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PROTECTA - Promoting Civil Society in Serbia, Teaching Note
Letts, Christine W.; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-HKS558-ETeaching Note for #HKS-124.Starting at €0.00
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Rest Devices
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-816076-EEntrepreneurshipThe case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (Chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, Managing Director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price - quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionar...Starting at €8.20
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Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-817066-EEntrepreneurshipIn July 2014, after 18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup, providing a return of capital for his investors and a home for his team. Two weeks prior to the scheduled closing, the team launches a final experiment based on the results of a customer interview. After creating a quick landing page and announcing the product launch through social media channel...Starting at €8.20
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Bonne Chance, Teaching Note
Sharpe, James M.; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-813075-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 813049.Starting at €0.00
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Liberia, Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-713001-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712011. From 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted by ethnic politics during a military dictatorship. By late 2011, eight years of post-conflict government have restored basic order, re-opened the country to...Starting at €0.00
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Angola and the Resource Curse, Teaching Note
Musacchio, Aldo; Werker, Eric; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-713002-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711016Starting at €0.00
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New Century Financial Corporation (Abridged)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Cornell, IanCase HBS-113002-EAccounting and ControlAfter years of rapid growth and stock price appreciation, New Century Financial Corporation, one of the largest subprime loan originators in the U.S., reported accounting problems in early 2007. The resulting liquidity crisis forced the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to the Bankruptcy Examiner assigned to investigate New Century, the company's troubles "were an early contributor to the subprime meltdown" which fue...Starting at €8.20
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PROTECTA - Promoting Civil Society in Serbia
Letts, Christine W.; Cornell, IanCase HBS-HKS124-EIn 1997 three students joined a protest against the electoral victory of Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian Socialist Party. Upon the protest's ultimate defeat, and Milosevic's return to power, the students vowed to continue the struggle for civic activism in Serbia. Their efforts manifested in the creation of the Centre for Civil Society Development PROTECTA, an NGO committed to promoting civic engagement throughout Serbia. Twelve years following the ...Starting at €8.20
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Yabbly (A)
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-816030-EEntrepreneurshipIn November 2013, with less than 10 months of cash on hand, Tom Leung, the founder and CEO of Yabbly, must decide where to focus his resources. His startup, a question and answer application for shopping decisions, had benefited from a strong showing at the SXSW Accelerator competition and had a dedicated and engaged user base. However, Leung knew that the current growth trajectory would not lead them to the milestones needed to receive an additi...Starting at €8.20
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Connective Mobility
Nohria, Nitin; Payton, Christopher; Huberlie, AliCase HBS-816051-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20