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Some Thoughts on Business Plans (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.Case HBS-811S12EntrepreneurshipA framework for assessing new business opportunities and the business plans used to describe them is developed. Useful for aspiring entrepreneurs in MBA programs.Starting at €8.20
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RightNow Technologies (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.; Heath, DanCase HBS-819S24EntrepreneurshipThe founder and CEO of a CRM software start-up must decide between an attractive acquisition offer and the opportunity to go public. Discusses the growth of the company--including a lengthy discussion of entrepreneurial bootstrapping--as well as an aborted IPO attempt in 2000. The central question is whether the company will create more value by staying independent or by joining a larger organization.Starting at €8.20
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Innocent Drinks (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.; Heath, DanCase HBS-812S14Entrepreneurshipexpansion of the existing product line into Europe, extension of the brand into other product categories, or continued organic growth within the United Kingdom.Starting at €8.20
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Nantero (Spanish version)
Sahlman, William A.; Heath, Dan; Perkins, CarolineCase HBS-818S13FinancePara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Este caso describe una decisión confrontar el fundador de Nantero, una compañía de desarrollo de una nueva tecnología de semiconductores. La compañía necesita recaudar capital de riesgo adicional. Los inversores potenciales han compitiendo visiones para la empresa, y su modelo de negocio. Algunos inversores quieren la compañía para licenciar su tecnología a empresas de semi...Starting at €8.20
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The BGIE Twenty (2021 version)
Cavallo, Alberto F.; Fabbe, Kristin E.; Fibiger, Mattias E.; Friedman, Jeremy; Hussam, Reshmaan N.; Pons, Vincent; Weinzierl, Matthew C.Case HBS-718032-EEconomicsUnlike traditional market segmentations that are based on a correlation of product sales or service with the attributes of the purchaser (such as age, gender, income level, and education level), jobs-based segmentation seeks to understand the causal roots of purchase-when a buyer needs to "hire" a product or service to get a "job" done. This note details the thought process and the methodology behind a jobs-based segmentation and provides numerou...Starting at €8.20
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Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Scherf, RobertCase HBS-719002-EEconomicsSome technology transitions are exceedingly difficult for incumbent firms to execute. The bankruptcy filing by the Eastman Kodak Company highlighted the difficulty companies faced when their core business transitioned from an analog to a digital world. Kodak's business was built on the sale of a complex manufactured product - color photographic film that was exceedingly difficult to manufacture - with correspondingly high barriers to entry. Over ...Starting at €8.20
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The Rule of Law
Weinzierl, Matthew C.Case HBS-719025-EEconomicsThis case examines the unique business model of Ristorante D'O, a high end gourmet restaurant located near Milan, Italy. Founded by Chef Davide Oldani, D'O offers meals at approximately one-third the price of other Michelin starred restaurants. Oldani has made this business model profitable by making a conscious set of operating strategy choices (menu, meal design, service process, lay-out, reservation process) that reduce waste and inefficiency,...Starting at €8.20
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National Economic Accounting
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Scherf, RobertCase HBS-719028-EEconomicsBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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Dr. John's Products Ltd.
Sahlman, William A.Case HBS-803063-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes an entrepreneur's attempts to invent, manufacture, and distribute an inexpensive electric toothbrush.Starting at €8.20
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Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew
Roberts, Michael J.; Sahlman, William A.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-808017-EFinanceDescribes Texas Pacific Group's purchase and operation of J. Crew, the catalog and specialty clothing retailer. Highlights the issues involved in financing such a transaction, and then focuses on the operational challenges of turning around the business, and of TPG's intensive involvement in the running of the business. Details the improvements in the business, and then the retrenchment, leaving the business facing a significant debt payment comi...Starting at €8.20