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NKT Photonics A/S: Doing Business at the Technological Frontiers
Torben Pedersen; Githa KurdahlCase IVEY-9B16M055-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTo improve its profitability, NKT Photonics A/S (NKT), a small Danish company operating in the global photonics industry, was getting ready to undertake the commercialization process of its highly advanced optical fibre technology. NKT’s chief executive officer (CEO) was considering two options for accomplishing this goal: (1) establishing strategic partnerships with system integrators in order to gain access to commercial customers, or (2) repos...Starting at €8.20
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Carlsberg in Emerging Markets
Michael W. Hansen; Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B11M009-EService and Operations Management, StrategyRisking becoming the target of a hostile takeover or being cornered as a small regional player in the global beer industry, the Danish brewery Carlsberg decided in the early 2000s to expand into rapidly growing emerging markets to pursue new arenas of growth. By 2008, this strategy had paid off, and Carlsberg was positioned among the five largest breweries in the world. In the Russian market — one of the fastest-growing markets in the world — Car...Starting at €8.20
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S - Exploiting Global R&D Synergies
Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B09M079-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyWith a change in management in 2005 came a radical reorganization and the announcement of several new strategic initiatives. Among the initiatives was the establishment of the Vestas Technology research and development (R&D) business unit with an aim of achieving global leadership in all core technology areas and, consequently, strengthening the core competence for the company. By 2008, Vestas had succeeded in setting up a global R&D network with...Starting at €8.20
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Sersofsa (C)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Villanueva M.Case FH-486Leadership and People ManagementVéase caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Danfoss — Global Manufacturing Footprint
Torben Pedersen; Jacob PyndtCase IVEY-9B11M049-EService and Operations Management, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Supply Chain Management Award, 2012 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. The case examines the supply chain, managerial, and organizational challenges facing a large European industrial company competing in a mature industry with strong price pressure. Established in the 1930s in Denmark, Danfoss initially produced automatic valves for refrigeration plants. The company has since grow...Starting at €8.20
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Coloplast: Ten Years of Global Operations
Marcus Moller Larsen; Torben PedersenCase IVEY-9B12M070-EStrategyIn just a decade, the Danish health care product manufacturer Coloplast underwent a major transformation from a local Danish manufacturing company to a truly multinational corporation. In 2001, Coloplast conducted all its production in-house in three production facilities in Denmark. Ten years later, the company had relocated almost 90 per cent of the production to four different countries, with the majority in Hungary and China. However, a trans...Starting at €8.20
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Sersofsa (A)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Villanueva M.Case FH-484Leadership and People ManagementEste caso presenta la situación que se produce en una empresa de software al aumentar el número de empleados en un espacio breve de tiempo, los procesos de formalización necesarios para mantener la «moral» de los directivos intermedios y empleados, y los procedimientos para aplicarlos. Sersofsa se mueve en un mercado competitivo, que experimenta una crisis de crecimiento. Su presidente detecta algunos síntomas en la encuesta de opinión que, desde...Starting at €8.20
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Sersofsa (D)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Villanueva M.Case FH-487Leadership and People ManagementVéase caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Sersofsa (B)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Villanueva M.Case FH-485Leadership and People ManagementVéase caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Sersofsa (E)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Villanueva M.Case FH-488Leadership and People ManagementVéase caso (A).Starting at €5.74