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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
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Olivia Baker reacciona
Ruizalba, José Luis; Chinchilla, Nuria; Las Heras, MireiaCase DPO-252Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOlivia Baker y su equipo van ampliando su grupo empresarial con nuevas iniciativas. No obstante, la evolución del negocio produce trabas y tensiones entre ella y las personas de su confianza, como George Foster. Esto hace que se pregunte si debe seguir igual o cambiar la estrategia.Starting at €8.20
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Aqueduct Medical
Rodríguez, Alejandro; Nueno, PedroCase E-92-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAqueduct is a start up designing and manufacture a medical device to apply cold temperature after esthetic or traumatic surgery. Two MBAs from MIT and IESE and the team they put together are going through initial steps of the venture through medical trials. In parallel they need to raise the funding the company. Different funding for alternatives are evaluated. The location of Aqueduct Medical is San Francisco and the venture is addressed primari...Starting at €8.20
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Lew Wasserman and the Motion Picture Industry
Gurses K.; Ferraro, FabrizioCase DG-1494-EEntrepreneurshipLew Wasserman achieved a position of immense power in the movie industry and in the political arena. Before him, old-time moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner, had exerted enormous power within their particular domains, but none of them had been able to move outside of the confines of the motion picture industry. Wasserman became enormously powerful in the 1950s, as both an agent and a producer, moving beyond Hollywood to dominate the emerg...Starting at €8.20
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Windward Investment Management Inc.
Loosens, Rudi; Nueno, PedroCase E-90-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe case describes the integration of two small entrepreneurial private banking services companies. Issues like growing alone and compensation, career development, are presented. The facts described in the case take place in Boston area, in the USA, in 2005.Starting at €8.20
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Uber: The Future of Mobility
Samila, Sampsa; Wehrheim, David; Biquez Talayero, JesúsCase SM-1721-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case describes the evolution of Uber and its situation at the time of its IPO in the spring of 2019. This case allows a rich discussion of platform economics and, in particular, about multihoming and switching costs on both sides, pointing towards severe limits on the potential profitability of the model. Furthermore, there is material for discussion on how the regulation of the relationship with drivers, as well as the emergence of autonomo...Starting at €8.20
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Savannah Discovery Kenya - Teaching Note: Doing Well to Do Good
Anvari, Nava Emilia; Cobián, Diego; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTeaching Note ET-60-EEntrepreneurshipSavannah Discovery Kenya (SDK) is an ecotourism company that operates four camps in two of Kenya's wildlife conservancies. Their model is based on delivering top-notch safari experiences while leaving a positive footprint in the places where they operate. Through their long-term partnership with the Maasai people, Savannah Discovery seeks to bring together community empowerment and nature conservation. At the base of SDK's concept lies the funda...Starting at €0.00
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Professionalizing the Sales Force at The Veteran Tree (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Villanueva, JulianCase M-1391-PBEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn March 2022, Jim Heisser, MD and founder of The Veteran Tree Co, was reflecting on the strong results his company had achieved in recent years. The historical growth in sales and profitability were something to be proud of and-after 2020 which was a disastrous year for the sector due to the pandemic-the company had returned to strong growth in 2021. Jim felt that what started as a small operation with humble goals was now becoming very big. Big...Starting at €8.20