HBSP (USA)
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Maidenform Bras
Nicholas, TomCase HBS-808095-EEntrepreneurshipUses Ida Rosenthal's entrepreneurship in brassieres to explore how economic, social, and demographic changes reshaped gender and business enterprises in early- to mid-20th century America. It shows the importance of timing and geography to Rosenthal's new firm in New York City, as well as the significance of her own entrepreneurial agency. Explores the challenges Rosenthal faced in defining products, consumers, and the company's image in an envir...Starting at €8.20
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The Travails of Rubber: Goodyear or Badyear
Nicholas, TomCase HBS-808118-EEntrepreneurshipExplores the reason why Charles Goodyear, inventor of rubber vulcanization, was unable to profit from his discovery despite securing international property rights over his invention through a patent in 1844. Considers the utility of patents as an incentive for innovators in light of international industrial espionage associated with Goodyear's idea and international differences in patent laws. Also examines commercialization strategies based on G...Starting at €8.20
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Maiden in America, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-810056-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [808095].Starting at €0.00
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Trouble with a Bubble, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-810063-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [808067].Starting at €0.00
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Narragansett Brewing Company
Nicholas, Tom; Marshall, Lindsey; Miller, CharlesCase HBS-811028-EEntrepreneurshipMark Hellendrung, CEO of Narragansett Brewing Company, is deciding whether to partner with a local television station for the upcoming NHL Winter Classic outdoor hockey game between New England's own Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers at Fenway Park. He had purchased the trademark of the historic New England-based company, Narragansett Beer, four years earlier in 2005. The hockey game offered the company an opportunity to expose millions o...Starting at €8.20
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: Overview
Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-811033-EEntrepreneurshipThis is a course overview note for The Coming of Managerial Capitalism. CMC is chronologically organized. It starts in the late eighteenth century when America gained independence, spans the remarkable rise to industrial maturity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and ends at the crossroads at which the United States currently stands. There are four modules: 1) THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2) THE EMERGENCE OF ORGANIZA...Starting at €0.00
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The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-811034-EEntrepreneurshipWilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright were fascinated by the mystery of flight and they built on the ideas of prominent earlier figures such as Octave Chanute (1832-1910) the French-born American who was influential in fostering the free exchange of ideas surrounding aeronautics. Information exchange between practical tinkerers from across the globe led to a process of cumulative innovation unhindered by rivalry operating through the ...Starting at €8.20
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The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines, Teaching Note
Nicholas, TomTeaching Note HBS-811063-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 811-034.Starting at €0.00
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Greylock Partners
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Lane, DavidCase HBS-813002-EEntrepreneurshipIn 1965 William Elfers left Georges Doriot's American Research and Development Corporation to found Greylock, his own venture capital firm. Over the ensuing three decades followed a series of eight Greylock partnerships, during which time Elfers never lost a general partner or saw a colleague leave to start his own venture capital firm. Furthermore, each of the investors in Greylock's first fund participated in all succeeding partnerships. Elfers...Starting at €8.20
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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