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Global Remediation: Funding Future Growth
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B13N007-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceA small startup firm in the environmental services industry has spent the majority of its time developing its technology and overcoming the significant regulatory hurdles involved in bringing its technology to market. Having achieved success with the technology, the company must now decide which path to take to grow. The owners can try to raise the money themselves through a bank loan and do the expansion on their own terms. On the other hand, th...Starting at €8.20
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KTM - Venture Capitalist Exit
Stephen Sapp; Charlene Zietsma; Iris Fischlmayr; Rob WongCase IVEY-9B07N003-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyKTM is a small motorcycle manufacturing company located in Austria. As a result of difficult economic conditions in 1999, KTM went private with the help of the venture capital firm BC European Capital (BC). Following a couple of years of strong growth, BC is looking to liquidate its position and move on. KTM is faced with the decision of determining the best means to repurchase BC's equity position in the firm and leave the firm with enough finan...Starting at €8.20
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Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC: Valuing Growth Potential
Stephen Sapp; Willow YangCase IVEY-9B19N006-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyIn 2016, Chinese football club Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club (Evergrande), which had recently been crowned the most valuable football club in China by Forbes magazine, with a valuation of US$282 million, simultaneously had a market capitalization in China of over US$3.3 billion. The team had yet to earn a profit, so these valuations raised questions regarding how this team in particular was valued and how sports franchises were valued...Starting at €8.20
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ChimpChange: How to Raise Capital to Grow
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B19N009-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn early 2016, ChimpChange Limited, a financial technology (fintech) start-up, had started operations in California and already had more than 80,000 customers. The company needed capital to acquire more customers in order to become cash-flow positive, as was the case with most start-ups. ChimpChange Limited should have been able to attain the break-even number of customers within another year or so, but it needed capital to execute a marketing ca...Starting at €8.20
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Tesla in 2015 (Spanish version)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Peinado, Arnold B.Case HBS-819S30EntrepreneurshipL'Oreal's strategy is to "trickle down" technology over time from high-end outlets like department stores to mass-markets, such as drugstores. The mass market brand Plenitude has become the market leader in France, but even eight years after introduction in the United States, the product continues to lose money. The case presents qualitative market research data to enable students to diagnose the problem and develop an action plan. Includes color...Starting at €8.20
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CanniMed Therapeutics: Acquiror or Target
Stephen Sapp; Shane FreedmanCase IVEY-9B20N008-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceOn November 14, 2017, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (Aurora) made a proposal to CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (CanniMed) to acquire all of CanniMed’s issued and outstanding common shares in a share exchange that valued CanniMed’s common shares at a premium of almostStarting at €8.20
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Experience! The Finger Lakes: The Groupon Partnership Decision (B)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Dev, Chekitan S.; Piccoli, Gabriele; Peinado, Arnold B.Case HBS-814078-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74
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East Cameron Partners: The Sukuk Bond
Stephen Sapp; Brooke HarleyCase IVEY-9B10N014-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of East Cameron Partners LP, is interested in raising capital to buy out his existing 50 per cent partner thereby regaining control of the firm and enabling him to finance new growth. Because of the risky nature of the oil and gas business and relatively small size of East Cameron, the CEO has limited alternatives available to him. The case discusses the standard alternatives available to small and medium sized e...Starting at €8.20
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Wunnerful, Wunnerful: Ownership at the Welk Hospitality Group
Stephen Sapp; Anthony I. MathewsCase IVEY-9B15N023-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe chief executive officer (CEO) of a family business is considering options available to owners of the business to monetize their shareholdings. Since the shares in privately-owned firms are illiquid, the family members may have significant wealth on paper, but they do not have large amounts of cash available. The second generation looking at retiring would like to realize some of the value from the firm they have worked to build and, at the sa...Starting at €8.20
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Maskwa Resources: Financing with a Euro Bond
Stephen Sapp; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B05N023-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe president of a small mining company is faced with an opportunity to purchase a mining refinery to complement its existing mining operations. It has the potential to bring the company into a situation of positive cashflow, but the small size of the company and high risk of the mining industry has left the president with few alternatives to raise the capital. The case focuses on the issuing of a Euro-denominated bond to finance this purchase an...Starting at €8.20