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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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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 (B): una cuesta empinada y arriesgada hacia el éxito: Decisiones y consecuencias
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "Nacre: cómo convertir una idea de laboratorio en una empresa de alto crecimiento" (A) [EFC-2-E]. En el caso B se describen las decisiones y medidas estratégicas del director general y cómo esta empresa (que tan sólo tenía entre 12 y 15 empleados en aquel momento y subcontrataba los servicios de un gran fabricante) consiguió finalmente cerrar un contrato...Starting at €8.20
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Opportunity Network (A): una startup no disruptiva revoluciona las redes empresariales
Amigó i Navarro, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-185Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyBrian Pallas, un joven italiano que había trabajado en una famosa consultora, decidió lanzar una startup después de que su compañía le patrocinase cursar un programa MBA. Hijo de un empresario del mundo del espectáculo, enseguida encontró un target al que ofrecer servicios: empresas familiares como la de su padre. Logró conformar un gran equipo directivo, refrendando con éxito su idea en distintos países. Sin embargo, para poder seguir creciendo,...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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Opportunity Network (A): A Non-Disruptive Start-up Revolutionizes Business Networking
Amigó i Navarro, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-185-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyMr. Pallas, a young Italian who had worked at a renowned consulting firm, decided to launch a start-up after obtaining a sponsorship from his company to study an MBA program. Son of an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry, he soon found a target to serve: other family business like his dad´s. He managed to build a great management team, successfully validate the idea in different countries. However, in order to continue growing, they would ...Starting at €8.20
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Verizon Reimagines Corporate Real Estate
Lehr, Josh; Amigó, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-191-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIn late October 2015 James Tousignant, Director of Transactions and Real Estate Development for Verizon Global Real Estate, was sitting in his office at Verizon's headquarters in Basking Ridge, NJ' a sprawling 1.4 MM square foot megaplex of 80's construction. The compound was made up of nine building wings and a central core to serve food to over 5,000 employees each day. As he looked out his office window he pondered what he should do. Verizon h...Starting at €8.20