Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Rocket Internet: Rise of the German Silicon Valley
Bryan Hong; Dave TangCase IVEY-9B15M098-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyRocket Internet, a unique technology incubator based in Germany, invests in and develops startups in Europe and emerging markets that are versions of successful technology firms primarily located in the United States, such as eBay, Zappos, Amazon and Groupon. Fundamentally, the company seeks to reduce the uncertainty of entrepreneurial startup ventures by imitating proven business models and replicating them in other geographic regions. Rocket In...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