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Lernout and Hauspie Speech Products (B)

By Arnoud De Meyer,  Bart Pycke
Published 01 Jan 1998
Reference 4747
Topic Operations
Region Europe
Length 4 page(s)
Language English
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This case describes the creation and the growth of a small entrepreneurial start-up in the field of speech technology. Over the 12-year period described in the case (1986-98) the company grows from 0 to 1000 employees. The case describes the strategic challenges that the company has gone through over that period and ends with a question of how it can turn a technical success and a successful history of raising capital into a business success.

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        • Topic Operations

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