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Peter Jepsen
Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.; Sharpe, James M.Case HBS-813046-EEntrepreneurshipAbout to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year. Peter Jepsen, a newly minted MBA, has bought a furniture hardware manufacturing business utilizing debt and investors equity that in a very short time is about to trigger bank covenants due to ...Starting at €8.20
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Bonne Chance, Teaching Note
Sharpe, James M.; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-813075-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 813049.Starting at €0.00
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Eric Weston, Teaching Note
Sharpe, James M.; Fisher, NoahTeaching Note HBS-813089-EFinanceTeaching Note for 813045.Starting at €0.00
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Lyric Dinner Theater (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Sharpe, James M.; Fisher, NoahTeaching Note HBS-813088-EEntrepreneurshipThis teaching note is associated with HBS cases 813-043 and 813-044.Starting at €0.00
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Dragonfly Corporation
Sharpe, James M.; Stevenson, Howard H.Case HBS-813042-EEntrepreneurshipAfter 3 years of losses and under legal threats from their landlord, a husband and wife team are faced with shutting the company down, buying time with the landlord or turning to their parents for additional funds. Despite opening a new location and seeing that sales were up from last year, their financial statements were still reporting losses forcing them to consider what steps to take to turn children's retail clothing business around. The Tho...Starting at €8.20
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Lyric Dinner Theater (B)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Sharpe, James M.Case HBS-813044-EEntrepreneurshipSupplements the (A) Case. Rivka Belzer reflects on the results and actions taken during the 12 months following her first 6 months on the job. Supplements the (A) Case. Rivka Belzer took a job in her family owned business and worked diligently during the first 6 months to turn the business around. This supplemental case outlines a series of decisions she made after those 6 months and reports the financial results one year later.Starting at €5.74
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Eric Weston
Roberts, Michael J.; Sharpe, James M.Case HBS-813045-EFinanceFacing bankruptcy or keeping the doors open, Eric Weston assesses his continued survival in the retail garden supply business he has owned for seven years. Eric Weston is struggling to keep his garden supply business alive. Revenues are up slightly from last year but profits are down in a poor economy as he attempts to integrate an expensive recent acquisition. The deal he struck with the old owner restricts a number of his options and the banker...Starting at €8.20
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Bonne Chance
Sharpe, James M.; Whitney, John O.Case HBS-813049-EEntrepreneurshipWith a competitor nipping at his heels, his bank reluctantly covering his recent overdraft, Jacob Zimmerman is considering expanding his Midwestern retail jewelry business by bringing on the new Swatch watch line to augment his high end Rolex offerings. Only 14 weeks before year end, he is reviewing the timing of his cash flows and the impact that various promotion options will have on his ability to place the initial order for Swatch inventory a...Starting at €8.20
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Paul Thomson: Walker Insurance
Roberts, Michael J.; Sharpe, James M.; Chang, Sonia NagalaCase HBS-813057-EEntrepreneurshipHaving just acquired Walker Insurance, Paul Thomson finds himself short of funds to support his original turnaround plan. He can request additional cash from his investor group, hunker down and grow at a slower rate or consider a proposal to buy his business. He has taken steps to re-virtualize the company and is challenged to build a salesforce to grow the business. Having just acquired Walker Insurance, Paul Thomson finds himself short of fund...Starting at €8.20
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Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Sharpe, James M.Case HBS-813043-EEntrepreneurshipLooking back at 5 years of losses, Rivka Belzer, a newly minted MBA, steps into her family owned business with their mandate to turn it around or close it. In her first 6 months, she has made a number of changes, with mixed results, but is beginning to show a profit. Many strategic, organizational, marketing, control and operational decisions lie ahead as she plans for the next year and tries to manage a difficult Board of Directors in the challe...Starting at €8.20