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Olapic on Amazon.com's Cloud
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeOn the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of his New York-based IT start-up company's new service, uPhoto. The launch date of this innovative photo crowdsourcing service commissioned by Olapic's first corporate client, the newspaper the New York Daily News (NYDN), was slated for the end of April. Although it seemed that the Internet connection was working, Dantart was puzzled when he realize...Starting at €8.20
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International Expansion of Escuela Nueva: A Transformative Pedagogy on a Global Scale
Hehenberger, Lisa; Moral, N.; Mair, JohannaCase SM-1556-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study presents the challenging task of expanding the widely successful Escuela Nueva pedagogy on a global scale. Escuela Nueva provides a cost effective, replicable and scalable solution to improve the quality of basic education in low income schools. It started in rural Colombia, but has since expanded principally to a large number of Latin American countries. Evidence shows that wherever Escuela Nueva is implemented, children become ...Starting at €8.20
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EVN in Bulgaria: "East Fantasy" Meets Eastern Reality
Seelos, ChristianCase SM-1565-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe case reflects on the strategic decisions to implement the growth and internationalization strategy of EVN, an Austrian energy retailer. EVN needed to respond to change competitive dynamics created by the market liberalization enacted by EU law in the 1990s. EVN's management saw a growth opportunity in the Eastern European markets that were underdeveloped but were expected to catch up fast as a result of their admission to the EU. EVN soon fin...Starting at €8.20
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Opportunity Network (B): Growth Challenges
Amigó i Navarro, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-186-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe start-up that in just two years of existence has proved to be able to develop a business model and changing networking services. They have expanded worldwide and increased they revenues exponentially of digital disruption. However, there was still a challenge that Opportunity Network had to face which had successful growth: the need to balance its growth with its business model and firm values and diversification.Starting at €5.74
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GAS GAS
García Pont, Carlos; García Solé, CarlosCase ASN-51-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyKTM, an international leader in off-road motorcycles, proposed for GAS GAS to manufacture trial motorcycle models for its company. The brand, GAS GAS, which has 50% of the global trial motorcycle market, considers the strategic pros and cons of entering into this agreement.Starting at €8.20
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Atam: A New Model of Sustainable Social Welfare (C)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª JuliaCase DPO-389-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe economic crisis and the successive redundancy plans of Telefónica in Spain were having an inexorable effect on the viability of Atam and its economic operations. The association had to complete its restructuring of the old service delivery system and concentrate on building a new model for a sustainable social welfare institution. A turning point was reached, from which point Atam began to speed up all the transformation processes. The case d...Starting at €5.74
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The TaxPayers' Alliance
Gyr, Oliver; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-191-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThe TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) is a research and campaign group located in the United Kingdom that aims to speak for ordinary taxpayers fed up with government waste, increasing taxation, and the lack of transparency in all levels of government. The group's mission statement provides a good summary of its main objectives, which are to: - Reverse the perception that big government is necessary and irreversible. - Explain the benefits of a low tax ...Starting at €8.20
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Aparkalo (B): Revised Business Plan
Peeters, Claire; Zott, ChristophCase E-209-EEntrepreneurshipAparkalo was born as the brainchild of Luis París and Iván Rodríguez, who developed the initial business plan for the venture as part of an IESE EMBA course on entrepreneurship. Their simple yet appealing idea was to introduce the concepts of reservations and dynamic pricing as a business model innovation to parking lots, so that clients could reserve spots in advance, and parking lot managers could charge more during peak times (e.g., concerts o...Starting at €5.74
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Aparkalo (C): Normal Crisis or Sudden Death
Peeters, Claire; Zott, ChristophCase E-210-EEntrepreneurshipAparkalo was born as the brainchild of Luis París and Iván Rodríguez, who developed the initial business plan for the venture as part of an IESE EMBA course on entrepreneurship. Their simple yet appealing idea was to introduce the concepts of reservations and dynamic pricing as a business model innovation to parking lots, so that clients could reserve spots in advance, and parking lot managers could charge more during peak times (e.g., concerts o...Starting at €5.74
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Ana Llopis (C): A Race to the Top
Jiménez, Esther; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-358-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyOver the years, Ana Llopis has made decisions at different points in her professional career and personal life. Her good work and her good relationships with headhunters have helped her to open doors to become chairwoman of the Board at Dia.Starting at €5.74