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Aster Capital and the Secureq Deal (B)
Menden, Lenka; Johnson, RobCase E-167-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe case discusses the dilemma a French venture capitalist faces in a portfolio company that is a fast-growing industry leader yet is being held back by co-investors whose objectives are different from that of the venture capitalist. The case also addresses issues involved in government-sponsored investment incentive schemes.Starting at €5.74
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Aster Capital and the Secureq Deal (A)
Menden, Lenka; Johnson, Rob; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase E-151-EFinanceThis case describes the attempt by Aster Capital, a Paris-based clean-technology-focused venture capital fund, to exit an investment in its portfolio company Secureq, a France-based security software vendor. Aster Capital invested in Secureq in 2004 from its first fund, SEV1 (raised in 2000). Since 2009, this fund had been in the process of divestment. At the time of the case (spring 2011), Jean-Marc Bally, managing director at Aster, felt that a...Starting at €8.20
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Verizon Reimagines Corporate Real Estate
Lehr, Josh; Amigó, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-191-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIn late October 2015 James Tousignant, Director of Transactions and Real Estate Development for Verizon Global Real Estate, was sitting in his office at Verizon's headquarters in Basking Ridge, NJ' a sprawling 1.4 MM square foot megaplex of 80's construction. The compound was made up of nine building wings and a central core to serve food to over 5,000 employees each day. As he looked out his office window he pondered what he should do. Verizon h...Starting at €8.20