IESE (España)
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IKEA Enters Spain
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1592-EStrategyThe case provides an update of the Catalan furniture industry, describing the entry and success of IKEA and the closure of half of the Catalan furniture companies. It addresses the question of why the Catalan companies did not follow IKEA's model and stresses the different configuration of the value chain.Starting at €8.20
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The Catalan Textile Industry (B) - Spanish Version
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1596Innovation and Change, StrategyEntre 1990 y 1996, se había perdido más de la cuarta parte de los empleos relacionados con el sector textil en la UE, y los Gobiernos se enfrentaban a la titánica tarea de impulsar las políticas adecuadas para que la transformación que éste estaba sufriendo fuera menos brusca, así como para mejorar su competitividad. En este caso, se explican algunas de las medidas implementadas por el Gobierno catalán como respuesta a los retos (cada vez más num...Starting at €5.74
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-983-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €8.20
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Accolade Group
Kolarova, Lenka; Johnson, RobCase E-225-EFinanceIn September 2005, John Allen, the Chairman and founder of Accolade Group, leaned back in the armchair in his office and reflected on the developments in his company over the past nine years. Allen had a lifelong career in the UK leisure industry, culminating in his founding of the Accolade Group through a £279m management buy-in (MBI) of the Accolade Bingo business from Guss, a quoted UK-based leisure company, in 1997. Allen had a vision that un...Starting at €8.20
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Chicfy
Cabiedes, Luis Martin; Kolarova, LenkaCase E-212-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn January 2018, Cristina Nevado, an experienced business development professional, made a decision to join Chicfy. Cristina's job description was Chief Operating Officer, and the reported mandate was to lead international expansion and growth, but, somewhat to her surprise, her first assignment was to lead the process of a new financing round. Before launching this project, she reviewed the recently audited financial statements for 2017 to prepa...Starting at €8.20
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The Catalan Textile Industry (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1596-EInnovation and Change, StrategyBetween 1990 and 1996, more than a quarter of textile-related jobs had been lost in the European Union. European governments faced the daunting task of promoting adequate policies to smooth the transformation that was taking place in the sector and improve its competitiveness. The case explains some of the measures taken by the Catalan government in response to the increasing callenges faced by companies in the textile industry. It also explains ...Starting at €5.74
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Supera Capital: How to Make the Most of a Portfolio Company's Growth Potential: Balancing the Investment Period Against the Life Cycle of a Private Equity Fund
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Marti Erfurt, Mark; Kolarova, LenkaCase F-988-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyPhillipe Cera, Managing Partner, had been with SUPERA CAPITAL, a leading private equity firm in Southern European countries, since 2000. In early February 2021, Phillipe was reviewing the historical performance of Cecilia, a portfolio company producing strollers and baby accessories. Phillipe wanted to make sure that the value created in the company was unlocked at the right moment. There could be potentially a lot of value at stake, given that S...Starting at €8.20
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Jointly
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-910-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was spring 2012, and Vicente Dahl found himself in a difficult situation. One year earlier, after graduating from IESE Business School, he had decided to take the entrepreneurial career path and co-founded Jointly, a London-based e-commerce marketplace company. Although the business concept proved viable, he and his co-founder had begun to argue about the leadership role in the venture.Starting at €8.20
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QuickBars
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-911-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was in September 2012 - one year after his graduation from IESE Business School - when Simon decided to move from the comfort of an employee's life to the unknown territory of entrepreneurship. A year and a half later, the venture had made a lot of progress on product development and acquired several customers. The company had also raised financing from its first angel investor, but the company's postfinancing development was very different fr...Starting at €8.20
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The Long Process Toward Specialization in the Catalan Leather Industry (A)
Subirà, Antoni; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1593-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe leather industry had had more than five centuries of history in Catalonia.Spain was incurring the risk of being sanctioned by the European Union if it didn't adhere to strict environmental standards. However, industry representatives claimed to be at a disadvantage with respect to developing countries. The case explains the technical solution implemented in the 1990s. The answer Subirá found to the environmental dilemma was to develop a joint...Starting at €8.20