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BitGold: Turning Digital Currency into Gold
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Brady BurkeCase IVEY-9B15M129-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2015, BitGold, an international savings and payments service, was undergoing the final steps towards its historic initial public offering, which would take place on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange and sought to raise between $10 million to $20 million in funding. With its blending of blockchain technology and aspects of digital currencies like bitcoin, BitGold was paving the way to the legitimation of future FinTech startups by going publi...Starting at €8.20
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Hess LNG: Responding to Community Opposition
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Chethan SrikantCase IVEY-9B16M062-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2002, a joint venture, Hess LNG, proposed a liquid natural gas import terminal in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. The community led by the city’s mayor, who built a coalition comprising concerned citizens, non-governmental organizations, and politicians at multiple levels opposed the project. From early 2002 to June 2004, multiple issues emerged, and the opponents used various tactics to challenge their adversaries. Hess LNG's chief exe...Starting at €8.20
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TokenFunder: Democratizing Funding and Investing with Blockchain
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander LiCase IVEY-9B18M186-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTokenFunder Inc. (TokenFunder) was a Canadian blockchain start-up focused on developing a platform to help companies perform token offerings in a legal and compliant way. The Ontario Securities Commission had granted the firm a sandbox that permitted it tStarting at €8.20
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The Graph: The ‘Google Search’ of the Blockchain-Powered Web?
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Kelly-Ann CoulterCase IVEY-W32684-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founders of The Graph Foundation had experienced first-hand how difficult it was to create new Web3 applications without easy access to blockchain data: There was no indexing and querying software for blockchain, and developers had to find their own method for collecting and transforming data from different sources. The Graph was an indexing protocol designed to solve this issue and become the nascent "Google Search" for the metaverse. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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The Graph: The ‘Google Search’ of the Blockchain-Powered Web? - Teaching Note
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Kelly-Ann CoulterTeaching Note IVEY-W32685-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product W32684.Starting at €0.00
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Seis reflexiones para impulsar el crecimiento rentable
Ener, HakanArticle ART-2642Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAhora que la recesión toca a su fin, los líderes empresariales deberían centrarse en buscar fórmulas que permitan aumentar los ingresos y generar valor otra vez. Además de una estrategia de crecimiento rentable, el emprendimiento corporativo --la creación de nuevos negocios en el seno de empresas establecidas-- ofrece una alternativa atractiva a las estrategias de crecimiento inorgánico basadas en las adquisiciones. El autor, que ha colaborado co...Starting at €8.20
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BabySupplies: el conflicto entre una empresaria y sus inversores (C)
Ener, HakanCase E-183Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipEl periodo de calma que se produce tras el nombramiento del nuevo CEO llega a su fin cuando FineWorks Venture Capital se entera de que Liz, la fundadora de Baby Supplies, ha creado por su cuenta una empresa del mismo sector. ¿Cómo debe reaccionar FineWorks ante esta noticia?Starting at €5.74
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Transformation at Aircraft Corporation Division
Ener, HakanCase E-184-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAircraft Corporation Division produced military aircraft in Western Europe. It was experiencing an especially challenging year in 2009. In addition to the worldwide financial crisis, the Division was dealing with massive uncertainty related to launching its new flagship aircraft, which was behind schedule and above cost targets. In this difficult context, Aircraft Corporation's Board of Directors had set goals to increase overall revenues, as wel...Starting at €8.20
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Transformation at Aircraft Corporation Division - Teaching Note
Ener, HakanTeaching Note ET-31-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change"Transformation at Aircraft Corporation Division" (E 184 E) is a case study intended to facilitate classroom discussion about business education. It deals with the managerial challenge of formulating an action plan aimed at transforming a large established company's performance and competitiveness. The CEO of Aircraft Corporation Division experienced this challenge soon after his appointment in 2009, which was a challenging year for the company, ...Starting at €0.00
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BabySupplies: Entrepreneur-Investor Conflict (A, B and C) - Teaching Note
Ener, HakanTeaching Note ET-32-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis teaching note provides the instructor with a plan to teach parts A, B, and C of the case study "BabySupplies: Entrepreneur-Investor Conflict" (E-179-E, E-180-E and E-183-E).Starting at €0.00