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Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:16
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Abstract

In 2013, Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, considered the firm's strategic plan. In 2000, Byriel and Mette Bendix, Kvadrat's Product Director, had taken over management of the company from their fathers, who had founded Kvadrat in the 1960s. Byriel and Bendix had joined Kvadrat in 1992, and since that time, Kvadrat had grown from €19 million in annual sales to over €86 million. It had expanded its focus on selling textiles to European architects and furniture manufactures, becoming a global company with a wide product range and a broad customer base. Kvadrat's internal organization had grown and transformed to support this larger business. Teaching Note for HBS No. 413-120.

Keywords

Leadership; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Human Resources; Asia

Citation

Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 418-088, June 2018.

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Boris Groysberg

Organizational Behavior
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