On June 5th 2008 RISE held a workshop at Ergon Informatik AG in Zurich. The workshop focused on the “Entrepreneurial Management of Strategic Change".

In a first part, Charlie Matter (CEO) and Oliver Kaegi (chief designer and member of the management team) described and discussed their perspectives on the successful strategic transformation of Finnova AG Bankware over the last few years, both from a business and a technology perspective. The case of Finnova is particularly interesting because it allows gaining an in-depth insight into the formation and growth of an entrepreneurial company, dealing with a changing customer community, a dynamic competitive setting, a new ownership structure, substantial organizational growth and technological development at the same time.

In a second part, Simon Grand identified major implications for our understanding of the entrepreneurial management of strategic change. With the study on Finnova AG Bankware, RISE Management Research further extended its research on the strategic entrepreneurship and management of software companies and their long-term development and
transformation.