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Elliot: A Sniper on the Board of Arconic
Corbatera Jorge, Sergi; Davila, AntonioCase C-787-EAccounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceThe case describes Elliot Management's actions to change the governance structure of Arconic. Elliot Management is one of the largest activist investor funds in the US. Among its businesses, it identifies undervalued companies and unlocks this value, taking a significant position in the equity of the company and through this position forcing changes, often starting at the governance level. Arconic is the Mid and Upstream company that came out of ...Starting at €8.20
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Scripped.com: Creating the Business Model
Rajaraman, Aarthi; Davila, AntonioCase E-146-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study presents the challenges of an Internet start-up as it finds its business model for growth. Scripped.com (later Scripted.com) is a start-up founded by three MBAs, in which screenwriters are able to produce their own work. Over time, the founders learn about the market.Starting at €8.20
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MobiComp (B): el camino del innovador
Sosna, Marc; Darsch, Dave; Prats, Mª JuliaFocused Case EFC-17Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "BrapoTech (A): diseñando una estrategia de nacimiento" [EFC-4-E]. Esta segunda parte del caso describe las decisiones estratégicas que adoptó la compañía en relación a las dificultades expuestas en el caso A, que giraban fundamentalmente en torno al cambio que supone pasar de desarrollar soluciones personalizadas a ofrecer un único producto, así como re...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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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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MobiComp (B): The Way of the Innovator
Sosna, Marc; Darsch, Dave; Prats, Mª JuliaFocused Case EFC-17-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "BrapoTech(A): Building to Scale" [EFC-4-E]. This second part illustrates the strategic decisions the firm took with regard to the challenges outlined in Case A, which were mainly around switching from developing more customized solutions to a stand-alone product company and reducing their scope from different industries to only one. In this case, th...Starting at €8.20