Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Richard Henkel GmbH: Growing Profits, Not Sales
James KennellyCase IVEY-W25517-EStrategyBased in southern Germany, Richard Henkel GmbH was a manufacturing firm focused on its triple-bottom line rather than on its sales turnover. Driven by its sustainability ethos in both its products and its manufacturing processes, it saw itself as a champion of a post-growth, sustainable economy. The case pivots on co-managing director Susanne Henkel’s decision concerning a lucrative sales order: the order would place significant stress on its exi...Starting at €8.20
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emmtrix Technologies: Patent Negotiations in High-Tech Academic Spinoffs
Frederik J. Riar; Carsten C. Guderian; Peter M. BicanCase IVEY-9B20M010-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2016, three scientists from Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology were preparing for a meeting with several managers from the institute's technology transfer department. The three scientists were planning to commercialize a new technology they had created, and hoped to use their invention to launch a new company as a spinoff from their work at the institute. However, because the scientists had created the technology while working at ...Starting at €8.20