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The PikoGym Entrepreneurs: Muscling Up through Intellectual Property
Florian Fuchs; Peter M. Bican; Alexander BremCase IVEY-9B20M093-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFrustrated with the available means of working out while travelling, the three founders of PikoGym, a start-up out of Erlangen, Germany, had the idea to build a workout device that allowed users to train anywhere and everywhere. The lightweight and compacStarting at €8.20
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Martin Bauer Group: Corporate Social Responsibility with EinDollarBrille
Carsten C. Guderian; Peter M. BicanCase IVEY-9B16M027-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Corporate Social Responsibility Award, 2016 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. In the fall of 2013, the family-owned Martin Bauer Group, a German-based company and world leader in the business-to-business market for tea and herbal extracts, became interested in the idea of collaborating with the frugal innovation company EinDollarBrille (OneDollarGlasses). The Martin Bauer Group wa...Starting at €8.20
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The Alas - Red Bull Project: X - Sports Challenges
Oliver, Daniel; Davila, AntonioCase DG-1503-EEntrepreneurshipThe Alas-Project case describes a sporting project that beat two world records: the longest distance and time flown in free fall. The case addresses the issue of valuing the project. In this case, Red Bull together with the Spanish Army sponsored the project putting a certain amount of money and resources to support the project. The question remains as to what was the value to the sponsors of the project. The case describes the project itself, th...Starting at €8.20
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Winning Strategies The Spanish Royal Tennis Federation
Oliver, Daniel; Davila, AntonioCase DG-1498-EService and Operations ManagementEl mismo que habíaSince 1995, Spain has had the most men tennis players on the ATP Top 100. The case presents the state of tennis in Spain in 2004 with the objective of having students analyze the different constituencies of a sport and how each one brings something to create success. The case can be used to analyze the sports industry or to go through an industry form an industrial organization perspective.Starting at €8.20
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RACC - Circuit de Catalunya: Sports Infrastructure and Regional Promotion
Oliver, Daniel; Davila, AntonioCase DG-1512-EService and Operations ManagementThe case addresses the impact of sports on the local economy. It describes the business model of a race track with a focus on the managment of the Formula One Grand Prix. As is often the case, race tracks are not necessarily profitable and the Circuit de Catalunya has reached profitability because of its success in attracting spectators to its Formula One event. Government support is an important factor in the long term viability of a world cla...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
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HKS-Dessous: A Main Street Retail Entrepreneur Handling Digital Change
Johannes Tiemer; Carsten C. Guderian; Peter M. BicanCase IVEY-9B17M090-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLate in 2016, the owner of a lingerie business in Düsseldorf, Germany, faced a series of questions regarding the health of her business in a changing environment. The German retail environment had traditionally consisted of many specialized (often family-owned) small- to medium-sized retailers, and many of these stores had not kept pace with globalization and the digital revolution; market changes and increasing competition forced them to close. ...Starting at €8.20
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From Crisis to World Champions: Lessons from German Football
Holger Ernst; Peter M. Bican; Carsten C. GuderianCase IVEY-9B17M154-EStrategyFor the Deutscher Fussball-Bund e.V. (DFB)—the German Football Association—winning the most prestigious football trophy, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, was the culmination of a long period of suffering, reinventing, and rebuilding. Once the dominating force in world football, the German team had been at rock bottom around the beginning of the millennium. To manage its way out of this crisis and leave competitors behind once again, the DFB had to fundam...Starting at €8.20