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BabySupplies: Entrepreneur-Investor Conflict (A)
Ener, HakanCase E-179-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipMore than two years ago, Liz, the founder of BabySupplies, received an investment from FineWorks Venture Capital. Now, with BabySupplies' revenues below forecast and the business yet to achieve breakeven, she is facing a difficult request. The FineWorks Venture Capital fund, in light of BabySupplies' lagging revenues, wants to exercise their contractual right to obtain more shares in BabySupplies at no cost. This right is based on the shareholder...Starting at €8.20
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The Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-192-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThe Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) is a non-profit private think tank established in November of 1990, following Lithuania's independence from the Soviet empire, with the purpose of promoting a free market in Lithuania. Since then and up to this day, the LFMI's "conducts research on key economic and policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluates legislative proposals, and aids Lithuanian government institutions ...Starting at €8.20
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BabySupplies: Entrepreneur-Investor Conflict (B)
Ener, HakanCase E-180-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipSeveral months have passed since the conclusion of part A of the case "BabySupplies Entrepreneur-Investor Conflict," and additional serious problems have emerged that threaten the company's viability. The company has been accumulating overdue debt to suppliers, some of whom have cut off their supply. Liz hid this fact from the Board for a few months. There is now an added problem of trust. Without a new investment, the company is likely to go ba...Starting at €5.74
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BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores (A)
Ener, HakanCase E-179Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipHace más de dos años, Liz, la fundadora de BabySupplies, obtuvo una inversión de FineWorks Venture Capital. Sin embargo, ahora, los ingresos de BabySupplies se encontraban por debajo de las previsiones y la empresa no había conseguido alcanzar el umbral de rentabilidad, y su fundadora debía dar respuesta a una petición complicada. El fondo de capital riesgo FineWorks Venture Capital, a la vista de los escasos ingresos que generaba BabySupplies, d...Starting at €8.20
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BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores (B)
Ener, HakanCase E-180Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipYa han pasado varios meses desde los acontecimientos descritos en la parte A del caso titulado "BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores" y han surgido nuevos problemas que ponen en riesgo la viabilidad de la empresa. La compañía ha estado acumulando deudas con los proveedores, por lo que algunos de ellos han dejado de abastecer a BabySupplies. Liz ocultó este hecho a los miembros del Consejo de Administración durante varios mese...Starting at €5.74
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Virgin's Pursuit: Sir Richard Branson's Dilemmas in Creating a Presence in Retail Financial Services
Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Kase, KimioCase SM-1559-ECorporate GovernanceIn the forty years to 2010, Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson (b. 1950) turned from a 'high school dropout' to a billionaire and global legend. The creation of over 300 business interests in parts as far afield as the UK, South Africa, Australia and the USA resulted from a unique management style. Branson and the Virgin brand often associate with music (such as records and music stores) and travel (airlines, trains and booked holidays) but betwe...Starting at €8.20