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Vienna Neubau GmbH (A): CEO and Shareholder
Baselga, Antonio; Stein, Guido; Roure, JuanCase E-129-ELeadership and People ManagementNeubau Vienna GmbH (VN) is a mid-sized company and leading distributor of wood derivatives in the Austrian market. CEO Walter Anzenbruger had decided to hire a general manager who could help steer the company in its new stage. Walter finally decided on Hans Macher, 34, an industrial engineer with an MBA and current director of the Price Waterhouse Office in Graz. He thought that Hans was pulling very heavily on some of his strengths in the negot...Starting at €8.20
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USP Hospitales (B)
San José, Amparo; Roure, JuanCase E-124FinanceEn marzo de 2007, Gabriel Masfurroll (Gabi), Presidente de USP Hospitales, evaluaba su estrategia de crecimiento recordando cuando a principios de 2004, dejó Dallas algo desilusionado tras una reunión del Consejo de la matriz americana. En aquel momento USP Hospitales formaba parte de la empresa americana United Surgical Parners, la cual planeaba concentrar su crecimiento en el mercado americano y la inversión dedicada a la división europea, lide...Starting at €5.74
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Padeinvest
Roure, Juan; de San José Riestra, AmparoCase E-176Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesEl caso aborda la creación y gestión de un grupo inversor, PADEINVEST, puesto en marcha por el grupo de PADE '10 de Madrid, para llevar a cabo actividades de inversión en grupo en startups. El caso recorre brevemente la creación del grupo y la motivación, sus parámetros de funcionamiento, la construcción de una cartera incipiente y las primeras inversiones. El caso utiliza además una de las inversiones, la tercera, para destacar la diferencia de ...Starting at €8.20
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Fractus-3i: Negociando una nueva ronda de financiación (A): Información confidencial para el representante de Fractus
Herlicq, Bruno; Segurado, Juan Luis; Roure, JuanCase E-30EntrepreneurshipEl caso describe los antecedentes principales de la negociación de una ronda final de financiación entre un "start-up" de alta tecnología (Fractus) y una sociedad de capital riesgo (3i), centrándose en el impacto de la valoración sobre la tasa de dilución de la propiedad de la empresa.Starting at €8.20
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Padeinvest
Roure, Juan; de San José Riestra, AmparoCase E-176-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesThis case examines the creation and management of an investment group, PADEINVEST, which was launched by the 2010 PADE graduating class in Madrid to engage in group investment activities in start-ups. The case briefly traces the creation of the group and the motivation behind it, its operating metrics, the assembly of its initial portfolio, and its first investments. The case also uses one of its investments, the third one, to highlight the dif...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration
Lakhani, Karim R.; Carlile, Paul RCase HBS-610074-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for multiple sclerosis based on a novel scientific approach. The case provides details on how norms of academic rese...Starting at €8.20
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InnoCentive.com (A), Teaching Note
Lakhani, Karim R.Teaching Note HBS-611072-ETeaching Note for 608170.Starting at €0.00
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Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration, Teaching Note
Lakhani, Karim R.Teaching Note HBS-611073-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 610074.Starting at €0.00
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InnoCentive.com (B)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Lonstein, EricCase HBS-612026-EInnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. In 2008, InnoCentive introduced "InnoCentive@Work" (lC@W), which recognized clients' reluctance to share problems and solutions with an external network. Instead, IC@W enabled clients to foster open collaboration amongst its own employees. IC@W became the fastest growing product in InnoCentive's portfolio. In 2010, InnoCentive add...Starting at €5.74