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Oltre Venture: la revolución del impacto (B)
Beccarini, Irene; Herrera, Ángela; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase SM-1670Entrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyEste caso describe la start-up y los primeros pasos de una nueva empresa de inversión de impacto de Italia: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, que se define a sí misma como una empresa de "capital riesgo social", había sido una de las pioneras en la inversión de impacto en Europa, con un primer fondo de inversión de ocho millones de euros y la recaudación de 29 millones para el segundo. Fundada por profesionales con muchos años de experiencia en el ám...Starting at €5.74
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Oltre Venture: The Impact Revolution (A) and (B)
Beccarini, Irene; Herrera, Ángela; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTeaching Note SMT-122-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThis case describes the start-up and early operation of a novel impact investing firm in Italy: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, which defines itself as a "social venture capital" firm, had been among the pioneers of impact investing in Europe, investing ¿8 million in its first fund, and raising ¿29 million for its second one. Founded by professionals with many years of corporate and private equity experience, Oltre Venture had developed a unique ha...Starting at €0.00
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Vueling: The New Generation Airline (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Ferraro, FabrizioCase SM-1561-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyVueling (A) case follows start-up and growth of a Spanish low-cost carrier from 2004 until 2007. Barcelona-based Vueling set out to offer "high quality at low price" to travellers in South-Western Europe. The case describes the strategy and competitive situation, Vueling's business model, and the challenges the company faced in an increasingly competitive environment.Starting at €8.20
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The Goli Vada Pav — Fast Food of India (A)
Sonia Mehrotra; S. Ramakrishna VelamuriCase IVEY-9B12M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyGoli Vada Pav Pvt. Limited (GVPPL) identified an opportunity to brand one of Mumbai’s favourite fast foods — the vada pav. GVPPL’s founders saw a huge opportunity in the Indian fast food industry, which was highly unorganized and largely serviced by small-time local vendors. There was a need in the market for a hygienic, branded product and Goli Vada Pav was created to fill this void. GVPPL broke the stereotype of unhygienic, manhandled vada pav....Starting at €8.20
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LifeSpring Hospitals: Delivering Affordable, High-quality Maternal Health Care in India
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Wei Zhang; Priya Anant; Monidipa MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B12M105-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case highlights the journey of an organization that was set up in Hyderabad, in southern India, to provide affordable maternal care services to women from low-income urban families. LifeSpring Hospitals grew from a single hospital into a chain of nine hospitals, all in Hyderabad, in only five years. The chief executive officer has spent this initial period trying out new methods, continuously fine-tuning the model and learning from this proc...Starting at €8.20
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CPT: The Constant Hunt for Entrepreneurial Opportunities
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter continuous business growth and taking advantage of new business opportunities, China Precision Technology Group transformed from a small producer of coils for television tuners to an enterprise with five different business sectors: consumer electronics, automobile parts, optical, health care, and stamping equipment. In 2014, on the company’s 24th anniversary, the company’s founder and chief executive officer was evaluating the achievements ...Starting at €8.20
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51.com: Rise to the Top via Spin-Off
Yan Gong; S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M078-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOnline social network service provider Five One Network Development Co. Ltd. (51.com) was founded in August 2005 and entered the online game industry in 2011, when browser games became popular in China. Although it continuously invested in developing online games, it had failed to reach its goal of becoming one of the top 10 companies in China. The online game industry had seen fierce competition and was finding it difficult to retain talented em...Starting at €8.20
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Ashta Chamma - The Biggest Small Movie Ever Made (B)
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Rajesh Chakrabarti; Hari Krishna Mulpuri; Payal Goel; Vamsi Krishna Kothapalli; Sneha Beriwal; Vijay Bhaskar Chowdary SuryadevaraCase IVEY-9B10M080-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Ashta Chamma — The Biggest Small Movie Ever Made (A) presents the outcome after the movie’s release.Starting at €5.74
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Golden Star Facilities and Services Pvt. Ltd.
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Rishi Raj Kanoria; Anuj Srivastava; Nandita Narayan; Deepti Singh; Jaydev ThampanCase IVEY-9B10M098-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe huge growth of information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (TIES) businesses in India and, in particular, in Hyderabad, led to the establishment of Indian and multi-national companies. With large numbers of employees and thousands of square feet of office space, these companies recognized that maintaining their premises was not part of their core competence and outsourced their housekeeping requirements, thus creat...Starting at €8.20
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NephroPlus
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Geetika ShahCase IVEY-9B15M040-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyStarting with a small pilot centre in Hyderabad in 2010, a chain of quality dialysis centres had grown to 25 centres by mid-2014, with plans to expand to 100 by 2017. As they planned for this growth, the three co-founders had several questions with respect to NephroPlus's business model, partners, staff, systems, processes and culture playing on their minds. With the threat of competition looming large, they knew that they had to work hard to ach...Starting at €8.20