HBSP (USA)
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Intellectual Property Strategy
Wu, Andy; Peterson, AticusCase HBS-721436-EStrategyManaging intellectual property (IP) in information technology-digital technologies like software or computing hardware-requires a distinct strategic approach. This note summarizes the high-level strategic considerations for managers of information technology businesses where IP may be relevant and provides selected examples of how strategy may be implemented.Starting at €8.20
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Financing Anghami's Growth
Nanda, Ramana; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-819033-EEntrepreneurshipIn December 2012, less than two years into the founding of their music-streaming platform Anghami, cofounders Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun found themselves evaluating an unorthodox term sheet. Habib and Maroun needed to make a decision vis- -vis the proposal put forth by the MBC Group, the region's largest media network. The offer was a media-for-equity deal, which would provide Anghami with advertising towards the media giant's millions of viewer...Starting at €8.20
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inge watertechnologies, GmbH
Nanda, Ramana; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Mittermaier, MarkusCase HBS-812002-EEntrepreneurshipUsing the financing history and exit choices of a German clean-tech startup as a lens, this case explores the reasons why venture-backed entrepreneurship is much lower in Germany that the US, despite a robust SME sector and large-corporate innovation in Germany. It also shows the tight link between investor incentives and a startup's product market strategy, including differences between "pure-play" VCs and corporate venture capital investors.Starting at €8.20