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Appendix 3<br />
The development of high growth and highly successful SMEs 431<br />
Characteristics of variables of case firms<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
and<br />
experience<br />
Management<br />
and<br />
ownership<br />
Blancco Oy Ltd. BP-Asennus Oy Mipro Oy<br />
Established with<br />
former classmate<br />
Entrepreneurship not<br />
a major objective of<br />
the lead entrepreneur<br />
Father, grand-father<br />
and great-grand<br />
father were<br />
entrepreneurs.<br />
Management Team 4<br />
members, regular<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
Board 5 members,<br />
4 external<br />
Lead entrepreneur<br />
owns 41.5% , venture<br />
capitalist 23%<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ance 0.5 M€ seed fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for data erasure 2000<br />
2001 seed f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
spent threat of<br />
bankruptcy VC<br />
<strong>in</strong>volvement<br />
Market The need for data<br />
erasure is grow<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
International<br />
competition ma<strong>in</strong>ly<br />
from US<br />
Competitive<br />
advantage: listen to<br />
customers<br />
Firm’s<br />
strategic<br />
choices<br />
Focus<strong>in</strong>g on data<br />
erasure (2002)<br />
Development of<br />
different editions<br />
Established with<br />
former classmate<br />
Experience of failure<br />
IT-firm went<br />
bankrupt<br />
Bought the company<br />
from firm broker<br />
without own funds<br />
Board 3 members, 1<br />
external, regular<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
Lead entrepreneur<br />
owns 60% and<br />
former classmate<br />
40%<br />
Support fund<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
acquisition, venture<br />
capitalist and public<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancier<br />
Highly dependent on<br />
subcontract<strong>in</strong>g of 6<br />
large domestic<br />
customers<br />
Competitive<br />
advantage: own<br />
service better than<br />
local competitors’<br />
service<br />
Adaptation to the<br />
chang<strong>in</strong>g situation<br />
Focus on customer<br />
relationships<br />
Established with<br />
former colleague as a<br />
limited partnership<br />
Change <strong>in</strong> ownership<br />
<strong>in</strong> the middle of<br />
1990s<br />
More than ten years<br />
family bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
Family bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
MGT discont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
and external<br />
reference group<br />
activated<br />
Public fund<strong>in</strong>g at the<br />
beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Reta<strong>in</strong>ed earn<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
after change of<br />
ownership<br />
Small market<br />
4–5 players operat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>land<br />
Competitive<br />
advantage:<br />
long-term<br />
partnerships and<br />
framework contracts<br />
No debt<br />
Focus on projects