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Söderblom S.; Nueno, PedroCase P-973-EService and Operations ManagementThis is a case on project management in a global context. The owner of the project is a sino-European joint venture. Behind the partners are the EU and the Shanghai Government. The funding for the project comes from donations and subsidies from the partners. The architect is a famous American firm (Pei Cobb Fred) that must work with the Chinese architect ECADI. Construction will have to take place in Pudong, Shanghai, with Chinese subcontractors....Starting at €5.74
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Project AgriNova (Spanish version)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Bijlani, TanyaCase HBS-816S10EntrepreneurshipIn late 2008, a team from Intuit's office in Bangalore, India is evaluating an opportunity to launch a new venture that would use SMS to deliver crop price information to farmers in India.The case describes the structure of Indian agriculture and the problems experienced by farmers, who were often exploited by middlemen who entered into obtuse private arrangements with wholesale buyers. After five weeks of research, the team concludes that the op...Starting at €8.20
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Red Star Furniture Group Co. LTD. (Spanish Version)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Nueno, PedroCase HBS-114S14EntrepreneurshipFundada en 1986, el Estrella Roja se había convertido en la principal tienda de departamento en China para los productos de mobiliario y equipamiento del hogar (baño, lámparas, textiles complementos, etc.). El modelo de negocio de Red Star era proporcionar un espacio adecuado para los vendedores (que alquilan el espacio) en buen centro comercial, un bien diseñado y equipado (estacionamiento, transporte, servicios) ubicados en zonas clave de creci...Starting at €8.20
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TerraPower
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; Lassiter, Joseph B.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-813108-EEntrepreneurshipJohn Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. ...Starting at €8.20
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Carbon Engineering
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Misra, SidCase HBS-814040-EEntrepreneurshipDr. David Keith, President of Carbon Engineering, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, is commercializing a technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in markets such as California where regulation, derived from a state law designed to manage climate change, restricts the maximum carbon intensity of transportation fuel.Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power: Scaling the Venture
Roth, Benjamin N.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Rigol, NataliaCase HBS-819069-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2018, Husk Power had just raised $20 million to scale operations for a second time. From 2007 through 2013, Husk built 80 biomass waste (primarily rice husk from rice mills) plants that provided electricity to 250,000 villagers and shop owners spread across 350 villages in India and Africa.
By 2015, Husk underwent a major pivot. Rather than a rural electrification vision aimed at providing power to rural households through biomass...Starting at €8.20
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Intuit Inc.: Project AgriNova
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Bijlani, TanyaCase HBS-813062-EEntrepreneurshipIn late 2008, a team from Intuit's office in Bangalore, India is evaluating an opportunity to launch a new venture that would use SMS to deliver crop price information to farmers in India.The case describes the structure of Indian agriculture and the problems experienced by farmers, who were often exploited by middlemen who entered into obtuse private arrangements with wholesale buyers. After five weeks of research, the team concludes that the op...Starting at €8.20
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Bharti Infratel: Unlocking Value in Mobile Infrastructure
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Salwan, Prashant; Bijlani, Tanya; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-715459-EStrategyBharti Infratel, a telecom tower company provides shared telecom infrastructure to mobile operators in India. It is a spin off from Bharti Airtel, India's largest leading mobile services operator. Bharti Infratel partnered with its rivals, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, to form a joint venture, Indus Towers, to pool and share the three companies' tower assets. The managing director of Bharti Infratel's parent group, Bharti Enterprises must decide if...Starting at €8.20
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Bharti Airtel in Africa
Palepu, Krishna G.; Bijlani, TanyaCase HBS-112096-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn June 2010, Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services operator, acquired the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion-the largest ever cross-border deal in emerging markets. Bharti's executives envisioned that they would repliStarting at €8.20
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Red Star Furniture Group Co. LTD.
Palepu, Krishna G.; Nueno, PedroCase HBS-114053-EEntrepreneurshipFounded in 1986, Red Star had become the leading department store in China for furniture and home equipment products (bathroom, lamps, textiles complements, etc.). The business model of Red Star was to provide adequate space for vendors (that rented the space) in good shopping mall facilities, well designed and equipped (parking, transportation, services) located in key developing zones of Chinese growing cities. In the first 27 years, Red Star h...Starting at €8.20