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Apex Technology Co. Ltd.: Financing an Acquisition
Xiangyang Ma; Hongchuan Zhao; Tieshan LiCase IVEY-9B18N016-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyOn April 20, 2016, printer and ink maker Lexmark International, Inc. (Lexmark) announced that it was being acquired and taken private by a consortium comprising China-based computer hardware company Apex Technology Co., Ltd. (Apex), as well as private equity firms PAG Asia Capital (PAG) and Legend Capital (Legend). On the same day, Apex formally announced its acquisition of Lexmark for the Chinese capital market. The announcement caused a huge se...Starting at €8.20
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Don't Integrate Your Acquisitions, Partner with Them (Spanish version)
Kale, Prashant; Singh, Harbir; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0912MStrategyA takeover usually signals the demise of one of the two corporations involved in the tussle - no prizes for guessing which one. Breaking with this practice, some companies from emerging markets are preserving the identity of companies they've taken over and giving them near-total autonomy. The acquirers (the AV Birla Group, the Mahindra group, and the Tata group in India; the Ulker Group in Turkey; and AmBev in Brazil, among others) have also ret...Starting at €8.20
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Learning from the India Way: Redefining Business Leadership
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-5822BC-EThe roaring success of Indian business in the last two decades points the world toward a different enterprise model than the one widely practiced in the U.S., with its emphasis on financial goals and shareholder value. Indeed, the global economic crisis of 2008-2009-widely viewed as being triggered by American excesses-has rekindled the debate about the proper role of personal gain and shareholder value in business affairs. In this chapter, autho...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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Leadership Lessons from India
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-R1003G-ELeadership and People ManagementUntil recently India was seen by Western businesses primarily as a source of cheap, low-skill labor. But over the past decade the country has attracted a flood of high-skill jobs from the West. Meanwhile, India's economy has grown at roughly 9% a year, and some of its largest companies have grown at twice that rate. What accounts for this? A host of economic, policy, and other environmental factors have played important roles, but the authors asc...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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NIO: Developing a Business Model in China
Xiangyang Ma; Zeng Wang; Tieshan Li; Xianyi Li; Xiaomei LiCase IVEY-9B19M109-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2018, NIO Inc. was more than just a car company. By providing high-performance smart electric vehicles and the ultimate user experience, NIO had shown its commitment to creating a pleasant lifestyle for its users and creating a worldwide “user brand.”Starting at €8.20
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Ucommune: Creating a Business Model for the Co-working Space Industry in China
Xiangyang Ma; Yaorong Zhu; Yixin Xue; Yiting Han; Tieshan LiCase IVEY-9B21M061-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyUcommune was the first co-working space operator in China to submit a prospectus to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. As its basic business, Ucommune provided co-working spaces for members and customers, and gradually formed two specific space operation models: the self-operated model and the asset-light model. Ucommune also offered members comprehensive value-added services and promoted the development of a service business by establish...Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Misra, SidCase HBS-815023-EEntrepreneurshipIn late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk is an Indian startup founded in 2007 with the goal of global rural electrification. The company has decided to pivot from operating biomass gasification plants towards developing sol...Starting at €8.20