmediatamente en los BRIC. Esta simplificación ha llevado a ver estas economías como un conjunto homogéneo, cuando la realidad es justamente la contraria. En lugar de apresurarse a elaborar una estrategia para Brasil, Rusia, India o China, a las empresas les convendría estudiar en qué aspectos es emergente cada país en concreto. Puede que se lleven una sorpresa. En este artículo, los autores resum...Starting at €8.20
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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis 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documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated str...Starting at €8.20
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Transparency International Ukraine
Lucas Monzani; Andrew Rozhdestvensky; Lindsay BirbragerCase IVEY-9B19C026-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe overarching vision of the global nongovernmental organization Transparency International was to free the world from corruption. Transparency International Ukraine (TIU) was founded in 2014, after three failed attempts, to tackle the high level of corrStarting at €8.20
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Behavio Labs: Scaling Survey Software into a Global Product
Ladislav Tyll; Mohit SrivastavaCase IVEY-9B20M066-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyEstablished in 2014 by a group of five friends in the Czech Republic, Behavio Labs was a consumer behaviour analytics company that launched the popular product Minute. The Minute digital application accurately measured respondent views and expanded employee engagement to help companies make the right decisions when launching new products, or to improve employee working conditions. By 2018, Behavio Labs had achieved considerable success in the Cze...Starting at €8.20
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Infusion's Greenfield Subsidiary in Poland
Christopher Williams; Wendelien van Eerde; Danielle TheCase IVEY-9B12M076-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president of Infusion Development Corporation was reviewing the progress of the new subsidiary the company had set up 15 months earlier in Krakow, Poland. The purpose of the subsidiary was to work with other Infusion offices around the world to provide innovative software development services to global clients. The investment, a big success, had grown in size from eight to forty staff in one year, and there were plans to double that by the en...Starting at €8.20
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Scrums, Sprints, Spikes and Poker: Agility in a Bulgarian Software Company
Lucia F. Miree; John E. GalletlyCase IVEY-9B12M007-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is about a software development company, Telerik, which was based in Bulgaria and had international offices. The company was founded in 2002 and had become a world leader in user interface (UI) components for Microsoft’s .NET framework. It was still managed by its original four founders and had grown to 400 employees. In 2006, in response to fast growth and to retain its rapid development product process, Telerik adopted agile developme...Starting at €8.20
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Hummus Bar: Dipping into International Markets
Ilan Alon; Jennifer Dugosh; Yusaf AkbarCase IVEY-9B13M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of Hummus Bar, a successful restaurant in Hungary, is considering expansion. He is struggling to identify and select the most promising market. Should he pursue domestic expansion or consider internationalizing his concept? The founder wants to recruit and involve additional investors to spread risk, enhance the brand through diversified skill sets and ensure he selects the most appropriate entry strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Richter: Information Technology at Hungary’s Largest Pharma
Deborah Compeau; Jordan Mitchell; Gyorgy Drotos; Emma Incze; Gyorgy VasCase IVEY-9B07E021-EInformation Technologies, StrategyThe director of information technology (IT) at Ritcher, a major Hungarian pharmaceutical company with operations throughout Eastern Europe, is planning for the IT department for the near future. The three main considerations for the coming year are: Is the current IT structure appropriate to meet the growing demands of the organization? To what extent should IT affiliates be centrally controlled? How can IT best serve the rest of the company?Starting at €8.20
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The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine: The Role of Character in Reform
Gerard Seijts; Yaryna Boychuk; Liudmyla Kryzhanovska; Sophia Opatska; Andrew RozhdestvenskyCase IVEY-9B17C042-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn late 2014, the deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence joined the public service, six months after Ukraine’s revolution and change of government. He joined the ministry as part of the new government’s attempt to reform a bureaucracy crippled by corruption, inefficiencies, and dysfunction. In six months, he had already made notable changes. However, by March 2015, the changes were not resulting in better outcomes where they were urgent...Starting at €8.20
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African Tiger (A)
Rajinder RainaCase IVEY-9B10M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case series won top prize in the 2010 Association of African Business Schools (AABS)/EMERALD case competition. In early 2005, South African company Tiger Wheels Limited (Tiger) had established a global footprint in the manufacture of aluminum alloy wheels with customers comprising several high-end automotive producers. It was the 10th largest alloy wheel company in the world with a solid balance sheet and net current ass...Starting at €8.20