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Tradetix Limited (B)
Johnson, RobCase E-204-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe (A) case describes a fast-growing company in the City of London whose CEO and board are considering initiating a trade sale process. The (B) case describes an offer received, which includes an earn-out as part of the price. The (C) case describes a sequence of events following acceptance of the offer-events that are totally unexpected and that jeopardize the earn-out.Starting at €5.74
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The E-Line Cityboard
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-784-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSix months after incorporating the company, the two founders of the firm E-Line Cityboard Supply Ltd. (ELC) were preparing the first Board of Directors meeting. ELC was a London-based distributor and online retailer of the E-Line Cityboard, a portable and rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing wheeled board, commonly referred to in the market as a "hoverboard." Increased competition and legislation prohibiting the use of hoverboards in publi...Starting at €8.20
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E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, MargaretCase HBS-514059-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance that teens would easily develop nicotine addictions from smoking the fruit-flavored products. Manufacturers a...Starting at €8.20
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Argo Interactive (B): sobrevivir en el caótico mundo de la telefonía móvil: Un proveedor de software para teléfonos móviles en dificultades debe decidir si retirarse del mercado, cambiar su enfoque o cambiar su identidad de marca
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-5Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "Argo Interactive (A): sobrevivir en la montaña rusa de la telefonía móvil" [EFC-1-E]. En esta segunda parte se comentan las decisiones que adoptó la empresa durante y después de su casi definitiva crisis en materia de financiación, enfoque comercial, (re)desarrollo de productos, recursos humanos, posicionamiento y estrategia general para la supervivencia...Starting at €8.20
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Apple's iPhone: Calling Europe or Europe Calling (Abridged)
Mitchell, Jordan; Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-172-EKnowledge and CommunicationAbridged version of SI-167-E case. Apple needs little introduction. After the launch of the highly successful iPod in 2001, Apple has been on an aggressive growth path (revenues have increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31% and net income surged ahead at a CAGR of 128%). In 2007, Apple declared that they would once change yet another industry - mobile telephony - with the iPhone. The iPhone was heralded as an immediate success in ...Starting at €8.20
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Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
Gandhi, Vikram; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-318001-EFinanceIt is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a U.K.-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately-held U.K. company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally-friendly process. The end product looked, smelled and felt like natural leather. Scalable marketplace adoption of E-Leather's products looked promising, but was just that-promising. And t...Starting at €8.20
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Amnesty International
Taylor G.; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-36-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes the mission, organisational structure and operation of Amnesty International, the world-wide organisation devoted to the defense of human rights. The issue of recruiting and fund raising is thoroughly explored.Starting at €8.20
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El iPhone de Apple: llamando a Europa o Europa llama
Mitchell, Jordan; Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-167Knowledge and CommunicationApple necesita poca presentación. Tras el exitoso lanzamiento del iPod en 2001, Apple había recorrido una trayectoria de crecimiento rápido (los ingresos se habían incrementado con un crecimiento anual acumulado del 31% y un benefício neto que se había disparado, con un crecimiento anual acumulado del 128%). En 2007, Apple declaró que de nuevo iban a revolucionar otra industria - la de telefonía - con el iPhone. El iPhone se reveló como un éxito ...Starting at €8.20
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E-cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health, Teaching Note
Quelch, John A.Teaching Note HBS-514108-EMarketingTeaching Note for 514059.Starting at €0.00
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Apple's iPhone: Calling Europe or Europe Calling
Mitchell, Jordan; Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-167-EKnowledge and CommunicationApple needs little introduction. After the launch of the highly successful iPod in 2001, Apple has been on an aggressive growth path (revenues have increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31 % and net income surged ahead at a CAGR of 128 %). In 2007, Apple declared that they would once change yet another industry - mobile telephony - with the iPhone. The iPhone was heralded as an immediate success in the U.S. selling one million uni...Starting at €8.20