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Fleet Management? (Spanish version)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Gassmann, Oliver; Sauer, RomanCase HBS-718S24StrategyThis case explores the strategic decision-making process of premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 1999, when the company was considering implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would substantially differentiate the company from its competitors. While fleet ma...Starting at €8.20
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Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (Spanish Version)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Gassmann, Oliver; Sauer, RomanCase HBS-719S19StrategyLos tacleadas (B) de casos el proceso de implementación y la escala de gestión de flotas en los últimos años. Por último, el caso explora los desafíos actuales que enfrenta el IMC.Starting at €5.74
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EZAmuse Negotiation Background (A)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807007-EFinanceThis is the background to an exercise in negotiation. A promising venture-capital-backed company, EZAmuse Communications, is raising a B round. Its existing backer, Reality Venture Partners, would like it to raise enough for six or nine months, when it will have results on its current products and be able to raise a C round at a higher valuation. The new and talented CEO, who has succeeded with Reality in the past, would like to raise a larger am...Starting at €8.20
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Brazos Partners and Cheddar's Inc., Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808055-EFinanceTeaching Note for [806069].Starting at €0.00
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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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Apax Partners and Xerium S.A. (Spanish version)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-806S01EntrepreneurshipIn 2002, Apax Partners had to decide whether to accept a less-than-perfect offer for one of its portfolio companies or to refinance it. This company, a maker of paper industry consumables with a global presence, had been purchased in 1999 and performed extremely well since then. Despite being a solid, cash-generative operation, it didn't excite a lot of interest in the market. An early exit at a good multiple would be helpful for Apax's current f...Starting at €8.20
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Adams Capital Management: Fund IV, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808053-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (806-077).Starting at €0.00
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-812069-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 809-073.Starting at €0.00
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New Enterprise Associates
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, TomCase HBS-813097-EEntrepreneurshipNEA was established in 1977 and it subsequently morphed into one of the largest venture capital firms in the world. Despite its size and significance, some other firms established during the same era such as Kleiner-Perkins and Sequoia (both were established in 1972), are arguably better-known. No venture firm, however, can parallel NEA in terms of its scale and its commitment to organizational and operational innovation. From early on the founde...Starting at €8.20
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Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head (Spanish version)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Gassmann, Oliver; Sauer, RomanCase HBS-719S15Strategy"Hilti developed many very innovative and successful products over the years, but they paled in comparison with the fleet management business model, which was the most important innovation in Hilti's history." All told, Hilti, which had about 22,000 employees and made about 4.5 billion Swiss Francs (or $4.589 billion USD) in sales in 2015, managed 1.5 million tools under fleet management contracts in 40 countries, resulting in a contract value o...Starting at €8.20