HBSP (USA)
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Entrepreneurial Finance in Finland
Kerr, William R.; Nanda, Ramana; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-813068-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes a new venture attempting to bring early-stage entrepreneurial financing to Finland and other Nordic countries. Entrepreneurship is taking off in Finland, an area that historically has had little venture capital or high-growth start-up activity, but a gap remains for seed-stage financing. The founders are evaluating the best way to structure their private equity fund to reflect their own assets and abilities and the needs and r...Starting at €8.20
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Showrooming at Best Buy (Spanish version)
Teixeira, Thales S.; Watkins, Elizabeth AnneCase HBS-519S19MarketingBest Buy is a consumer electronics retailer with nearly 2,000 stores worldwide. In 2012, the rising popularity of price-matching apps for mobile phones made price differences between retailers transparent, online and offline. Shoppers' desire to test electronics first-hand before purchase drove them to use Best Buy stores as "showrooms" to see new products and then search for better deals on their smartphones. This case examines how brick-and-mor...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