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Napster-Bertelsmann (A)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1353StrategyEn octubre de 2000, Bertelsmann y Napster llegaron a un acuerdo por el cual Bertelsmann prestaba a Napster 50 millones de dólares con opción de adquirir una participación mayoritaria en la empresa. Napster utilizaría este dinero para desarrollar una tecnología destinada a hacer que los usuarios pagaran la música que descargasen de la red. Ambas partes acordaron crear un modelo empresarial basado en el pago de una licencia de suscripción. Además, ...Starting at €8.20
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Napster-Bertelsmann (B)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1354StrategyEn octubre de 2000, Bertelsmann y Napster acordaron que la primera prestaría a Napster 50 millones de dólares, con una opción a hacerse con una participación mayoritaria de su capital social, para desarrollar una tecnología que hiciera que los usuarios pagaran por la música que se descargaban de la red. Crearían un modelo de negocio basado en tarifas de abono. Además, Bertelsmann aceptó retirarse del pleito que las principales compañías discográf...Starting at €5.74
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Napster-Bertelsmann (A)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1353-EStrategyIn October 2000, Bertelsmann and Napster agreed that Bertelsmann would lend Napster $50 million, with an option to take a majority equity stake for Napster to develop technology designed to get users to pay for music downloaded from the Net. They would create a subscription fee business model. Additionally Bertelsmann agreed to withdraw from the lawsuit that the major record companies had against Napster and would attempt to convince the other co...Starting at €8.20
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Argo Interactive (A): Surviving in the Roller-Coasting Mobile Industry: A struggling mobile software provider must decide whether to retreat, refocus, or rebrand
Prats, Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveCase EFC-1-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis after their market did not pick up. The company Argo Interactive focused, with their innovative software product, on the newly emerging WAP-market. However, after burning through 14 million pound sterling of venture capital, the market had still not shown any signs of life, and the senior management team needed to make an urgent...Starting at €8.20
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Napster-Bertelsmann (B)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1354-EStrategyIn October 2000, Bertelsmann and Napster agreed that Bertelsmann would lend Napster $50 million, with an option to take a majority equity stake for Napster to develop technology designed to get users to pay for music downloaded from the Net. They would create a subscription fee business model. Additionally Bertelsmann agreed to withdraw from the lawsuit that the major record companies had against Napster and would attempt to convince the other co...Starting at €5.74