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Five Keys That Will Make or Break Your Business
Kuemmerle, WalterArticle ART-2712-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyWhy do some entrepreneurial enterprises and business ideas thrive in some countries but not in others? Context, says the author, is key. Drawing on research of 51 enterprises in more than 20 countries, the author identifies five dimensions of the archetypical entrepreneurial society that increase the likelihood that ventures will be started and a higher proportion will flourish, not just growing domestically but expanding internationally. But don...Starting at €8.20
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Heritage Chickens: The Challenge of Genetic Sustainability
Joel Gehman; Marni Devlin Moses; Leanne HedbergCase IVEY-9B17M057-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Poultry Research Centre at the University of Alberta farm was an internationally recognized research, development, and learning hub. It began the Rare Poultry Conservancy Program in 1986 as a way to maintain heritage chicken breeds. In 2009/10, as a result of the global financial crisis, university funding was reduced, and every campus department needed to cut programs or find creative ways to finance them outside of the traditional methods. ...Starting at €8.20
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Transcend Coffee: Local Sustainability Challenges in a Global Industry
Joel Gehman; Nicole Neufeld; Dasha Smirnow; Siddharth Agrawal; Danielle Sandberg; Manav DeolCase IVEY-9B16M130-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Transcend Coffee—an independent coffee shop and coffee bean roaster with several locations in Edmonton, Alberta—was selling premium coffee to a loyal base of customers. While it had taken several years to establish its presence in a marketplace that was filled with coffee retailers, Transcend Coffee's success was in part due to its direct trade supply chain strategy. By working closely with its coffee bean farmers, Transcend Coffee was a...Starting at €8.20
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Poppy Barley: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Sustainability Certification
Joel Gehman; Greg Dobbelsteyn; Peter Loginov; Aimee Van Dam; Brittnay Verstraete; Leanne HedbergCase IVEY-9B18M103-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn November 2016, the co-founders of Poppy Barley Inc. (Poppy Barley) had just finished discussing the company’s fiscal projections and sustainability goals for the upcoming 2017 year. Poppy Barley, a made-to-measure footwear retailer in Edmonton, Alberta, had grown rapidly. The co-founders, who were sisters, wanted to further both their product line and their commitments to corporate sustainability. Would becoming certified as a sustainable busi...Starting at €8.20
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Go Global--or No? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Killen, Heather; Sander, Alison; Schiffman, Barry; Schnell, ScottArticle HBS-R0106A-EEntrepreneurshipOnly a few weeks ago, Greg McNally, the CEO of software start-up DataClear, had called an off-site in Montana to celebrate his company's success in racking up $5 million in sales from its first product, ClearCloud--a powerful data analysis package. But that was before his talented and successful head of sales, Susan Moskowski, gave him the news about VisiDat, a British start-up that was testing a data analysis package of its own that was only wee...Starting at €8.20
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Claves para hacer grande una pequeña empresa
Fernández, Albert; Kuemmerle, Walter; Miller, Danny; Le Breton-Miller, IsabelleDossier DOS-25Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, Strategy¿Cuáles son los grandes retos y el verdadero potencial de las empresas que sustentan la economía mundial?Starting at €15.00
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Rocky Mountain Soap Company: The Move Toward Sustainable Packaging
Joel Gehman; Jennifer Sloan; Jennifer Liu; Yi Wu; Leanne Hedberg CarlsonCase IVEY-9B19M082-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2017, the co-owners of Rocky Mountain Soap Company in Canmore, Alberta, faced an important challenge. Their company produced and retailed toxin-free, 100 per cent natural bath and body products, and they wanted the product packaging to reflect theStarting at €8.20
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Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Coughlin, William J.Case HBS-802S01EntrepreneurshipDescribe la creación y financiación de Officenet, un distribuidor de suministros de oficina en Argentina. La compañía sirve al mercado de negocio a negocio a través de un catálogo (en combinación con pedidos por teléfono) y también a través de un catálogo basado en Internet. Officenet es un pionero en ambos canales de catálogo e Internet. Si bien la empresa es, posiblemente, un objetivo de adquisición para uno de los grandes distribuidores de art...Starting at €8.20
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Spotfire: Managing a Multinational Start-Up (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Ellis, ChadCase HBS-803S23EntrepreneurshipSpotfire, un software de puesta en marcha, debe abordar la cuestión de dividir sus esfuerzos entre Suecia y Estados Unidos, además de la obtención de capital de riesgo, la obtención de nuevos clientes, y gestionar el crecimiento principio de su carrera.Starting at €8.20
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Officenet (B): After the Merger (Spanish Version)
Kuemmerle, Walter; Collura, MeredithCase HBS-804S05EntrepreneurshipDescribe la ejecución de una nueva fusión economía. Officenet, una tienda de ladrillos y clics de material de oficina, se vende a un Internet pure-play, Submarino.com. Los fundadores de Officenet se encuentran en Brasil, donde la empresa ha ampliado recientemente sus operaciones, y deben considerar varias preguntas sobre los planes de crecimiento de la empresa y la situación financiera.Starting at €5.74