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Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Lubinski, ChristinaCase HBS-811060-EEntrepreneurshipThis case examines the management of home and host country risk by Beiersdorf during the interwar years. It can be used both in business history courses and more generally to teach political risk management by multinational corporations. Beiersdorf, a German personal products company, expanded globally before 1914, but had its foreign factories and intellectual property expropriated during World War 1. After 1919 ceo Willy Jacobson rebuilt the in...Starting at €8.20
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Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808133-EEntrepreneurshipConsiders the creation of one of the world's largest beauty and fragrance companies by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. The case opens with the creation of a new Russian subsidiary in the wake of the global financial crisis, and examines how a virtually new company was created over the previous years. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of de...Starting at €8.20
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Presscut (C) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Vázquez-Dodero F.; Badia, MarcCase ASN-31-PBDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyOutcome of the series of events related in cases (A) and (B).Starting at €5.74
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We Are Knitters: Crafting a Resilient Digital Business
Vanessa Hasse; Maya Kumar; Kathy HuCase IVEY-W27015-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyMany people thought of knitting as a hobby for grandmothers, but the time-honored craft had evolved into a booming business with loyal, passionate, and interactive customers worldwide. The Spanish e-commerce business We Are Knitters (WAK) spent the last decade growing into what investors called the “world leader in online knitted kit sales,” a segment of the global $100 billion knitting industry. WAK’s sales soared by 240 per cent between April 2...Starting at €8.20
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Holaluz: Connecting people to Green Energy
Soler, EdiCase ASN-89-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, FinanceIn 2013, Holaluz was the first online retail supplier of electricity in Spain. Focusing exclusively on domestic customers, the three founding partners had launched an ambitious business plan with which they intended to reach 100,000 customers in three years, taking advantage of the liberalization of the electricity market, which in theory was coming in the near future. The decision on how to finance the plan could mark the future of a company, wh...Starting at €8.20
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Oakberry: The Gracia Store Decision
Soler, Edi; Eduardo Bork AlvoCase ASN-90-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2019, just two days before his final MBA exams, Edison was contemplating if he should become a shareholder of an Oakberry franchise store in Barcelona. Oakberry was a one-product fast food chain specialized in healthy and natural drinks based on frozen açaí, a unique fruit from an Amazon palm tree. Three years after its launch in Brazil, the chain had more than 200 stores worldwide. He believed this entrepreneurial experience could be...Starting at €8.20
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Beau's All Natural Brewing Company: Crafting International Opportunities
Neil Maltby; Travis Radtke; Alexander Weaver; Dwayne Mortimer; Duncan PernalCase IVEY-9B20M109-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFollowing the successful launch of Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company (Beau’s) in all 10 Canadian provinces, the craft brewer had its sights set on the next step forward: international markets. The brewery wanted to distribute Beau’s internationally, andStarting at €8.20