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TaKaDu, Teaching Note
Ofek, Elie; Preble, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-514083-EMarketingTeaching Note for 514011.Starting at €0.00
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Lightspeed Venture Partners--International Expansion
Palepu, Krishna G.Case HBS-108010-EFinanceLooks at various international expansion models for a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Lightspeed Venture Partners believed that India had tremendous potential for venture capital returns--the question was how best to tap into that potential while also growing the firm's presence in the U.S., Israel, and China. The venture firm had recently hired partners in Israel and China, and subsequently opened offices in both countries. The fir...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting for Political Risk at AES (B)
Perez Cavazos, Gerardo; Srinivasan, SurajCase HBS-118024-EAccounting and ControlSupplement to case 118023. As a global energy generating company, AES frequently faces challenges from political changes and instability. This is exacerbated by the fact that in many instances AES' primary customer is the government, which is also in charge of law-making. For example, AES' management team has encountered expropriation risks in Venezuela, collection problems in the Dominican Republic, and regulatory changes in the United States th...Starting at €5.74
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Forta Furniture: International Expansion
Quelch, John A.; Easwar, KarthikCase HBS-918547-EMarketingThe Forta Furniture case highlights the need to consider new market expansion to grow a firm. It demonstrates that simply doing what has always been done is not sustainable when other competitors enter the market with differentiated or potentially superior offerings. In addition, the case suggests there are many routes to global expansion; a firm could look to build a brand in these new markets or compete as a private label. Further, the case add...Starting at €8.20
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Cashing Out: The Future of Cash in Israel
Fagan, Mark; Gilles, BenjaminCase HBS-KS1234-EStrategyIt is impossible to predict the future, but this is a task policymakers are effectively expected to do when deciding how to deploy scarce resources to the benefit of future constituents. This case therefore looks at one tool in particular-scenario planning-that actors in both the public and private sector employ to, while not predicting the future, prepare for it as much as possible. The case uses Ilan Steiner, head of the Currency Department at ...Starting at €8.20
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Fighting Counterfeit Currency through Cross-Boundary Collaboration Case A
Fagan, Mark; Rubin, MichalCase HBS-KS1298-EEconomicsAn innovative collaboration between the central bank, civil prosecutor's office and the police combine to reduce counterfeit currency.Starting at €8.20
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Zebra Medical Vision
Greenstein, Shane; Gulick, SarahCase HBS-619014-EEntrepreneurshipAn Israeli startup founded in 2014, Zebra Medical Vision, develops algorithms that produced diagnoses from X-rays, mammograms, and CT-scans. The algorithms used deep learning and digitized radiology scans to create software that could assist doctors in making diagnoses. By July 2018, Zebra had developed seven algorithms to analyze scans for emphysema, liver density, compression fractures, bone density, brain bleeds, breast cancer, and a calcium s...Starting at €8.20
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Zebra Medical Vision, Teaching Note
Greenstein, Shane; Gulick, SarahTeaching Note HBS-619053-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note is meant to accompany Zebra Medical Vision case, which offers a look at a company's decisions as a small startup competing with other startups and major technology companies. It also demonstrates the challenges faced by a machine learning company working on brand-new technology, including difficulties finding training data, hiring competition, and negotiating FDA approvals and other government regulations.Starting at €0.00
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DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome, Teaching Note
Israeli, AyeletTeaching Note HBS-521052-EMarketingTeaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-010. DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of trial rollout in Israel, CEO Lihi Segal and her team are devising a global go-to-market plan for the firm. The team is considering several target markets, ran...Starting at €0.00
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Discipline of Building Character (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-98201Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilityone we know to be right and another we know to be wrong. A defining moment challenges us in a deeper way by asking us to choose between two or more ideals in which we deeply believe. Such decisions rarely have one "correct" response. Taken cumulatively over many years, they form the basis of an individual's character. Defining moments ask executives to dig below the busy surface of their lives and refocus on their core values and principles. Onc...Starting at €8.20