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PunchTab, Inc.
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-812033-EEntrepreneurshipPunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile applications developers, and brands. Founder/CEO Ranjith Kumaran must make strategic decisions about how to fund PunchTab's early operations and growth given the many options available: individual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital fir...Starting at €8.20
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PunchTab, Inc. (Spanish version)
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-815S05Entrepreneurshipindividual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital firms.Starting at €8.20
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Espresso House
de Santiago, Rafael; Carreras, Julián; Palaniswami, Ramesh; Vilà, JenniferCase AD-390-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThe financial attractiveness of branded coffee shops attracted investments from the private equity industry in 2005. The case analyzes how Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm, used quantitative analysis to assess the risk of a 5-year growth investment in Espresso House, a branded coffee shop chain in Sweden.Starting at €8.20
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Novasys Medical
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-810027-EEntrepreneurshipNovasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the product for reimbursement. The case deals with the company's struggle to obtain a reimbursement code.Starting at €8.20
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Bundesautobahnen Group
de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, DavidCase AD-367-EDecision AnalysisBundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.Starting at €8.20
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Present Value Tables
de Santiago, RafaelTechnical Note ADN-275-EEconomics, FinanceThese tables provide the values used to discount monetary when the cash flows span several periods. The first table shows the value of having 1 euro n years from now, at different discount rates. The second table shows the present value of receiving 1 euro each year during n years, at different discount rates.Starting at €8.20
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WoKou Robotics
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-372-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementWoKou Robotics is a global artificial intelligence company that manufactures two of its most popular robots in the same plant. Manufacturing is divided into several processes: robotic design, 3D printing and wiring. The case provides a natural scenario to introduce linear optimization techniques. The last part of the case is designed to encourage discussion of optimization in the presence of uncertainty (simulation methods) using the simulation o...Starting at €8.20
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Continuous Discounting
de Santiago, RafaelTechnical Note ADN-285-EDecision Analysis, FinanceThis technical note discusses how discounting works when it is done for periods shorter than a yearStarting at €8.20
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Kahrvinger AS
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-326-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThe case deals with the notions of Cash Flow, Depreciation, and Working Capital. By looking at a simple investment project, the case is designed to go through the notions of Cash Flow and Net Present Value. It raises the issue of how to deal with the depreaciation, as wel as the Working Capital.Starting at €8.20