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Light Beer Decision (Spanish version)
Cyr, Linda A.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-805S04EntrepreneurshipBoston Beer's current light-beer offering, Boston Lightship, has not been successful, and a student team is charged with investigating the problem and recommending a strategy. Highlights issues around branding, target customer selection, and cannibalization, and introduces the ZMET. Includes color exhibits.Starting at €8.20
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The Book Deal: Confidential Instructions for the AGENT (Spanish Version)
Malhotra, Deepak; Bazerman, Max H.Case HBS-918S19StrategyUna negociación entre dos partes de un agente que representa un nuevo autor y un editor en un gran Publishing Firm. El ejercicio consiste en una negociación 1-tema, de suma cero en relación con el avance de las regalías que el editor va a pagar al autor.Starting at €8.20
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Matthew B. Hunter (Spanish version)
Malhotra, Deepak; Davis, John A.Case HBS-809S15EntrepreneurshipMateo Hunter, director general de una empresa familiar de segunda generación, debe gestionar el rendimiento de un gestor de claves en su compañía. Examina el impacto de las relaciones familiares en la gestión del rendimiento.Starting at €8.20
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How to Negotiate with VCs
Malhotra, DeepakArticle HBS-R1305F-EVC-entrepreneur partnership agreements often contain flaws that become highly damaging as the parties come up against issues of power, trust, and much more. Yet many of the flaws are systematic and predictable--and hence preventable. The author, a longtime consultant to the VC industry, outlines four recommendations for entrepreneurs sitting down at the table with prospective funders. Understand your leverage. Your leverage is not only a function...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating Effectively in Family Business Systems
Malhotra, Deepak; Davis, John A.Case HBS-807144-ELeadership and People ManagementExplores how families in business can apply five principles of negotiation that are used effectively by non-family members. The distinctive characteristics of family relationships and of family business systems--which affect the use of these principles--are described.Starting at €8.20
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TH!NK: The Norwegian Electric Car Company
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808070-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. On August 1, 2007, 61-year-old Jan-Olaf Willums' plane was flying along the Greenland coastline on his way back to Norway after intense discussions with several prominent U.S. venture capital investors, among them Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital Partners, about investing in a plan to accelerate his company's entry into the North American market. A successful engineer, e...Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-809004-EFinanceBy 2008, a number of the firm's early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on later-stage investments?...Starting at €8.20
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Nantucket Nectars: The Exit
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-810041-EEntrepreneurshipThe founders of Nantucket Nectars are trying to decide whether and how to sell their company.Starting at €8.20
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The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Corcoran, James; Gazor, Max; Hogarty, Dylan; Somers, Alexander H., Jr.Case HBS-810129-EEntrepreneurshipThe market for electricity on the Fox Islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity via an underwater cable and maintaining the distribution network on the islands. George Baker, a professor at Harvard Business School, decided to lower the energy costs of the island's reside...Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-812035-EEntrepreneurshipSamir Kaul, a Partner at Khosla Ventures, looked out his office window. It was late June, 2011, and like almost every day in Menlo Park, the sun was shining. Kaul was reflecting on what had been a very positive 10 months in the venture capital business. Over that span, he had helped three of his portfolio companies through IPOs, and helped Khosla Ventures raise its third fund, bringing the total outside capital raised by the group to more than $2...Starting at €8.20