Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Freeletics: Strategic Corporate Venturing in a Digital Scale-Up
Lysander Weiss; Dominik K. KanbachCase IVEY-W29912-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyGoing through a dynamic market change with increased user growth and competition, the digital fitness scale-up Freeletics GmbH (Freeletics) found itself at a crossroads in September 2020. Equipped with fresh funding of US$25 million, the chief executive officer and the business development lead discussed the path forward for the company. Its current successful offering, a digital fitness coaching app, promised continuous growth. However, changing...Starting at €8.20
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Somedia: Diversification by Leveraging Resources and Capabilities
Niklaus Leemann; Dominik K. KanbachCase IVEY-W27193-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2018, the legacy business of Somedia AG (Somedia)—traditional media such as newspapers, radio, and TV—was in structural decline. While its business portfolio still delivered positive financial results, it became clear that this would only be the case for a few more years. Susanne Lebrument and Thomas Kundert, the two main figures in charge as this pivotal moment in the firm’s history emerged, tasked themselves with finding new business areas t...Starting at €8.20