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Quilts of Denmark: Managing Open Innovation
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B16M213-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyQuilts of Denmark was a Danish start-up company founded in 2000 with the goal of producing high-quality, functional quilts and pillows that contributed to healthy sleep. The company’s open innovation with a space agency and technology company resulted in an “intelligent” quilt that regulated body heat, providing users with an elusive but much-desired experience: a good night’s sleep. Selling a premium product in a commodity market was a challenge...Starting at €8.20
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Jaga: Managing Creativity and Open Innovation (B)
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B18M120-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJaga suffered negative economic effects from the 2008 financial crisis. As the crisis persisted in 2011, management planned to substantially reduce the number of employees, but the founder instead chose to fire half of the management team and reorganize the company. Although this decision was considered counterintuitive, it was perfectly aligned with the philosophy of this creative company.Starting at €5.74
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Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising, Teaching Note
Rogers, Steven S.; Haywoode, AlyssaTeaching Note HBS-318024-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 317030.Starting at €0.00
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Omar Simmons: Franchising and Private Equity, Teaching Note
Rogers, Steven S.; Haywoode, AlyssaTeaching Note HBS-318056-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 318055.Starting at €0.00
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Presans: Building Business Models for Innovation Intermediaries
Wim Vanhaverbeke; Oana-Maria PopCase IVEY-W27510-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyPresans was founded in Paris, France in 2008 as an an open innovation intermediary, often referred to as an “innomediary.” Using a specific business model that combined open innovation services with state-of-the-art data-mining technology, Presans leveraged a network of over six million experts worldwide to solve problems for its corporate clients. In February 2017, the chief executive officer of Presans had to make some strategic decisions. Base...Starting at €8.20
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Greenyard Frozen: Developing Cauliflower Rice as an Open Innovation Project for Sustainability
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B20M061-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn March 14, 2019, the convenience business unit manager of Greenyard Frozen was in his Roeselare, Belgium office preparing for a management meeting that would discuss current challenges facing the company. Greenyard Frozen had to decide on the market positioning of its cauliflower rice and how to promote the new product. The project, which was a great example of co-operation in the value chain and of open innovation for sustainability, had resul...Starting at €8.20
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Jaga: Managing Creativity and Open Innovation (A)
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B18M119-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2007, the owner and director of marketing and research and development at Jaga was preparing for a meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the future of the Belgian company’s Uchronia project (an online community and playground for creativity and product development). Over the previous 15 years, Jaga had transformed from a production-based radiator company to a highly innovative organization with a focus on the premium market. The o...Starting at €8.20
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Curana: Managing Open Innovation for Growth in SMEs (A)
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B17M139-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCurana BVBA was a small family-owned company in Belgium. In the 1990s, it was producing mudguards and fenders as an original equipment manufacturer for the European bicycle industry. As Curana BVBA faced increasing competition in 2009, it needed to make a strategic turnaround. The company focused on the top segments of the market and introduced innovative and design-based bicycle accessories. The company didn't have the competency to develop thes...Starting at €8.20
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Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising
Rogers, Steven S.; Haywoode, AlyssaCase HBS-317030-EEntrepreneurshipAn introduction to franchising through the work of Valerie Daniels-Carter, who owns restaurant franchises across the country. The case looks at the history of franchising, franchise options, and how to do a financial analysis of franchise opportunities.Starting at €8.20
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Omar Simmons: Franchising and Private Equity
Rogers, Steven S.; Haywoode, AlyssaCase HBS-318055-EEntrepreneurshipOmar Simmons, managing director of a private equity fund that owns 53 health club units, has to choose: Continue in private equity or shift his career to managing and growing the health clubs. An African-American graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, Simmons has to weigh the financial implications of his choice -- as well as the career implications of whatever he chooses to do. Students will learn about private equity inve...Starting at €8.20