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Managing Employee Retention (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Campbell, DennisCase HBS-607S04Service and Operations ManagementUsed as part of the third module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses how managers can inform their decisions with customer data (606-097). Provides a retailing context in which employee retention strategies are explored through analyzing detailed store-level data.Starting at €8.20
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Store24 (B): Service Quality and Employee Skills (Spanish Version)
Frei, Frances X.; Campbell, DennisCase HBS-614S06Service and Operations ManagementComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Pilgrim Bank (A): Customer Profitability, Teaching Note
Frei, Frances X.; Campbell, DennisTeaching Note HBS-608115-ETeaching Note for 602104.Starting at €0.00
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KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy
Nanda, Ramana; Stuart, TobyCase HBS-809092-EEntrepreneurshipBiofuels start-up KiOR was developing a proprietary technology that had the potential to dramatically impact the emerging renewable energy landscape: a process that converted cellulosic biomass into "bio-crude," a hydrocarbon mixture with properties to those of crude oil. KiOR had been operating as a virtual organization, but with venture financing in place, founder and chief technology officer Paul O'Connor and the KiOR board needed to decide wh...Starting at €8.20
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Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities
Kerr, William R.; Nanda, RamanaCase HBS-811106-EEntrepreneurshipLocation choice is a critical decision for entrepreneurs. This note explores how entrepreneurs should think about different city options through a systematic framework that encompasses professional and personal issues. We use the intellectual frameworks of the cluster and industry agglomeration literatures to organize these factors. We then provide some tactical advice and worksheets for entrepreneurs to consider when selecting the location for t...Starting at €8.20
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SecondMarket - Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately Held iContact
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-812072-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2011, SecondMarket was an online platform that facilitated secondary transactions of illiquid assets, including private company stock. This case explores reasons for the decline in small-cap IPOs in the United States from the 1990s to the 2000s and how the emergence of SecondMarket provided liquidity to privately held companies like iContact, an email and social marketing software-as-a-service [SaaS] company.Starting at €8.20
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Richardson, Evan; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812133-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20
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PunchTab, Inc., Teaching Note
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.Teaching Note HBS-812141-EEntrepreneurshipA Teaching Note for the PunchTab case (812033), which discusses how high-tech startups structure seed financing, merits of angels vs. super angels vs. VCs, and related topics (e.g., convertible notes, priced versus non-priced financing rounds, entrepreneurial finance networks).Starting at €0.00
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TerraPower
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; Lassiter, Joseph B.; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-813108-EEntrepreneurshipJohn Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations with other interested cleantech growth equity investors. ...Starting at €8.20
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Getit
Nanda, RamanaCase HBS-813178-EEntrepreneurshipSidharth Gupta, CEO of Getit Infomediary Ltd, had just received a term sheet from Helion Venture Partners (Helion), one of India's independent venture capital firms, offering to invest Rs 200 million in return for an equity stake in the company. His dream of transforming Getit from a regional print company into a digital company with broad geographical reach was within grasp. However, Gupta had to act fast; Helion's term sheet would expire in a f...Starting at €8.20