HBSP (USA)
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Lehman Brothers
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-810106-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And how, if at all, had its activities changed the course of American history?Starting at €8.20
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Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm, Teaching Note
Koehn, Nancy F.; Khan, Nora N.Teaching Note HBS-314019-ETeaching Note for 312122.Starting at €0.00
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Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist
Dwojeski, Anne E.; Grundy, William; Helms, Erica; Miller, Katherine; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-807145-EEntrepreneurshipMadam C. J. Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights movement, her company gave employment to thousands of African-American women and marketed its products around the world. Madam Walker was active in the social and political causes of her day, and used her position as a successful ent...Starting at €8.20
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-808134-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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The Indian Removal Act and the
Nicholas, Tom; Medoff, Ari; Smith, RavenCase HBS-812079-EEconomicsNative Americans were subjected to a protracted and painful process of forced removal from their land. The case provides "first hand" evidence on the debate over Indian removal as it took place during the early nineteenth century. The first document is excerpted from Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message to Congress in 1829 and the second document from Jackson's Second Annual Message in 1830, the year the Indian Removal Act was passed. The third ...Starting at €8.20
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Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, TomCase HBS-813102-EEntrepreneurshipGenentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected transformational effects. Established in 1976, Genentech was to develop the new science of recombinant DNA into viable therapeutic products with mass market appeal, something that most scientists agreed was at least a decade away. The founders, Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson had limited fina...Starting at €8.20
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Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker
Nicholas, Tom; Verkamp, CaseyCase HBS-815061-EEntrepreneurshipSamuel Colt not only perfected and patented the technology for a gun that could fire multiple times without reloading, but he also developed and applied early principles of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the nineteenth century, weapons manufacture, like most industries, had been the exclusive domain of skilled craftsmen, whose families had typically been in the trade for generations. Colt substituted specialize...Starting at €8.20
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The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike, Teaching Note
Stanton, Christopher; Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-818107-ETeaching note for case 817005.Starting at €0.00
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Transformation and Renewal (Spanish version)
Koehn, Nancy F.; McNamara, Kelly; Khan, Nora N.; Legris, ElizabethCase HBS-315S04EntrepreneurshipTransformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how Schultz and his team saved Starbucks from near-collapse, by both executing a deep, comprehensive return to its core values and, at the same time, investing in a range of new products, customer experiences and ...Starting at €8.20
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Comparative Advantage (Spanish version)
Kennedy, Robert E.; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-714S19EconomicsHow nations trade and whether they benefit from it are two of the oldest and most important questions in political economy. In the 170 years since David Ricardo formally developed the theory of comparative advantage, it has become one of the principles most widely accepted among professional economists. Despite this wide acceptance in the professional community, the basics of international trade are still poorly understood by many policy makers a...Starting at €8.20