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LabCDMX: Experiment 50
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Miguel, Maria FernandaCase HBS-817031-EEntrepreneurshipThere were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella G mez-Mont, the Lab's founder and director, had led her team in a project to crowd-source the routes from vol...Starting at €8.20
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Iqbal Quadir, Gonofone, and the Creation of GrameenPhone (Bangladesh)
Isenberg, Daniel J.; Lane, David; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-807099-EEntrepreneurshipAs the smallest of 4 partners in a unique wireless telephony venture in Bangladesh that he initiated and helped grow, Iqbal Quadir is trying to acquire a larger stake in the venture when one of the partners wants to sell his shares. However, Quadir faces stiff resistance from the other two partners, who also want to acquire the shares.Starting at €8.20
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Looking for Opportunity in Adversity: Iqbal Quadir and Grameenphone (B)
Chakravorti, Bhaskar; Lane, DavidCase HBS-810101-EEntrepreneurshipSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kerr, William R.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-811078-EEntrepreneurshipChris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted toward expatriates, in Singapore but rapidly moved the base of operations to Hong Kong. The company was highly successful in Singapore and Hong Kong and then pursued rapid global expansion. Lacking frameworks for deciding upon countries to enter and services to deliver in each country, Exline used gut instinct. Lacking control systems and information, he failed to identify...Starting at €8.20
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Cadre
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Kominers, Scott Duke; Lane, DavidCase HBS-818058-EEntrepreneurshipLate in 2017, CEO Ryan Williams and his team debated whether Cadre should become not only a technology-enabled investment manager, but also an online trading exchange providing high levels of liquidity for CRE equity investors. Cadre was a pioneering New York City-based startup, offering investors equity in individual commercial real estate properties that its investment team had sourced and vetted. Traditional private equity (PE) funds required ...Starting at €8.20
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ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction
Cespedes, Frank V.; Miguel, Maria Fernanda; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-819003-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016 unforeseen Oil and Gas industry-wide demand slump drove ProdEng's average service rates down by more than 37%, with EBITDA margins falling from 50% to 24% in the second half of 2016. Although the Partners remained optimistic about ProdEng's long-term fundamentals and management team, the short-term challenges required that they act rapidly. However, they had divergent views on the path forward. Should they stay the course and focus on the...Starting at €8.20
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MedImmune Ventures
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-814023-EEntrepreneurshipRon Laufer is the new Senior Managing Director of MedImmune Ventures', the corporate venture capital arm of AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceuticals firm. Laufer has to decide whether to pursue a high-potential, but very risky, early-stage investment. The decision Laufer will make will reflect his vision for MedImmune Ventures and more broadly the incentives he faces as a corporate venture capitalist.Starting at €8.20
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Looking for Opportunity in Adversity: Iqbal Quadir and Grameenphone (A)
Chakravorti, Bhaskar; Lane, DavidCase HBS-810075-EEntrepreneurshipIqbal Quadir, a former New York investment banker, set about to bring universal telecommunications to his native Bangladesh. He was convinced that, GSM, the same advanced wireless technology that penetrated developed countries in Europe was also the right solution for Bangladesh. He assembled a critical group of partners in a venture, GrameenPhone, that included Scandinavian telecom operators, Grameen Bank, the microfinance pioneer, Bangladesh Ra...Starting at €8.20
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Chrysler Fiat 2009
Harreld, J. Bruce; Marshall, Paul W.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-811030-EEntrepreneurshipIn spring 2009, Chrysler entered a prepackaged bankruptcy and exited 40 days later in a deal with Fiat, the U.S. Treasury, and the UAW that kept the automaker alive. Looking forward, what was necessary for Chrysler to move beyond the life support it had received? What was possible? Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed?Starting at €8.20
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ReSource Pro
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kerr, William R.; Koll, Elisabeth; Lane, DavidCase HBS-812031-EEntrepreneurshipMatt Bruno, founder and general manager of ReSource Pro, left his job working for a New York City-based insurance program shortly after the World Trade Center bombing and arrived in China. Initially he planned to teach English, but soon the entrepreneurial spirit of the country caused him to begin exploring opportunities. He returned to New York and talked his former boss into allowing him to start a back-office services firm for their insurance ...Starting at €8.20