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Quilts of Denmark: Managing Open Innovation
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B16M213-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyQuilts of Denmark was a Danish start-up company founded in 2000 with the goal of producing high-quality, functional quilts and pillows that contributed to healthy sleep. The company’s open innovation with a space agency and technology company resulted in an “intelligent” quilt that regulated body heat, providing users with an elusive but much-desired experience: a good night’s sleep. Selling a premium product in a commodity market was a challenge...Starting at €8.20
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Bancolombia: Talent, Culture and Value Creation Management in Mergers
Juanita Cajiao SaenzCase IVEY-9B11C040-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe case reviews the main facts related to the merger process of three financial institutions — Bancolombia, Conavi, and Corfinsura — in Colombia in 2005 and 2006. The merger decision emerges from directors and senior executives foreseeing a major upcoming market transformation, including adjustment in industry regulation, improvement in international competence, and consolidation of main players, and their response in order to adapt to the new e...Starting at €8.20
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Cembrit Holding A/S: At a Crossroads
Romeo TurcanCase IVEY-9B17M008-EStrategyCembrit Holding A/S (Cembrit), the second-largest producer of fibre cement products in Europe, had experienced a period of restructuring, acquisitions, and consolidation as a result of having acquired fibre cement companies involved in production, sales, and distribution throughout Europe and closing down its own production in Denmark. After years of restructuring and struggling, growth had finally picked up, with turnover reaching an average of ...Starting at €8.20
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NKT Photonics A/S: Doing Business at the Technological Frontiers
Torben Pedersen; Githa KurdahlCase IVEY-9B16M055-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTo improve its profitability, NKT Photonics A/S (NKT), a small Danish company operating in the global photonics industry, was getting ready to undertake the commercialization process of its highly advanced optical fibre technology. NKT’s chief executive officer (CEO) was considering two options for accomplishing this goal: (1) establishing strategic partnerships with system integrators in order to gain access to commercial customers, or (2) repos...Starting at €8.20
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Carlsberg in Emerging Markets
Michael W. Hansen; Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B11M009-EService and Operations Management, StrategyRisking becoming the target of a hostile takeover or being cornered as a small regional player in the global beer industry, the Danish brewery Carlsberg decided in the early 2000s to expand into rapidly growing emerging markets to pursue new arenas of growth. By 2008, this strategy had paid off, and Carlsberg was positioned among the five largest breweries in the world. In the Russian market — one of the fastest-growing markets in the world — Car...Starting at €8.20
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S - Exploiting Global R&D Synergies
Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B09M079-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyWith a change in management in 2005 came a radical reorganization and the announcement of several new strategic initiatives. Among the initiatives was the establishment of the Vestas Technology research and development (R&D) business unit with an aim of achieving global leadership in all core technology areas and, consequently, strengthening the core competence for the company. By 2008, Vestas had succeeded in setting up a global R&D network with...Starting at €8.20
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Diana Uribe: Fighting the Viral Spread of Fake News
Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B18M123-EStrategyOn August 31, 2016, a well-respected and highly influential cultural broadcaster and entrepreneur in Colombia was the subject of a fake news attack. A message started spreading over the WhatsApp messaging service wrongfully attributing to her a vociferous statement opposing the Colombian peace-making process. On September 2, 2016, she produced a disconfirming video, in which she made it clear that the statement was not written by her; that it did...Starting at €8.20
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Falabella Colombia (A): construyendo un equipo gerencial
Mies, R.Case ESE-DP-C-ES-08-031ARicardo Hepp, Country Manager de Falabella Perú, recibe una oferta para montar las operaciones de Falabella en Colombia. El caso detalla el proceso de diseño y elección del equipo gerencial que lo acompañará en esta tarea.Starting at €8.20
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El dilema de la familia Vallejo Granados: Visión Familia Vs. Visión Individual (A)
Gómez Betancourt, Gonzalo; López, María PiedadCase INALDE-DG-I 230Corporate GovernanceAndrés Felipe, Pipe, como le decían cariñosamente en su familia, se encontraba tomando un pequeño descanso después de jugar el noveno hoyo de golf. Su mano derecha sostenía un palo de golf personalizado marca Callaway, mientras la izquierda sostenía pensativo su mentón. Desde el campo de golf del Club Campestre de Ibagué, podía identificar su lujosa casa en el Barrio Cadiz, su Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG modelo 2007 y su BMW X5.Starting at €8.20
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El dilema de la familia Vallejo Granados: Visión Familia Vs. Visión Individual (B)
Gómez Betancourt, Gonzalo; López, María PiedadCase INALDE-DG-I 231Corporate GovernanceEn la siguiente reunión, Andrés Felipe debía comunicar la decisión sobre la alternativa de salario que había seleccionado y sobre si incluiría su patrimonio personal al holding familiar o no. En cuanto a esto, Andrés Felipe decidió no incluir su propio patrimonio al holding, ya que esto implicaba tener una proporción mucho mayor que el resto de su familia y este tema lo hacía sentir muy incómodoStarting at €5.74