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Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kerr, William R.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-811078-EEntrepreneurshipChris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted toward expatriates, in Singapore but rapidly moved the base of operations to Hong Kong. The company was highly successful in Singapore and Hong Kong and then pursued rapid global expansion. Lacking frameworks for deciding upon countries to enter and services to deliver in each country, Exline used gut instinct. Lacking control systems and information, he failed to identify...Starting at €8.20
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Pitching Business Opportunities
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-811086-EEntrepreneurshipThis note can be used to develop a business plan pitch for a new venture.Starting at €8.20
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micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-813092-EEntrepreneurshipmHS is a social enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth.Starting at €8.20
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Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A) (Spanish version)
Yoshino, Michael Y.; Bartlett, Christopher A.; Fagan, Perry L.Case HBS-304S24StrategyTeach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. A young Italian MBA working for a Swiss multinational is sent to India to establish a subsidiary and implement the strategy he prepared at headquarters as a strategic planner. This case focuses on three core strategic decisions he must make as his plan is challenged by his local Indian management team and Schindler's European plants supplying him. A rewritten version of an ...Starting at €8.20
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Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (B) (Spanish version)
Yoshino, Michael Y.; Fagan, Perry L.Case HBS-305S04StrategyTeach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. Supplements the (A) case. This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details.Starting at €5.74
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ReSource Pro
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kerr, William R.; Koll, Elisabeth; Lane, DavidCase HBS-812031-EEntrepreneurshipMatt Bruno, founder and general manager of ReSource Pro, left his job working for a New York City-based insurance program shortly after the World Trade Center bombing and arrived in China. Initially he planned to teach English, but soon the entrepreneurial spirit of the country caused him to begin exploring opportunities. He returned to New York and talked his former boss into allowing him to start a back-office services firm for their insurance ...Starting at €8.20
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Convertible Notes in Seed Financings
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; White, Robert F.Case HBS-813017-EFinanceThis note introduces convertible notes in angel financing. It begins by delineating the differences between a priced and non-priced round. It then describes a specific example of a convertible note, with attention paid to technical details regarding valuation caps.Starting at €8.20
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EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (A)
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-813122-EEntrepreneurshipBrent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding a CTO, or outsourcing. He only has a little over two months before he presents his alumni networking app to Brown University, in the hope that they will adopt it and fund his company, EverTrue. He lacks the technical knowledge necessary to make the prototype himself, and so has to quickly decide on ...Starting at €8.20