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Lassiter, Joseph B.; Roberts, Michael J.; Biotti, Jon M.Case HBS-815S15EntrepreneurshipStacey Lawson, HBS 1996, comenzó a piezas CAD representaciones compañía de base de datos para los diseñadores e ingenieros de ayuda con el proceso de diseño. La compañía ha completado su producto y está empezando a venderlo. El caso examina cuestiones relacionadas con la organización de la fuerza de ventas y el precio del producto.Starting at €8.20
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Entrepreneurship Reading: Recognizing and Shaping Opportunities, Teaching Note
Applegate, Lynda M.; Roberts, Michael J.Teaching Note HBS-8057-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for Product #8056.Starting at €0.00
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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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Kodak: The Rebirth of an Iconic Brand, Teaching Note
Keinan, Anat; Eckhardt, Giana M.; Beverland, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-519052-EMarketingTeaching note for case 519051.Starting at €0.00
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Comfort Class Transport: Does Customer Service Need an Overhaul, Teaching Note
Roberts, Michael J.; Morrison, Paul E.Teaching Note HBS-4377-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for Product #4377.Starting at €0.00
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Comfort Class Transport: Does Customer Service Need an Overhaul
Roberts, Michael J.; Morrison, Paul E.Case HBS-4374-EService and Operations ManagementThe general manager of a chauffeured limousine transport company is concerned about underperformance at the company's customer service call center. The eight-person call center handles almost all customer interaction including discussing company services with prospective customers, scheduling pickups, providing pricing, confirming appointments, and handling billing inquiries. Customers have complained about extended wait times to speak with someo...Starting at €8.20
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Kodak: The Rebirth of an Iconic Brand
Keinan, Anat; Beverland, Michael; Eckhardt, Giana M.Case HBS-519051-EMarketingFollowing its re-emergence from bankruptcy protection in 2014, the marketing team at Kodak has been charged with tripling brand value with consumers, with little marketing budget. The case focuses on the strategies used by senior Kodak marketers Steven Overman and Dany Atkins to leverage the brand's heritage for innovation and creativity with existing and new audiences. With few resources other than heritage, Overman and Atkins have focused on ma...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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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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Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model
Stevenson, Howard H.; Sharpe, James M.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-813119-EEntrepreneurshipThe funded search model is one alternative for individuals who, at some point in their career, want to run their own companies. This note looks at the funded search, as a means to entrepreneurship through acquisition and describes the path to buy and run a business using debt and equity as a means of financing the purchase. While applicable to an early career choice, many of the process steps are applicable to unfunded searches at later stages of...Starting at €8.20