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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease - Teaching Note
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliTeaching Note FT-87-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €0.00
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €8.20
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ExQuisit IV European Private Equity Fund: To Invest or Not
Grabenwarter, Uli; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-826-EFinanceThis case introduces an in-class analysis of a private placement memorandum (PPM) of a new private equity fund. Students will evaluate the PPM along the following criteria: the fund's investment strategy, past financial performance, expected returns, the size of the fund's targets, the regions and sectors, holding periods, governance issues, the fund's team and benchmark data.Starting at €8.20
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (A): The gestation of the project
Azua, J.; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Suárez Ruz, EsperanzaCase FH-644-ELeadership and People ManagementThe U.S.-based Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is looking for a European city to house a modern and contemporary art museum under the Guggenheim brand. The authorities in the Basque Country find out and try to contact the foundation's director in New York, Thomas Krens. The interest of the Basque public administration goes beyond the cultural sphere: it is part of an ambitious plan to attract investors with the aim of regenerating metropolitan B...Starting at €8.20
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (C): First Year Results
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Suárez Ruz, Esperanza; Azua, J.Case FH-646-ELeadership and People ManagementA continuation of Cases A and B on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.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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Sensofar Tech: Leading or Following the Customer
Rodríguez Bouzo, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1310-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, MarketingAt the beginning of 2013, Ferran Laguarta and Marc Canales, chairman and CEO of Sensofar-Tech (spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, UPC), respectively, were reviewing how well the company was complying with the 2011-2015 Strategic Plan. The 2012 fiscal year had closed with 6 million in revenue (including subsidiary billing), a staff of 18 employees and an international business network with a global presence in the world's most i...Starting at €8.20
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Carinsa: innovando con el cliente
Rodríguez Bouzo, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1311Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, MarketingPor selección estratégica, y haciendo de la necesidad virtud, Carinsa nació y se desarrolló en España sirviendo a las marcas nacionales que, por tamaño o por "contratos de exclusividad" con marcas multinacionales, eran despreciadas por los grandes de la industria como Givaudan, Firmenich e IFF, el top 3 de la industria, con una cuota de mercado del 45%. Esta estrategia de "invisibilidad" o escasa notoriedad le había reportado muy buenos resultado...Starting at €8.20
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Sensofar Tech: liderar o seguir al cliente
Rodríguez Bouzo, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1310Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, MarketingA principios de 2013, Ferrán Laguarta y Marc Canales, presidente y director general de Sensofar Tech (spin-off de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, UPC), respectivamente, revisaban el grado de cumplimiento del Plan Estratégico 2011-2015. El ejercicio 2012 se había cerrado con una cifra de negocio de 6 millones de euros (incluyendo la facturación de las filiales), una plantilla de 18 empleados, y una red comercial internacional con presencia...Starting at €8.20
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Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (A): La gestación del proyecto
Azua, J.; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Suárez Ruz, EsperanzaCase FH-644Leadership and People ManagementLa fundación americana Solomon R. Guggenheim está buscando una ciudad europea para instalar un museo de arte moderno y contemporáneo de la marca Guggenheim. Las autoridades vascas se enteran y tratan de contactar con el director de la misma en Nueva York: Thomas Krens. El interés de la Administración vasca va más allá de la cultura: forma parte de un ambicioso plan de regeneración del Bilbao metropolitano para atraer la inversión. Por su parte, l...Starting at €8.20