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Sea Breeze Capital (B)
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, Peter; Johnson, RobCase F-889Entrepreneurship, FinanceEn la primavera de 2012, Jordi Alves estaba enfrentando algunas decisiones difíciles. Un año antes, tras un proceso que había durado más de lo esperado, había logrado recaudar el primer fondo de búsqueda en España. Así, había dedicado un año entero a buscar una empresa para adquirirla y ahora tenía lo que parecían dos buenas adquisiciones sobre la mesa. La cuestión ahora era qué hacer. ¿Qué adquisición debía emprender? ¿Debía hacerlo? Además, no ...Starting at €5.74
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Beltren
Johnson, RobCase E-222-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeJean-Mar Chardon, of Sofina Ventures, was at his computer, looking at alternative ways to structure financing round by his venture capital firm in Beltren, the developer of an innovative medical instrument used in spinal surgery. This case is based on the case E-143-E with the same title from the same author.Starting at €8.20
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GeneRisk.com
Johnson, RobCase E-67Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeA mediados del año 2000, los inversores en Medical Sciences Limited (MSL) consolidaron una nueva compañía, GeneRisk.com, para concentrar su capital en una herramienta de software propiedad de MSL. La inmediata cuestión planteada a los inversores de MSL fue cómo evaluar esta nueva compañía para la siguiente tanda de financiación.Starting at €8.20
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Innovative Automation: Coping with COVID-19
Mary Weil; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B21C004-ELeadership and People ManagementIn early April 2020, COVID-19 began impacting trade, commerce, and industry globally. The founder and president of Innovative Automation Inc., a custom machine builder in the small and medium enterprise sector in Ontario, Canada, was facing two main dilemmas. First, how should he ensure that the internal channels of communication at the company remain open as its employees-like everyone in the rest of the province and indeed the rest of the world...Starting at €8.20
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An Influencer Strategy for Budweiser in Canada
Mary Weil; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A014-EMarketingIn January 2018, a senior manager at Labatt Breweries of Canada, headquartered in Toronto, was thinking of how to launch an influencer strategy for the Budweiser brand in Canada. The manager needed a strategy to connect with a group of influential bloggers and other influencers in Canada. These influencers’ opinions affected the way different brands were viewed. Getting the influencers on-side would require finesse as Budweiser was typically seen...Starting at €8.20
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Rent-a-bike (A)
Fuhrmann T.; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Johnson, RobCase F-770-EFinanceRent-a-bike is a company that offers a network of publicly available bikes in a city. Customers can call a special phone number to receive a numerical code to open the bike's electronic lock and use it for a certain time. They can leave the bike at any place in town. For the service they pay 6 cents per minute, with a maximum of 15 EUR per day. Rent-a-bike was first launched in Munich in April 2000. Christian Hogl, the founder, realized that it w...Starting at €8.20
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Rent-a-bike (B)
Fuhrmann T.; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Johnson, RobCase F-771-EFinanceRent-a-bike is a company that offers a network of publicly available bikes in a city. Customers can call a special phone number to receive a numerical code to open the bike's electronic lock and use it for a certain time. They can leave the bike at any place in town. For the service they pay 6 cents per minute, with a maximum of 15 EUR per day. Rent-a-bike was first launched in Munich in April 2000. Christian Hogl, the founder, realized that it w...Starting at €5.74
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Rent-a-bike (C)
Fuhrmann T.; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Johnson, RobCase F-772-EFinanceRent-a-bike is a company that offers a network of publicly available bikes in a city. Customers can call a special phone number to receive a numerical code to open the bike's electronic lock and use it for a certain time. They can leave the bike at any place in town. For the service they pay 6 cents per minute, with a maximum of 15 EUR per day. Rent-a-bike was first launched in Munich in April 2000. Christian Hogl, the founder, realized that it w...Starting at €5.74
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Earthwear Face & Body: Communicating Corporate Culture (A)
Mary Weil; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14C045-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementBy the spring of 2014, the founder of EarthWear Face & Body is in desperate need of part-time employees to help run her successful skin care retail business, which she runs out of her home in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. After eight years of hard work, she has turned her part-time hobby making all-natural skin care products into a thriving business. She sells her products online, through retail stores, at craft and trade shows and at the Saska...Starting at €8.20
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A Pathway for Scotiabank's Innovation: Leveraging FinTech Partnerships
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary Weil; Ying-Ying HsiehCase IVEY-9B17M109-EStrategyIn February 2017, Scotiabank’s vice-president of digital enablement was sitting in his office at Scotiabank’s Digital Factory in downtown Toronto. He was reflecting on his recent introduction to the financial technology (fintech) company Kabbage, and on how successfully the partnership was progressing. Scotiabank’s vice-president was considering what opportunities the bank should pursue next, specifically in the area of blockchain. The Scotiabank...Starting at €8.20