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Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (C): Dream big or go home
It is now four years later, and Drinkotec is scaling up fast. They’ve had to make some tough decisions in order to focus, have the best people and build the culture that they want, but today, major beverage companies are seeking their technology in order to go packaging-free. This case is about leadership, culture, sustainability and taking the …
Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (C): Dream big or go home
Summary
It is now four years later, and Drinkotec is scaling up fast. They’ve had to make some tough decisions in order to focus, have the best people and build the culture that they want, but today, major beverage companies are seeking their technology in order to go packaging-free. This case is about leadership, culture, sustainability and taking the leap to follow your dreams.
Reference
IMD-7-2488
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©2023
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Organization
Drinkotec
Industry
Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage;Travel and Leisure, Hotels and Restaurants;Travel and Leisure, Catering
Available Languages
English
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Business to Business
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Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (B): Taking the leap
The deal is closed; Franck-Erik Flegbo and Cyril Le Terrien become the owners of Drinkotec but discover that the existing team doesn’t really have the capabilities or culture to innovate. The Covid-19 pandemic hits, and they discover that their customers need Drinkotec’s help.
Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (B): Taking the leap
Summary
The deal is closed; Franck-Erik Flegbo and Cyril Le Terrien become the owners of Drinkotec but discover that the existing team doesn’t really have the capabilities or culture to innovate. The Covid-19 pandemic hits, and they discover that their customers need Drinkotec’s help.
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IMD-7-2487
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©2023
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IMD Copyright
Organization
Drinkotec
Industry
Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage;Travel and Leisure, Hotels and Restaurants;Travel and Leisure, Catering
Available Languages
English
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Business to Business
Digital
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Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (A): Daring to change
Franck-Erik Flegbo and Cyril Le Terrien were already successful executives in a major multinational when they decided that it was time to dream, and to build their own company, with a culture that delivered performance, created a culture where everyone wanted to work, used the latest technologies, and did its part to save the planet. The opportu…
Drinkotec: Changing a company, changing a life (A): Daring to change
Summary
Franck-Erik Flegbo and Cyril Le Terrien were already successful executives in a major multinational when they decided that it was time to dream, and to build their own company, with a culture that delivered performance, created a culture where everyone wanted to work, used the latest technologies, and did its part to save the planet. The opportunity to acquire 40-year-old Drinkotec came to them, and with it, they saw the vehicle for their dreams
Reference
IMD-7-2459
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©2023
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IMD Copyright
Organization
Drinkotec
Industry
Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage;Travel and Leisure, Hotels and Restaurants;Travel and Leisure, Catering
Available Languages
English
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Entrepreneurship
Business to Business
Disruption
Sustainability
Strategy
Green Motion: From entrepreneurial pioneer to multinational powerhouse
Entrepreneur François Randin was successful, but searching for his next venture, wanting to build something sustainable. Suddenly he sees an all-electric sports car and decides to create an electric vehicle (EV) charging station company, even though the number of EVs on the road at the time is minuscule. He starts with software, moves to hardwar…
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Entrepreneurship
Business to Business
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Economics
Leadership
Kandou Bus, From start-up to IPO? (B): The Scale-Up
Dr Amin Shokrollahi, a mathematician who loves research, becomes an entrepreneur by accident. He discovers a software solution to decelerate Moore’s Law, and his friend, entrepreneur Steve Papa, pushes him to create a company and bring the solution to market. For five years they “wander in the woods” building the team, raising money, developing …
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Kandou Bus, From start-up to IPO? (A): The Start-Up
Dr Amin Shokrollahi, a mathematician who loves research, becomes an entrepreneur by accident. He discovers a software solution to decelerate Moore’s Law, and his friend, entrepreneur Steve Papa, pushes him to create a company and bring the solution to market. For five years they “wander in the woods” building the team, raising money, developing …
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Entrepreneurship
Finance
Strategy
9.5 Ventures: Boosting corporate-backed ventures
Elisa Vlerick, partner at ninepointfive Ventures (9.5), was putting the finishing touches on the final pitch deck for 9.5’s 2nd VC fund. 9.5’s model was highly innovative as the firm invested only in corporate-backed ventures. The proposition was to bring together venture capital and corporate venturing, capitalizing on the perceived strengths …
9.5 Ventures: Boosting corporate-backed ventures
Summary
Elisa Vlerick, partner at ninepointfive Ventures (9.5), was putting the finishing touches on the final pitch deck for 9.5’s 2nd VC fund. 9.5’s model was highly innovative as the firm invested only in corporate-backed ventures. The proposition was to bring together venture capital and corporate venturing, capitalizing on the perceived strengths of the latter (strong R&D base, market knowledge, networks, etc.) while providing the starting and scaling up support associated with the former. 9.5 also ensured a strong alignment of incentives by co-investing in each venture. The goal was to turbo-charge corporate-backed ventures for growth … with significant skin in the game. Fund I, raised in 2019, boasted some seven investments and provided evidence great deals were available and the model worked; it was now time for the team to ramp up the initiative. Scaling up brought out a series of new, interesting challenges the team was ready to confront. Key to the model was the establishment and maintenance of mutually satisfactory long-term relationships with corporate partners.
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IMD-7-2443
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©2023
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IMD Copyright
Organization
9.5 Ventures
Industry
Finance and Insurance, Venture Capital;Finance and Insurance, Private Equity
Available Languages
English
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Business to Business
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Supply Chain
Nine Realms: Independent vs. corporate venture capital
This case is designed to discuss the tradeoffs between independent venture capital (IVC) and corporate venture capital (CVC). Students also have the opportunity to analyze two startup investment opportunities based on Nine Realms’ criteria. The case concludes with a discussion about a strategic choice faced by Nine Realms: should it continue as …
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Entrepreneurship
Family Business
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Diversity and Equity and Inclusion
Maria Ahlström-Bondestam: Together everyone achieves more (Video case)
This case presents the unique approach to philanthropy of the Ahlström family. A group of 25 fifth-generation female Ahlström family members founded the Eva Ahlström foundation in 2010, in the name of the family matriarch Eva Ahlström (1848–1920), who was a big contributor to society in her time. This led to the establishment of the Ahlström Co…
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Disruption
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General Management
Global Business
Operations
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Cross-cultural virtual collaboration (C): Italian rotogravure team
The case series is an experiential exercise in virtual collaboration based on the commercial printing industry. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. One team is mandated to oversee the production of two prototype printers, while the other two teams are responsible for producing the new flexographic and rotogravure protypes. The t…
Cross-cultural virtual collaboration (C): Italian rotogravure team
Summary
The case series is an experiential exercise in virtual collaboration based on the commercial printing industry. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. One team is mandated to oversee the production of two prototype printers, while the other two teams are responsible for producing the new flexographic and rotogravure protypes. The teams are given strict deadlines, budgets and operating constraints.
The C case assigns the Italian team responsibility for manufacturing the rotogravure prototype.
Reference
IMD-7-2231
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©2022
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IMD Copyright
Industry
Media, Printing and Publishing;Manufacturing, Packaging and Containers
Available Languages
English
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Disruption
Entrepreneurship
General Management
Global Business
Operations
Strategy
Cross-cultural virtual collaboration (B): German flexographic team
The case series is an experiential exercise in virtual collaboration based on the commercial printing industry. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. One team is mandated to oversee the production of two prototype printers, while the other two teams are responsible for producing the new flexographic and rotogravure protypes. The t…
Cross-cultural virtual collaboration (B): German flexographic team
Summary
The case series is an experiential exercise in virtual collaboration based on the commercial printing industry. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. One team is mandated to oversee the production of two prototype printers, while the other two teams are responsible for producing the new flexographic and rotogravure protypes. The teams are given strict deadlines, budgets and operating constraints.
The B case assigns the German team responsibility for manufacturing the flexographic prototype..
Reference
IMD-7-2230
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©2022
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Industry
Media, Printing and Publishing;Manufacturing, Packaging and Containers
Available Languages
English
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Disruption
Entrepreneurship
General Management
Global Business
Operations
Strategy
Cross-cultural virtual collaboration (A): Swiss project management team
The case series is an experiential exercise in virtual collaboration based on the commercial printing industry. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. One team is mandated to oversee the production of two prototype printers, while the other two teams are responsible for producing the new flexographic and rotogravure protypes. The t…
Cross-cultural virtual collaboration (A): Swiss project management team
Summary
The case series is an experiential exercise in virtual collaboration based on the commercial printing industry. Teams are located in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. One team is mandated to oversee the production of two prototype printers, while the other two teams are responsible for producing the new flexographic and rotogravure protypes. The teams are given strict deadlines, budgets and operating constraints.
The A case mandates the Swiss team with overall responsibility for managing the production of the two prototypes.
Reference
IMD-7-2229
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©2022
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Industry
Media, Printing and Publishing;Manufacturing, Packaging and Containers
Available Languages
English
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Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Finance
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Private Equity
Israel Secondary Fund (ISF): Completing venture capital in the start-up nation
The case documents the genesis and development of Israel Secondary Fund (ISF), an innovative venture capital secondary fund operating in Israel, a country dubbed “the start-up nation” for its very dynamic technology sector, in particular in leading-edge applications such as drones, cybersecurity, avionics, advanced materials, software, etc. It o…
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Values-based entrepreneurship: Opaline’s bubbles (Abridged)
Orsières (Valais, Switzerland) April 2020. Opaline, an original juice production company with high social and environmental standards had begun in 2010. It took founder Sofia de Meyer over 10 years to build a responsible and impactful company aligned with her own aspirations, not just a lifestyle venture but one that would capitalize on her deep…
2021-2022 HEC Montréal AEMBA CSR Case Writing Competition – 3rd prize
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Sustainability
Entrepreneurship
Values-based entrepreneurship: Opaline’s bubbles
Orsières (Valais, Switzerland) April 2020. Opaline, an original juice production company with high social and environmental standards had begun in 2010. It took founder Sofia de Meyer over 10 years to build a responsible and impactful company aligned with her own aspirations, not just a lifestyle venture but one that would capitalize on her deep…