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Supercell, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Jones, Benjamin; Brownell, AlexisTeaching Note HBS-817055-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 817052.Starting at €0.00
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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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Dark Side of Customer Analytics (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Jones, George L.; Lemon, Katherine N.; Norton, David P.; McCallister, Michael B.Article HBS-R0705Z-EStrategyHealth insurer IFA and grocery chain ShopSense have formed an intriguing partnership, but it threatens to test customers' tolerance for sharing personal information. For years, IFA's regional manager for West Coast operations, Laura Brickman, had been championing the use of customer analytics--drawing conclusions about consumer behaviors based on patterns found in collected data. She came away from a meeting with the grocer's analytics chief, Ste...Starting at €8.20
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Supercell
Kerr, William R.; Jones, Benjamin; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-817052-EEntrepreneurshipSupercell is a young Finnish smartphone game company with an unusual team structure and company philosophy. It is already one of Finland's most valuable companies, and despite being only 6 years old, it has put up some impressive numbers: as of 2016, it has released only four games for global audiences, but each one has made it to the top (or almost to the top) of the most-downloaded and most-revenue-generated app charts; it has recorded multi-mi...Starting at €8.20