IESE (España)
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Vivace Logística S.A. (II): Preparing Orders a la Carte
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-95-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementTwo businessmen found a logistics company with innovative services that allow them to offer their clients added value. The company grows fast, obliging them to take on new investments more quickly than they had foreseen, in order to absorb the growing demand. Despite not having funds available, the businessmen are able to pull it off.Starting at €8.20
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Mormedi S.A.
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-74-EEntrepreneurshipIn June 2004, Mormedi, a Spanish company modeled on the northern European design studios, was back in profit thanks to its aggressive pricing policy in Spain, although it had also directed its commercial plan towards the international market, which paid up to 50% more for design services. The company's priorities were to get more business, and develop a higher profile. It was earning more than they had the year before, but its margins were too lo...Starting at €8.20
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Club Solidario: Using IP Optimization to Assign Students to Families
Carbó D.; Domingo E.; García, Carolina; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Baigorri, J.; Villavieja D.; Rubiralta P.Case AD-300-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDavid and some others in the group were involved in Club Solidario. David convinced the group that it would be nice to use optimization to arrange the teams of students that were supposed to visit families in need.Starting at €8.20
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Kubi Wireless (B)
Ghosh, Anindya; Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-87-EEntrepreneurshipJuly 15th 2005 was a red-letter day in the short history of KubiWireless. The WiFi service at Madrid Barajas and Barcelona El Prat airports had finally been launched. It was a big victory for Kubi, and the management team (see Exhibit 1 for the organizational chart) had reasons to be satisfied. It was the culmination of four years of hard work and perseverance. Revenues had grown at a fair clip over the previous year, and profitability was even c...Starting at €5.74
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Genetrix
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-80-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceGenetrix is a biotechnology company whose mission is to develop new methods of diagnosis and advanced treatments for currently incurable human diseases. It aims to become a leading biopharmaceutical group in molecular and regenerative medicine. At the time of the case, Genetrix is trying to raise ¿20 million from individual private investors or business angels to finance its two new business ventures: Biotherapix and Cellerix. Its managers have a...Starting at €8.20
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Soluziona: The Success of Entrepreneurial Initiative
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-71-EEntrepreneurshipSoluziona was a consulting company belonging to the Unión Fenosa group; it had been formed from the merger of Unión Fenosa's service companies. With more than 8,000 employees, Soluziona was present in 28 countries on four continents. The crisis of 2002 had slowed its growth, but it had managed to remain profitable thanks to a cost optimization plan. During this same period, it had embarked on a business integration plan. The case is set in July 2...Starting at €8.20
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Experiencia Jurídica
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-86-EEntrepreneurshipExperiencia Jurídica was initially created to deliver second legal opinions online, but the poor market response forced the entrepreneur to abandon this idea and concentrate instead on web development for the legal community. Sales efforts did not generate the expected revenues, and in 2004 the company launched a line of professional yearbooks, which generated the company's first positive cash flow. Some time later, the company launched a line of...Starting at €8.20