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Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-811013-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of Moneybookers revenues were related to transactions from online gaming sites (down from 100% in 2002). Although the thesis was that e-commerce transactions would soon make up a much large...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming AMFAM , Teaching Note
Khurana, Rakesh; Lal, RajivTeaching Note HBS-513079-EMarketingTeaching Note for 508081Starting at €0.00
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Grove Street Advisors: September 2009
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810064-EFinanceThe investment committee of Grove Street Advisors, a pioneer in the provision of customized private equity funds-of-funds for pension fund clients, must decide how to respond to the market opportunities and challenges presented by the turmoil of 2008 and 2009. How can they shift their strategy to fill new market niches, or should they stay with their successful approach thus far, even though the market is getting crowded? The case also presents b...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming AMFAM
Khurana, Rakesh; Lal, Rajiv; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-508081-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. On a winter day in December 2007 at the American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AMFAM) headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave Anderson and Jack Salzwedel remained in the conference room after the senior management meeting had concluded. Anderson, CEO of AMFAM since January 2007 and Salzwedel, named President in August 2006, reflected together on how far the company had c...Starting at €8.20
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Iris Running Crane: December 2009
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810073-EEntrepreneurshipIris Running Crane, an MBA candidate, must choose among three different job offers in private equity. One is with a top-tier megafund buyout operation; the second with a geographically focused mid-market fund; and the third with a one-time top-tier fund that is trying to reposition itself as a turnaround expert, starting with its own portfolio. Iris must consider the advantages and drawbacks of each position, and how each will help her achieve he...Starting at €8.20
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Grove Street Advisors: September 2009, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-812094-EFinanceTeaching Note for 810-064.Starting at €0.00
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Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Lobb, AnnelenaTeaching Note HBS-814093-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 811013.Starting at €0.00
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VCPE Strategy Vignettes I, II, and 2012, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielTeaching Note HBS-814086-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 811043, 811054, and 812073.Starting at €0.00
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Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
Podolny, Joel M.; Khurana, Rakesh; Besharov, MaryaBook Chapter HBS-6123BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe authors of this chapter contend that the study of leadership in organizational theory went awry when interest in leadership became too tightly coupled with organizational performance. Leading organizational theorists in the latter part of the twentieth century, such as Max Weber, Chester Barnard, and Philip Selznick, were not concerned with leadership because of its ability to explain financial performance. Instead, they were concerned with l...Starting at €8.20
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Avid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809086-EEntrepreneurshipThe CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how to respond to the macro-economic slump of late 2008. He had planned to pursue an aggressive schedule moving the firm's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease imaging compounds through clinical trials and into the market. This involved expanding the firm's facilities and headcount and he planned to fund this by taking venture debt. Although clinical trial data is extremely encouraging, questions ...Starting at €8.20