5 case(s) found.
RAPID, a private company with complex ownership and nontransparent management systems, faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic governance structure. The founders of the company recognize the challenges, but lack knowledge and experience to deal with them.
Reference 6319
Published 28 Aug 2017
Length 9 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
RAPID, a private company with complex ownership and nontransparent management systems, faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic governance structure. The founders of the company recognize the challenges, but lack knowledge and experience to deal with them.
A private company with complex ownership and a non-transparent management system faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic management structure. The founders recognize the challenges, but lack the knowledge and experience to deal with them.
Reference 5953
Published 29 Apr 2013
Length 6 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
A private company with complex ownership and a non-transparent management system faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic management structure. The founders recognize the challenges, but lack the knowledge and experience to deal with them.
A private company with complex ownership and a non-transparent management system faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic management structure. The founders recognize the challenges, but lack the knowledge and experience to deal with them.
Reference 5953
Published 29 Apr 2013
Length 5 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
A private company with complex ownership and a non-transparent management system faces challenges associated with fast growth and an archaic management structure. The founders recognize the challenges, but lack the knowledge and experience to deal with them.
This case describes the trajectory of a group of Norwegian entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize a battery electric vehicle (BEV) called THINK. The business opportunity was for a vehicle intended for eco-oriented niche markets in urban or suburban personal transportation.
Reference 5485
Published 28 Apr 2008
Length 15 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Automotive, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
This case describes the trajectory of a group of Norwegian entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize a battery electric vehicle (BEV) called THINK. The business opportunity was for a vehicle intended for eco-oriented niche markets in urban or suburban personal transportation.
Stan Treanor took over the business from his father in 1976 and built sales from $23 million to $119 million by 1981. Then in 1981 the oil crunch hit West Texas and Stan managed the company as it shrunk back to $30 million in less than a year and a half - and made money doing it. The case examines how Stan accomplished this rather unusual feat and what he learned from managing in adversity.
Reference 4511
Published 01 Jan 1995
Length 7 page(s)
Topic Entrepreneurship
Region Europe
Industry Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Stan Treanor took over the business from his father in 1976 and built sales from $23 million to $119 million by 1981. Then in 1981 the oil crunch hit West Texas and Stan managed the company as it shrunk back to $30 million in less than a year and a half - and made money doing it. The case examines how Stan accomplished this rather unusual feat and what he learned from managing in adversity.
