Subject category:
Entrepreneurship
Published by:
London Business School
Version: February 2013
Length: 12 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
This is part of a case series. It was a sunny October morning in Sao Paolo in 2004, and Arnold Correia was in a quandary. SubWay Link, the company he had built over more than a decade, had yet another opportunity to dramatically change the nature of its business. This in itself was not a cause for great concern, as Correia had already reinvented the business once before. This time, however, the stakes were far higher, as he now had something more significant to lose. And to make the decision even more difficult, neither he nor his growing team knew very much - if anything at all - about satellite transmission technology, which would lie at the heart of the business if he proceeded. With a promise he had made to his wife ringing in his ears, Correia wondered what to do. Should he pursue the opportunity in corporate TV, or not? And if so, how?
Location:
Industry:
Size:
Start-up to USD1m
Other setting(s):
1990-2004
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Abstract
This is part of a case series. It was a sunny October morning in Sao Paolo in 2004, and Arnold Correia was in a quandary. SubWay Link, the company he had built over more than a decade, had yet another opportunity to dramatically change the nature of its business. This in itself was not a cause for great concern, as Correia had already reinvented the business once before. This time, however, the stakes were far higher, as he now had something more significant to lose. And to make the decision even more difficult, neither he nor his growing team knew very much - if anything at all - about satellite transmission technology, which would lie at the heart of the business if he proceeded. With a promise he had made to his wife ringing in his ears, Correia wondered what to do. Should he pursue the opportunity in corporate TV, or not? And if so, how?
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Location:
Industry:
Size:
Start-up to USD1m
Other setting(s):
1990-2004