Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Bitmovin Inc.: A Start-Up Goes Global - Teaching Note
Dietmar SternadTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M140-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M140.Starting at €0.00
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Long-Term Orientation in the Benedictine Monastery of Admont
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B16M045-EStrategyAt the Benedictine monastery of Admont in Austria, which had been economically active for over 940 years, the monks tended to think in centuries rather than quarters. However, the monastery’s business director needed to make a decision in a much shorter timeframe. The monastery employed approximately 600 people in its forestry, wine-growing, energy, real estate, services, and industrial businesses. Its largest subsidiary, an industrial manufactur...Starting at €8.20
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Long-Term Orientation in the Benedictine Monastery of Admont (Spanish version)
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B16MS045StrategyAt the Benedictine monastery of Admont in Austria, which had been economically active for over 940 years, the monks tended to think in centuries rather than quarters. However, the monastery’s business director needed to make a decision in a much shorter timeframe. The monastery employed approximately 600 people in its forestry, wine-growing, energy, real estate, services, and industrial businesses. Its largest subsidiary, an industrial manufactur...Starting at €8.20
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Organic Growth at Sonnentor
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B15M031-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe entrepreneur and founder of Sonnentor, an organic food production company, has grown his business by focusing on unusual strategic and operative choices. Sonnentor emphasizes socially and environmentally responsible behaviour in all its actions and has built its business on fair partnerships with employees, suppliers and other partners. The case highlights the role of “embedded sustainability” in the success of the business and presents the c...Starting at €8.20
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SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (A & B) - Teaching Note
Dietmar SternadTeaching Note IVEY-8B19C011-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for products 9B19C011 and 9B19C012.Starting at €0.00
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SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (A)
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B19C011-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyCase A describes a leadership crisis affecting the managing director of the German construction company SÄBU Holzbau GmbH. In 2013, severe organizational problems, such as deficiencies in internal communication, indecisiveness, and a lack of clarity in the distribution of tasks and responsibilities, led to frustrations for both customers and employees. The crisis culminated with three key employees leaving the company because they were no longer ...Starting at €8.20
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GREENoneTEC: Fierce Competition Under the Sun
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B14M072-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case was one of the winners of the 2014 John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition. GREENoneTEC, the global market leader in manufacturing flat plate solar thermal collectors, was facing new challenges: the potential market entry of Chinese low-cost competitors and a substitution threat from photovoltaics. The company’s founder and chief executive officer had developed GREENoneTEC from a garage start-up to the industry’s l...Starting at €8.20
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SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (B)
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B19C012-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyCase B describes how management at SÄBU Holzbau GmbH was able to overcome the crisis with the help of a team of consultants who supported the company through a change process that significantly altered the its culture.Starting at €5.74
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Bitmovin Inc.: A Start-Up Goes Global
Dietmar SternadCase IVEY-9B20M140-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy the second quarter of 2018, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the online video technology company Bitmovin Inc. (Bitmovin) had propelled the start-up along an aggressive growth path. After founding the company in Austria, he had relocated Bitmovin’sStarting at €8.20