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JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy: A CEO takes on the role of "bad cop" to save a failing UK software company
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-8-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis. The company offered a technology related to the management of broadband access, VoIP and digital television (DTV) services to large TelCos and cable providers, but is on the verge of bankruptcy after they have unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time. The VC firm is bringing in a new (first-time) CEO in ord...Starting at €8.20
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Forbind Systems (A): gestión de crisis desde el primer día...: Un CEO principiante y nuevo en la empresa debe capear el temporal en tiempos de crisis
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-10Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso lo protagoniza una joven compañía tecnológica danesa respaldada por capital riesgo dedicada a la creación de software para la cadena de suministro. Para su propia sorpresa, Jacob, que acababa de incorporarse como vicepresidente de Ventas, fue nombrado director general de la compañía. Dejando a un lado el reto personal, pronto percibió que la empresa tenía problemas notables. Los contratos vigentes no eran óptimos para la empresa, el mod...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm: The challenges of bringing an innovative device technology to market
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a CEO who took over a spin-off from a research institute, became the new firm's employee #1 and tried to turn this lab idea into a prototype, then get it ready for industrialization, and finally sell it to a very demanding client, while facing some significant crises on this way. Beside the challenge of getting the product (an integrated hearing protection and communication device) working and a painful failure with a cont...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): la transformación de una idea de laboratorio a una empresa de alto crecimiento: Los retos de comercializar un dispositivo tecnológico innovador
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso habla sobre un director general que se puso al frente de una spin-off creada a partir de un instituto de investigación, se convirtió en el primer empleado de la nueva empresa y trató de convertir esa idea de laboratorio en un prototipo con el objetivo de producirlo industrialmente y venderlo finalmente a un cliente muy exigente, afrontando entre tanto varias crisis notables. Además de las dificultades para conseguir que el producto (un...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
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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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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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CVWarehouse (A): Offline-and Online-Adventures in the Recruitment Industry: A female CEO who challenges mental and business models
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-16-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase describes how a female CEO from Belgium is trying to change the business models in the HR industry with the two companies she set up. The first company is an "offline" HR consulting company, while the second one is an innovative spin-off from her first venture and Internet-based. The case decribes how difficult it was for her to attract venture capital, but how she finally succeeds. But more importantly, she runs into a significant...Starting at €8.20