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Argo Interactive (A): sobrevivir en el caótico mundo de la telefonía móvil
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-1Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEste caso trata sobre una joven compañía tecnológica del Reino Unido respaldada por capital riesgo que trata de recuperarse de una crisis casi definitiva después de que su mercado no funcionase. La compañía Argo Interactive diseñó un innovador producto de software pensando en el emergente mercado WAP. Sin embargo, después de dilapidar 14 millones de libras esterlinas de capital riesgo, el mercado no daba señales de vida y el equipo directivo ten...Starting at €8.20
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Forbind Systems (A): Crisis Management From Day 1...: A newly hired first-time CEO has to navigate his firm through a severe crisis
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-10-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis Focus Case is about a young Danish VC-backed technology company in the supply-chain software sector. To his own surprise, Jacob "just hired as the new VP Sales" was unexpectedly made CEO of the company by the VCs. Beside the personal challenge, he quickly realized significant problems in the company. The current contracts in place were not optimal for the firm, the business model seemed wrong, and internationalization was an important issue....Starting at €8.20
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San Francisco: valoración inmobiliaria
Ibarra, Alberto; Alegre, Inés; Moleskis, MelinaFocused Case ADFC-6Decision AnalysisUn MBA tiene que ayudar a un amigo a identificar propiedades inmobiliarias que podrían ser una buena inversión para obtener rentabilidad a medio o largo plazo. El MBA accede a listados de propiedades, que pueden añadirse a un modelo de regresión para predecir los precios y, al compararlos con los precios de mercado, permiten identificar posibles oportunidades de inversión.Starting at €8.20
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Argo Interactive (B): Surviving in the Roller-Coasting Mobile Industry: A struggling mobile software provider must decide whether to retreat, refocus, or rebrand
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-5-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Argo Interactive (A): Surviving in the Roller-Coasting Mobile Industry" [EFC-1-E]. This second part illustrates the decisions the firm took during and after their near-death crisis with regard to financing, market focus, product (re-)development, HR issues, positioning and the overall survival strategy of the firm, and the consequences this had. Dev...Starting at €8.20
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JacobsRimell (A): liderazgo para salir de la bancarrota: Un CEO asume el rol de "poli malo" para salvar a una empresa británica de software en problemas
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-8Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste estudio trata sobre una joven compañía tecnológica del Reino Unido respaldada por capital riesgo que trata de recuperarse de una crisis casi definitiva. La compañía, que ofrece un producto tecnológico relacionado con la gestión de los servicios de banda ancha, VoIP y televisión digital (DTV) para los grandes proveedores de servicios de telecomunicación y servicios por cable, se encuentra al borde de la quiebra tras perder inesperadamente dos...Starting at €8.20
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BrapoTech (A): diseñando una estratégia de nacimiento: Una joven empresa de soluciones para telefonía móvil debe decidir cómo globalizarse de forma inteligente
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-4Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEl caso se centra en una pequeña empresa portuguesa de reciente creación -cuyo joven fundador acaba de salir de la universidad- y centrada en el mercado en expansión de la telefonía móvil. La empresa desarrolla soluciones móviles innovadoras que pueden servir a las grandes empresas para hacer negocios con sus clientes y para ofrecerles aplicaciones y servicios de tecnología móvil (por ejemplo, en el ámbito de la banca). En un breve periodo de tie...Starting at €8.20
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San Francisco: Real Estate Valuation
Ibarra, Alberto; Alegre, Inés; Moleskis, MelinaFocused Case ADFC-6-EDecision AnalysisAn MBA has to help a friend indentify real estate properties that could be a good investment for medium or long term returns. The MBA has access to properties listings and that can be included in a regression model to predict pricing and when compared versus listed prices, allow the identification of investment opportunities.Starting at €8.20
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Forbind Systems (B): The Way Forward... Back to Business
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-11-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B about a young Danish VC-backed technology company in the supply-chain software sector trying to overcome a multitude of challenges related to this type of companies cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Forbind Systems (A): Hired to Hell ´Crisis Management from Day 1´ [EFC-10-E]". This second part illustrated the decisions the CEO took with regard to strategy, business model, financing,...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (B): a Steep and Risky Climb to Success: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Nacre: Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm (A)" [EFC-2-E]. This case B describes the strategic decisions and actions of the CEO and how eventually, this firm - with only 12-15 employees at that time (plus a large contract manufacturer) - manages to land a US-$30 million deal with the US Marine Corp. Soon after, this company is acquired by a l...Starting at €8.20
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BrapoTech (A): Building to Scale: A small mobile solutions company must decide how to select a smart global destination
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-4-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a small Portuguese start-up with a young founder directly out of University, which is focused on the rapidly expanding mobile market. The firm is developing innovative mobile solutions which large firms can use to do mobile business with their customers and offer them mobile applications and services (e.g. mobile banking). Within a short period of time, BrapoTech manages to work with the largest Portuguese firms in four di...Starting at €8.20