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Crisis Management (E): North American Sporting League Visits Mexico City
Foster, GeorgeCase SGSB-SPM40E-ELeadership and People ManagementA major sports league has decided to run its season opening game in Mexico City. When the teams arrive in the country four days before the event, two of Team A’s star players are kidnapped. The (A) case provides relevant background information about the league, the team, the players, and the planned activities surrounding the season opening game. It also describes what is initially known about the crisis situation. In cases (B) through (F), a...Starting at €5.74
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Privateer Holdings: Navigating a Rocketing, But Comples, Cannabis Marketplace
Foster, George; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-E-646-EEntrepreneurshipPrivateer Holdings was a Seattle-based private equity firm that was “shaping the future of the legal cannabis industry.” In late 2017, Privateer held an expanding portfolio of global brands intended to “lead, legitimize, and define the future of cannabis” and was preparing to announce the closure of a Series C round that had raised more than $100 million. It was an opportune moment for its founding triumvirate to contemplate the future direct...Starting at €8.20
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Growth: Making it Happen
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, George; Liedtka J. M.; Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Thurik, RoyDossier DOS-6-EAccounting and Control, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementNo matter the season, harvesting value is possible. Prepare the ground, sow creativity and reap the rewards.Starting at €15.00
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Uber Comes to Boston
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Hogge, PaulCase HBS-KS1240-EOn August 5, 2016, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law Massachusetts' first statewide regulations on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. The law was a monumental victory for the ride-sharing companies given that a few years earlier state officials tried to ban the startups from doing business in Massachusetts. The outcome was a major defeat for the taxi industry, whose drivers and license holders argued that their livelihoods were severe...Starting at €8.20
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Vision Mumbai
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Masood, Sheikh ZahidCase HBS-HKS119-EEconomicsIn 2006 officials of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and the State of Maharashtra were beginning to implement a plan to improve the economic fortunes of the city. Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, was India's richest city, with wealth based on trade, finance and filmmaking. But the city was also famous for its enormous slums, terrible traffic congestion, and poor infrastructure. And while India's economy had been growing rapidly since...Starting at €8.20
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Clinova: Diagnose and Decide
Foster, George; Conn, JeffreyCase SGSB-E699-EEntrepreneurshipThis case provides an overview of the founding and scaling story of British health and wellness company Clinova. The case outlines the fledgling company’s early marketing successes signing up-and-coming athletes and sports franchises, as well as the difficult capital allocation, strategic and structural decisions Clinova’s founders Arsalan Karim and Charles Ebubedike must make between scaling their consumer product lines or building their illness...Starting at €8.20
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Electric Vehicles in Cities, Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseTeaching Note HBS-HKS556-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for HKS-132.Starting at €0.00
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Restructuring Mass Transit in Singapore (Abridged), Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseTeaching Note HBS-KS1247-EEconomicsTeaching note for case KS1246.Starting at €0.00
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California High-Speed Rail, Teaching Note
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseTeaching Note HBS-HKS554-EEconomicsTeaching Note for #HKS-440.Starting at €0.00
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California High-Speed Rail
Gomez-Ibanez, JoseCase HBS-HKS440-EEconomicsIn January 2010 the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) was waiting to hear whether the Obama administration would approve its application for $4.7 billion in federal stimulus funding to begin the construction of a $50 billion, 800-mile high-speed rail corridor connecting all of the state's major regions and cities. In November 2008 California voters had already approved Proposition 1A authorizing the state to issue $9.95 billion in bond...Starting at €8.20