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Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple (Spanish version)
Thomke, Stefan; Feinberg, BarbaraCase HBS-610S10Entrepreneurship1) design thinking; 2) product development strategy and execution; 3) CEO as chief innovator; and 4) bold business experimentation.Starting at €8.20
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Business Model Analysis for Entrepreneurs (Spanish version)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.Case HBS-813S07Entrepreneurshipa customer value proposition, a technology and operations management plan, a go-to-market plan, and a profit formula. For each element, the note lists questions that an entrepreneur must address when evaluating an early-stage opportunity. The note explores in greater depth several business model issues that are especially relevant to entrepreneurial ventures, including the impact of network effects and customer switching costs; conditions when a...Starting at €8.20
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Pacing Issues (Spanish version)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.Case HBS-814S05Entrepreneurship(1) Which of the three company's approach to using people analytics for talent acquisition and development is most appealing (or most concerning)?; and (2) Should Fukuhara turn on the most advanced part of the artificial intelligence engine, allowing GROW not just to provide recommendations to clients about whom they should hire, but also (based on performance and attribute data of previous hires) to overrule clients' specifications (or biases) ...Starting at €8.20
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Kazuo Inamori, a Japanese Entrepreneur
Mayo, Anthony J.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-408039-EEntrepreneurshipThe case provides insight into a business leader whose cognizance of contextual forces (social, economic, and political) allowed him to drive significant change in an industry and Japanese society in the second half of the twentieth century.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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Raksul
Kominers, Scott Duke; Kotosaka, Masahiro; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-819115-EEntrepreneurshipRaksul, 2018 Forbes Japan "Startup of the Year," ran an e-commerce platform drawing upon thousands of individual suppliers. Launched as a business-to-business printing services marketplace, Raksul had recently expanded to operate both a logistics/delivery marketplace and a television advertising marketplace. Each marketplace faces its own growth challenges; at the same time, the CEO must consider whether and how each marketplace can enhance the o...Starting at €8.20
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The Michelin Restaurant Guide: Charting a New Course
Khaire, Mukti; Corsi, Elena; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-814088-EEntrepreneurshipCreated in 1900 by the tire manufacturer Michelin, the Michelin Restaurant Guide was widely considered the international benchmark of food rating, and, by 2013, boasted paper editions in 23 countries, and had recently expanded to the United States and Asia. Paper sales however had dropped, following the emergence of free, online guides, global players, and more broadly, the wider diffusion of the Internet. In 2012, the Guide had launched a new ra...Starting at €8.20
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Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-808158-EEntrepreneurshipConsiders the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against the opposition of powerful Western incumbents. Although sometimes supported by the Japanese government, and often times opposed, the case identifies Iwasaki's entrepreneurial talent and organization-building skills as key drivers of success. This case provides a vehicle for examining the entrepreneurial factors behind Japa...Starting at €8.20
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Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (B)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-809038-EEntrepreneurshipThis brief (B) case documents the fate of Mitsubishi and the shipping company NYK after the death of Yataro Iwasaki in 1885. The case supplements case 808-158, "Yataro Iwaski: Founding Mitsubishi (A)."Starting at €5.74
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GLOBIS
Khaire, Mukti; Kanno, Akiko; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-811061-EEntrepreneurshipYoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English program was a necessary step to fulfill Hori's ambition to make GLOBIS the No. 1 business school in Asia, however it remained to be seen whether the school could attract internatio...Starting at €8.20